Talk Time: 18 November, 14:30 CETVenue: Østre, Østre Skostredet 3The lecture will not be streamed Evidence is mounting that Large Language Models (LLMs) of large enough scale, on the order of GPT-4, possess an array of reasoning powers as well as theory of mind that enables them to predict not just the next word in a sequence (their explicit task)…
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Online talkTime: 18 November, 13:30 CETVenue: Østre, Østre Skostredet 3The talk will be streamed live at vimeo.com/bekdotno Environmental digital technologies are now planetary in scope, monitoring oceans and farms, cities and atmospheres. Remote sensing satellites and in-situ sensors, Lidar and environmental robots are deployed to monitor, manage and transform environments. In this context, forests have also become increasingly digitalised. Digitally…
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Conversation Time: Friday 17 November, 20:30 CETVenue: Østre, Østre Skostredet 3The conversation will be streamed live at vimeo.com/bekdotno Today’s digital supply chain relies heavily on logistical technologies that coordinate bodies alongside their algorithms or warehouse robots. Digital algorithms turn human workers — pickers, microworkers, content moderators — into abstract objects that circulate, into labour power that can be summoned on…
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ConversationTime: 17 November, 21:15 CETVenue: Østre, Østre Skostredet 3The conversation will be streamed live at vimeo.com/bekdotno Fear of night is an ancient phobia, but the urban histories of that fear give some insight into how it was employed in the service of security regimes along class, gender, race, and other lines since the beginning of the 19th century. The conversation…
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Online talkTime: Friday 17 November, 18:30 CETVenue: Østre, Østre Skostredet 3The talk will be streamed live at vimeo.com/bekdotno Sentiment analysis entails the widespread surveillance of users’ posts and actions to determine how they feel. This talk outlines the importance of early and mid-20th century studies of women workers and Japanese and Japanese American internees in U.S. WWII internment camps to…
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Talks that were streamed during BEKs symposium The Only Lasting Truth is Change 2022 are available here to watch and rewatch. The expanded symposium investigated future configurations of art, technology, nature and power. With contributions from Catherine Malabou, Elizabeth A. Povinelli, Susan Schuppli, Ingrid Burrington & Ann Chen, Rehana Zaman, Seán Elder, Nat Raha, Daniella Valz Gen, I Shall Sing…
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Before taking some days off to rest and recharge, the BEK symposium team – Maria Rusinovskaya, Åse Løvgren, Espen Sommer Eide, Morten Norbye Halvorsen, Emilie J. Wright, Åsne Hagen, and Kaeto Sweeney – would like to thank you all warmly: The artists and thinkers for taking part in the programme and engaging with the symposium themes: Catherine Malabou, Elizabeth A. Povinelli,…
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The Only Lasting Truth is Change is an expanded symposium investigating future configurations of art, technology, nature and power. With contributions from Catherine Malabou, Elizabeth A. Povinelli, Susan Schuppli, Ingrid Burrington & Ann Chen, Rehana Zaman, Seán Elder, Nat Raha, Daniella Valz Gen, I Shall Sing Until My Land Is Free, Hanan Benammar, Martin Zeilinger, Matti Aikio, Toril Johannessen, Rian…
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Please join us for the screening of Eduardo Williams’s new video A very long gif. Video screeningTime: 13 November, 12:00-17:00 – the 78-minute video will be screened on a loopVenue: Østre, Østre Skostredet 3 Recorded with a swallowed pill camera, the video A very long gif is an observational journey through the landscape of the digestive system, combined with a detailed zoom into cities…
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Artist Hanan Benammar exhibits “The Universal Periodic Review” at Hordaland kunstsenter, transforming the material recorded and gathered from Benammar’s performance for BEK’s symposium The Only Lasting Truth is Change. ExhibitionOpening: 13 November 17:00Opening hours: 16 November–22 December 2022 and 4–8 January 2023, Wed-Sun 12:00-17:00 Venue: Hordaland kunstsenter (HKS), Klosteret Western Sahara has been occupied by Morocco since 1975, after being…
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