ARTIFICIAL NATURES
17-23 AUGUST 2015
Artificial Natures appear in a broad spectrum of scenographic representations in post-internet culture. Within the anthropocene discourse, nature is described as a system which integrates critical human interventions. Nature has lost its significance as the opposite of human technology. It is a hybrid of the two spheres. The relationship between technology and nature, and the dialectics between them, organized both concepts through a strong philosophical opposition. Since nature has become, by definition, artificial – produced, to a certain degree, consciously or otherwise by mankind – the architecture of its presence and its artificiality becomes a new matter for investigation. If nature is a lost object, its glorification in the post-internet era already necessitates a different relationship to it.
The breadth of human nostalgia and the ongoing effort artificially to bring back what has been permanently lost, is in the center of this workshop.
The KAM workshop of 2015 focuses on nature and Modernity, critiques on the borders between the natural and the human-made; video game environments experienced through avatars, techniques of reproduction, copying and synthesizing, assembling artificial natures for material or digital environments; fake mountains, rocks, trees, vegetation, lakes and gardens. The program of KAM Workshops consists of a daily studio and a series of lectures. More information on the participants and the program coming soon.
Duration: 17-23 August 2015
Location: Grand Arsenal of Chania
Cost: €360 (incl. accommodation in Chania)
Details about payment and accommodation will be provided together with our notice of acceptance. For more information, please go back to the previous editions of KAM Workshops or contact us at kam.applications@gmail.com. For news and reference material on the workshop's theme, check our updates on Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr.
APPLY
KAM Workshops are open to students and recent graduates of architecture, design, media, art and cultural studies. To apply, you are expected to fill in the following form and submit a PDF portfolio with selected works (max 5 images). Please name your file: "your_name_portfolio.pdf". All textual information can be in English or Greek.
The deadline for applications is July 1, 2015. Occasionally we are able to consider late applications, if places become free due to cancellations.
17-23 AUGUST 2015
Artificial Natures appear in a broad spectrum of scenographic representations in post-internet culture. Within the anthropocene discourse, nature is described as a system which integrates critical human interventions. Nature has lost its significance as the opposite of human technology. It is a hybrid of the two spheres. The relationship between technology and nature, and the dialectics between them, organized both concepts through a strong philosophical opposition. Since nature has become, by definition, artificial – produced, to a certain degree, consciously or otherwise by mankind – the architecture of its presence and its artificiality becomes a new matter for investigation. If nature is a lost object, its glorification in the post-internet era already necessitates a different relationship to it.
The breadth of human nostalgia and the ongoing effort artificially to bring back what has been permanently lost, is in the center of this workshop.
The KAM workshop of 2015 focuses on nature and Modernity, critiques on the borders between the natural and the human-made; video game environments experienced through avatars, techniques of reproduction, copying and synthesizing, assembling artificial natures for material or digital environments; fake mountains, rocks, trees, vegetation, lakes and gardens. The program of KAM Workshops consists of a daily studio and a series of lectures. More information on the participants and the program coming soon.
Duration: 17-23 August 2015
Location: Grand Arsenal of Chania
Cost: €360 (incl. accommodation in Chania)
Details about payment and accommodation will be provided together with our notice of acceptance. For more information, please go back to the previous editions of KAM Workshops or contact us at kam.applications@gmail.com. For news and reference material on the workshop's theme, check our updates on Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr.
APPLY
KAM Workshops are open to students and recent graduates of architecture, design, media, art and cultural studies. To apply, you are expected to fill in the following form and submit a PDF portfolio with selected works (max 5 images). Please name your file: "your_name_portfolio.pdf". All textual information can be in English or Greek.
The deadline for applications is July 1, 2015. Occasionally we are able to consider late applications, if places become free due to cancellations.