Concept
GENERATE!° addresses contemporary tendencies of art that are based on the use of electronic media as well as on the application of digital technologies. GENERATE!° is especially interested in the interrelations between art, research, and technology prior to its socio-political background. A special focus is put on works that are dedicated to generative processes of production and to algorithmically controlled outputs. This also includes their underlying concepts.
GENERATE!° lab is presented as a one-day international performance festival that also includes an independent (self-contained?) workshop program. This reduces the time until the next GENERATE!° festival in a productive way. As a smaller, experimental spin-off of the three-day GENERATE!° festival, GENERATE!° lab sets aside an extensive exhibition. It focuses on the inalienable processes of formation and perception. Consequently, it concentrates on the volatile aspects of art which are put in the center of the aesthetic experience.
About GENERATE!°
GENERATE!° is a programmatic and ambiguous titel. It intends both the artistic-technical process and the contents that are relevant regarding its aestetic content. It also includes an invitation to independent reative action. Thus, the festival intends to enable a discourse regarding the aesthetic, sociopolitical, and economic effects that are caused by media and information technology of the 21st century. GENERATE!° seeks to explore and shape the methods and forms of aesthetic practice which promote an independent and critical participation in art, media and technology.
GENERATE!° festival for electronic arts took place for the first time in October 2015. It is intended as a subsequent festival and advancement of the light and video art festivals of 2010, 2013, and 2014. Its three main elements are an exhibition, a workshop series, and an accompanying performance program.
The experimental small scale GENERATE!° lab premiers this may in cooperation with FabLab and the Schlachthaus.