The Thirst for Illusion
Gerald Bast in Conversation with Ina Conradi
and Mark Chavez
Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab
Angewandte
Interdisciplinary Lab
A critical approach to the present requires more than a singular perspective, it needs
the interdisciplinary approach of artistic and scientific research to create a better understanding and to come up with solutions
for the future.
To be able to grasp the complexity of today’s societal challenges, we need multiple perspectives and
methods. A critical approach to the present requires more than a singular perspective, it needs the interdisciplinary approach
of artistic and scientific research to create a better understanding and come up with solutions for the future. Gerald Bast
talks to Ina Conradi and Mark Chavez about humanity’s thirst for illusion, the relationship between reality and virtuality
and the potential of the AI-based imaginary worlds they create in their artistic practice.
Artistic
duo Ina Conradi (US, SG) and Mark Chavez (US, SG), based in Singapore and Los Angeles, have collaborated on numerous art and
new media projects for the past 20 years. They both hold a Master's of Fine Arts Degree from UCLA. Ina has been an Associate
Professor at the School of Art, Design and Media, Nanyang Technological University (2007 till present), living and working
in Singapore since 2005. Mark is an award-winning animator, artist, educator and entrepreneur who has developed animation
systems and techniques for many different media. Ina and Mark started their ongoing public art project Media Art Nexus (MAN)
at Nanyang Technological University Singapore in 2016. This curatorial and educational initiative has connected students,
emerging and established artists and academics globally with international cultural institutions.
About
the event series:
In 2022, Gerald Bast, rector of the University of Applied Arts Vienna, will invite artists
and experts to the new Café Exchange at Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab. The interdisciplinary conversations will cover topics
from the field of art, science, culture, technology and politics and give audiences a chance to join the discussion.
Upcoming events:
(these Talks will be in German)
9 June
Renaissance 3.0 – Die neue
Verschränkung von Wissenschaft und Kunst
Gerald Bast im Gespräch mit Peter Weibel über die Verschränkung von Wissenschaft
und Kunst im Zeitalter der aktuellen technologischen Revolution
(Renaissance 3.0 – A New Entanglement of Science and
Art. Gerald Bast in conversation with Peter Weibel about the entanglement of science and art in the current age of technological
revolution)
22 June
Transformation oder Disruption – Gesellschaften im Veränderungsdruck
Gerald Bast
im Gespräch mit Philipp Blom über die Herausforderungen, die wir alle als Gesellschaft zu bewältigen haben
(Transformation
or Disruption – Societies in Need of Change. Gerald Bast in conversation with Philipp Blom about the challenges our society
must meet)
Animation Still: ‘Moirai – Thread of Life’, experimental animation, Ina Conradi & Mark Chavez, 2022
