berlin festival ‘driving the human’ proposes 21 visions for eco-social renewal

DRIVING THE HUMAN EXPLORES CONNECTIONS BETWEEN TECHNOLOGY AND NATURE

driving the human is a three-day festival unveiling 21 visions for eco-social renewal, hosted by forecast at radialsystem arts center in berlin. the festival addresses some of the most critical issues of our time through interactive installations, readings, riveting screenings and stimulating performances.

driving the human’s 21 concepts will explore the connections between technology and nature, artifcial intelligence and circular economy, new modes of production, indigenous knowledges, covering the rarely thought-of bacterial and interplanetary perspectives. collaboration and interdependency are core concepts of this three-day festival, and are presented as determining factors for life and survival on our planet. visitors will meet the authors of those 21 concepts, as well as several international experts that offer in-depth explorations of the festival narratives.

A 3-DAY FESTIVAL FOR A 3-YEAR PROJECT

the research project of driving the human has started in 2020 and will last until 2023. at the end of this timeframe they will produce seven tangible prototypes responding to complex contemporary scenarios. driving the human is jointly led by four partner institutions—acatech, national academy of science and engineering; the mentorship program forecast; the karlsruhe university of arts and design; and zkm, center for art and media karlsruhe.

list of the 21 participants:

i : towards earthly technosymbiogenesis by matthew c. wilson

do ais dream of climate chaos by iris qu

down to the economy by vienne chan and katja meier

habitat theatre: how to transform a territory into a stage – a manual by initiative for applied melancholy (barbara boss, damiàn dlaboha, maximilian grünewald, mira hirtz and béla rothenbühler)

habit@ by yasmine abbas and dk osseo-asare

dissuasion engine by chris salter, erik adigard and alexandre quessy

monsters and ghosts of the far north: towards an inclusive cartography by andra pop-jurj and lena geerts danau

indigenous language of taşlica: a case of interspecies communication by eylül şenses

human-bacteria interfaces by anne-so”e belling, bea delgado corrales, romy kaiser and paula nerlich

sedekah benih by vincent rumahloine and mang dian

ripple, ripple, rippling by jingru (cyan) cheng and chen zhan

planetary personhood — a universal declaration of martian rights by nonhuman nonsense

superlocal — 0 miles production by andrea de chirico

server farm by james bridle

rum_a: multispecies urban refuge in cluster by clara acioli

tropical turn—maneuvers for a planetary embodiment by juan pablo garcía sossa

the backpack of wings: modern mythology by hyeseon jeong

the rooted sea: halophytic futures by sonia mehra chawla, miriam walsh

(ascus art & science) in collaboration with ray interactive

virtual sanctuary for fertilizing mourning by eliana otta

toxicity distributed — post-extractivism economies by ahora (linda schilling cuellar and claudio astudillo barra)

trons ‘r’ us by akwasi bediako afrane

exhibition info:

name: driving the human 

supporters: acatech, the national academy of science and engineering; the mentorship program forecast; the karlsruhe university of arts and design; and zkm, center for art and media karlsruhe.

location: berlin, germany

duration: 15-17 october, 2021