Zeelab#3 Environmental Literacy

| 2018-09-28 10:24:06

Zeelab#3
OCT 21 ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY
Theun Karelse icw Satellietgroep
 

Date: Sunday October 21
Time: 14:00 - 18:00
Location: www.electriciteitsfabriek.nl
RSVP before  October 12: climate.as.artifact@gmail.com
Admission:
Free for children up to 13 years if accompanied by an adult
€ 5,- for students, CJP, Ooievaarspas, 65+ p.p.
€ 7,- Day Ticket p.p.
€ 50,- Passe-Partout p.p. that allows you to (re)visit during all events
Though the event is indoor, the dresscode is outdoor as it may be cold inside!
Language: English

NL:
Midden in de tentoonstelling "Climate as Artifact - Klimaat als mensenwerk’ organiseren we een middag waarbij dialoog vanuit verschillende perspectieven (kunst, wetenschap en maatschappij) centraal staat. Samen met kunstenaar Theun Karelse en gasten stellen we de vraag: What role does fieldwork play in environmental literacy for humans and artificial intelligences?
Voor deze bijeenkomst vragen we gasten een voorwerp mee te brengen over veldwerk of reizen in het 'wild'.

EN:
The program of the afternoon is in three parts, themed around the question: What role does fieldwork play in environmental literacy for humans and artificial intelligences?
For this gathering we ask you to bring an object related to your own fieldwork or journeys in the 'wild'.

Image: Glitch Landscape, Theun Karelse 2018
 

Introduction:
Much of our technological history - on a planet populated with millions of almost unimaginably different species - has been developed from the view-point of one particular ape. This has lead to what Edward O. Wilson calls the 'Age of Loneliness'. In a way our technologies have been technologies of loneliness - ignoring and violating natural processes and biodiverse communities.
We are slowly realizing that our sense of control over the systems we make and their effects on the environment has been an illusion. So what if we let go of control? How do we relate to our environment then? Is fieldwork a method of opening up to the extraordinary complexity of natural processes and communities? What if machines start to figure life out for themselves?

Program:
1) Presentation of the Fieldguide to Random Forests publication that collects observations, images, tools and questions that emerged from the fieldwork sessions and public labs in Terschelling, The Hague, Lapland, Thailand and Estonia, with contributions by Ian Ingram, Sjef van Gaalen, Michelle Geraerts, Driessen/Verstappen, Tivon Rice, Maja Kuzmanovic, Nik Gaffney and Jacqueline Heerema.

2) Environmental Literacy, from ancient indigenous practices to artificial intelligence.
- What if the fate of the Amazon river actually depends on Amazon’s algorithms?
Until recently the ability to make sense of the environment was limited to biological beings, crows, elephants, jellyfish and humans. Now machines are starting to blur those lines. Machine intelligence is emerging rapidly in natural resource management, environmental sciences and more generally in the way humans relate to their environment. The Random Forests program has been looking at fundamental ingredients for environmental literacy in organic beings and if these ingredients could be made accessible to an artificial intelligence (an AI).
- How do humans and animals learn about natural processes? From Sasi to Inception, an AI training platform
- Could machines become environmentally literate? From analysing ecosystems to relating to ecosystems.

3) Fieldwork as a research method for humans and machines?
- What role does fieldwork play in environmental literacy for humans and artificial intelligences?
- Do machines need training forests?

Schedule:
14:00: Welcome by Jacqueline Heerema, curator of Satellietgroep
14:30 - 15:00 Introductions and book presentation 'Fieldguide to Random Forests' by Theun Karelse
15:00 - 16:00 Environmental Literacy, from ancient indigenous practices to artificial intelligence
16:00 - 16:30 Break
16:30 - 17:30 Fieldwork as a research method for humans and machines?
18:00: Close of exhibition

Theun Karelse and Random Forests
Theun Karelse (Nl) studied fine-arts at the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam before joining FoAM, a transdisciplinary laboratory at the interstices of art, science, nature and everyday life. His interests and experimental practice explores edges between art, ecology, technology and archaeology. Lately he has been working more by creating research programmes that consist of debate and fieldwork. For this transdisciplinary teams are established to address specific topics in fieldwork sessions by in-situ prototyping, experimentation and direct perception.

Climate as Artifact - Klimaat als mensenwerk 18.10-18.11.2018
Climate as Artifact is an exhibition program that targets at how redefining climate as a cultural artifact through artistic practice helps us to break free from conventional attitudes in order to establish new and essential perspectives. Climate as Artifact will bring together artists, designers, scientists and society to rethink our perceptions of culture and nature. Curated by Satellietgroep at Electriciteitsfabriek The Hague, with Berndnaut Smilde, Sachi Miyachi, Nishiko, Esther Kokmeijer, Maurice Bogaert, Aliki van der Kruijs, Jos Klarenbeek, Maurice Meewisse, Lotte Geeven, Theun Karelse, Thijs Ebbe Fokkens, Giuseppe Licari, Onkruidenier, Josje Hattink, Masha Ru & more. All previous artist-in-residence of artists collective Satellietgroep, who develop new works and insights during the exhibition program, connecting the arts, science and society.

Satellietgroep
Artists collective Satellietgroep (The Hague, 2006) explores the sea, coastal transitions, climate change and the role of mankind in these processes in the Netherlands and abroad. In 2018 we rethink our perceptions of culture and nature with artists, designers, scientists and audiences. One of the questions is: Who is nature?

With special thanks to Mondriaan Fonds, BankGiro Loterij Fonds, Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie, Gemeente Den Haag, Feest aan Zee.
This program is part of the series Zeelabs by Satellietgroep on culture and nature, coast and climate in the context of Feest aan Zee.

Upcoming Oct 28 Zeelab#4 Global Currents
See previous editions this year:
Zeelab#2 Climate as Game Changer
Zeelab#1 Uptime_