manτεία (meaning prophecy or divination) is a new performance written and produced by Roberto Alonso Trillo and Peter Nelson that examines how ancient practices of geomancy and divination relate to our desire to find meaning in AI. In the ancient world, oracular figures would function as vessels for communicating the will of the divine. By recasting a performance built on AI tools as an act of divination, manτεία suggests that our current relationship with AI is evolving in a similar direction. When faced with a system that can synthesize more information than any living human, we find ourselves consulting systems that we are alienated from (the black box problem), and trusting in rationales whose reasoning we might never truly understand. manτεία returns us to the ancient quest to communicate with the transcendent, by looking for messages in clouds and melodies in noise and meaning in the immensity of large language models.

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📅Sun, 22 Dec, 2024
🕞15:30-16:30/19:30-20:30
📍The Box, Freespace, WestK
🎟️HK$300 (Standard) HK$200 (Concession)

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Organized by
MBow Limited

Artistic Directors
Roberto Alonso Trillo
Peter A C Nelson

Participating Artists
Taurin Barrera
Joseph Chan
Lazarus Chan Long Fung
Vvzela Kook
Samuel Swope
Davor Vincze
Karen Yu
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Performers
Ching Chu
Keung Hoi-Ling

Producer
Jiafan Weng

Light Designer
Rachel Ip Chun-Lam

Sound Designer
Allison Fong Tsz-Ching

Stage Manager
Vivia Ho

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This Project is financially supported by the Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The content of this programme does not reflect the views of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

Current Plans is thrilled to partner with Doyenne Books from London to bring you a unique sensorial experience exploring the divine feminine. The first hour will present artist film screenings that touch upon ideas of ecofeminism, destruction and rebirth, and folk magic in the age of AI. The rest of the night will feature musical performances by nnycsa

Accompanying nnscya's live set are trippy visuals by Taurin Barrera. Barrera is an electronic musician and creative technologist exploring the intersection of technology and sensory experience. Through cybernetic design and experimental composition, he creates audio-visual works that challenge perceptions of sound, light, and space.

Artist Film Screenings
Bunny CADAG & Niya B / Susu LAROCHE / Priyageetha DIA / Jess LAU Vivienne GRIFFIN / Célin JIANG. / Chong Yan CHUAH / Tingtong CHANG / Aki POON

Experimental Sound Acts
Flora Yin-Wong (UK) / Joyul (KR) / nnscya (HK)

Visual Projection and technical support
Taurin Barrera (US) / Andio Lai (HK)

Ba Zi divination with Zoiee Yung (HK)

Elemental Scents by Meraki Perfume (HK)

Organised by Flora Yin Wong / Eunice Tsang / Alberta Leung

I will be presenting a paper that I co-wrote with my colleague George Talbot “Songs for the Deaf: A Creative Path to Promoting Sign Language Education through Service Learning,” based on our research supported by Hong Kong Baptist University.

You can read the proceedings of our talk here.

Dive into a digital dreamscape where electronic innovators Amma Ateria (SF), Bill Hsu (SF), and Taurin Barrera (HK) hack your senses with live audiovisual alchemy. These artists will weave intricate sonic landscapes with mesmerizing real-time visuals, taking you through environments where sight and sound collide, melt, and transform into something entirely new.

11.30.2024

8PM

20alpha

13/F, Foo Tak Building, 367 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong

It's time! The sensors from Seeed Studio arrived just in time for Christmas and we are excited to announce San Francisco's Build Workshop for Data Canvas: Sense Your City.

If you've been selected as a SF sensor host and you've been itching to get your hands onto your own personal node, come join us on January 12 at Gray Area Art + Technology. Just bring yourself, your enthusiasm and curiosity, we'll provide the rest.

For anyone who cannot make it, please let us know and pick up your personal node at swissnex San Francisco beforehand.

We look forward to meeting all of you makers!