Exhibition

Machine Sensing. Virtual Em/bodi/e/ment/s

This exhibition dealt with the question: Which distinctive forms of distributed sensing emerge from the collaboration of human and machine sensing? It posits that more and more, ubiquitous and all-pervasive (pervasive) sensor technologies are moving into the media-theoretical discourse. In the oscillation between machine sensing and human perception, a new kind of interplay and new forms of agentiality between algorithmic environments and humans are formed. At the center of this investigation are sensor technologies with a multi-medial and multi-modal orientation of virtual and physical lifeworlds through the AzureKinect sensor and VR technologies.

This installation was exhibited at the Vorspiel Transmediale Festival in Berlin in 2024 and offered a reflexive as well as a hands-on space to explore and engage with virtual embodiment and the contemporary sensory condition we live in. The exhibition is the outcome of the seminar ‘Machine Sensing. Virtual Em/bodi/e/ment/s’ and presents the collaboration between an interdisciplinary group of educators and students of the Berlin University of Arts.

Collaborators: Momoko Baumgart, Friedrich Adam Breidenich, Casper Frowein, Sami Siray Garrafa, Felix Geith, Jul Gross, Laksmi Lilu Herlambang, Manuela Hübl, Laura Sophie Eva Laipple, Constantin Prückner, Mariam Rafehi, Regina Wuzella

Curation/Exhibition Design: Mariam Rafehi, Regina Wuzella

Photo credit: Eunice Maurice