THE LIST OF THE VIDEO WORKS INCLUDED IN THE SIMULTAN FESTIVAL 2024 PROGRAM
The screenings will take place in 4 rooms (3 within the Corneliu Miklosi Museum and one in the former STPT workshops).
Room notes by Marina Oprea.
Program
October 3-4: 6 PM – 8 PM
October 5-6: 4 PM – 8 PM
ROOM 1 : Echoes in the Machine
This selection contemplates the fluid essence of human existence, where the lines between virtual landscapes and tangible realities blur and dissolve. Ideas, emotions, and personal histories flow through the web of memory and data, reframing the self in the shadow of technology’s ever-expanding presence.
The body emerges as a site where identity and personal history are inscribed and reimagined. These videos explore the delicate interplay of memory, space, and being – where personal dwellings expand into the virtual, and the intimate becomes entangled with the speculative. In this fictitious continuum, presence is both fleeting and fixed, endlessly shaped by the tensions between what we recall and what is digitally encoded.
This is a meditation on existence in the digital age, where humanity is both creator and subject, forever negotiating its place between the real and the artificial, the remembered and the imagined.
Noviki (Poland), The Dream of the Machine, 14:14, 2024
Lisa Marie Schmitt (Germany), Not so Kool’haas, 09:35, 2022
Albert Sten (Sweden), A Hard Currency of Memories, 10:08, 2024
Jiawen Uffline (China), Let Yourself Lḛäk a Little, 07:49, 2024
Johannes Gierlinger (Austria), Barricades are Bridges and Ideas Cannot be Shot, 12:00, 2023
SeoJin Moon (Korea), Zin Nyein Aye (Myanmar), 异人入户 Moments in Motion, 02:33, 2024
Katsuki Nogami (Japan), Body Memory, 04:40, 2024
Paulius Sliaupa (Lithuania), Winterteller, 12:15, 2024
ROOM 2 : The Sound and Language of Data
Data breathes, grids pulse, and charts become abstract symphonies, where information flows like an endless river of evolving form. Here, statistics are no longer confined to depictions but are transformed into a medium of pure aesthetic exploration. Through a confluence of axes, numbers, maps, and motion graphics, these works transcend depiction, weaving soundscapes and visuals into a layered exploration of the digital sublime. Data becomes more than a tool – it emerges as a living, breathing medium, constantly shifting and evolving in a perpetual loop of innovation.
This selection asks not just what data represents but what it can become, as imagery builds, deconstructs, and reconfigures itself in an endless cycle of motion and sound, reflecting on the relentless gathering of information and questioning how we think about, feel, and assimilate it in an age of endless streams.
Harvey Goldman, Jing Wang (United States), Entropy of Truth, 05:48, 2024
Leon Butler (Ireland), Lana Tankosa Nikolic & Martina Scarpelli (Denmark), Imagined Islands, 01:10, 2024
Maciek Stępniewski (Poland), Deathwaves (or a Fungal Hecatomb), 04:59, 2023
Marco Joubert (Canada), A Different Goal, 03:26, 2023
Max Hattler (Germany), O/S, 05:00, 2023
Beáta Kolbašovská (Slovakia), Agape / Temporary Echoes, 04:30, 2024
Alex Halka (Romania), Ephemeral Pulse, 02:11, 2024
Rosario Grieco (Italy), Data Shapes, 10:00, 2024
Andrea Amadei (Italy), 45000 Frames of the Sea at Sunset, 06:49, 2024
Katrin Hahner (Germany), Hypercycle Jazz, 06:36, 2024
ROOM 3 : Pathways of Perception
A vibrant digital ecology unfurls, where 3D renders and artificial intelligence intertwine to craft a dialogue between the natural world and the intricacies of societal constructs. These works explore visual phenomena that transcend mere representation, seeking to reintegrate the ephemeral into the fabric of reality.
Volumetric compositions rise, echoing folklore and the mystique of human experience, as ancient tales meld the mystical with the mechanical. Some works take on a documentary format, challenging conventional storytelling, while others immerse the viewer within the liminal spaces between nature and artifice, between belief and skepticism.
Here lies a profound exploration of what it means to be human in an age where the boundaries blur, urging us to reconsider our place within this evolving digital landscape – a sanctuary of transformation where the familiar becomes extraordinary.
m’lk (South Africa), The Water Street Jellyfish, 08:27, 2024
Miguel Angel Escobar Ramos (Colombia), Jungle Arrangement: Intestinal Bird, 09:40, 2024
Sandra Crisp (United Kingdom), strange attractors […1,000 years], 05:26, 2023
Jo Ngo (Vietnam), Salvation Horizon, 05:07, 2024
S4RA (Portugal), bot3quim, 04:45, 2023
Taietzel Ticalos (Romania), interference, 05:36, 2023
Nicoleta Mures (Romania), Soul Transfer Complete, 02:23, 2022
Keens Vereeniging (Spain), More (No) More, 03:29, 2024
Pablo Nieto Mercado (México), Atl, 10:12, 2022
Úrsula San Cristóbal (Spain), Memento Mori, Memento Vivere, 04:10, 2024
Ana Esteve Reig (Spain), Lucky Images, 08:55, 2024
Ioana Bilea (Romania), A Panoply of Objects, 02:38, 2024
Llorenç Garcia Bas (Spain), Hypnotic Mechanisms, 08:06, 2024
Luis Carlos Rodriguez (Spain), J.L. Berthelot (France), TEXtrucTURAS, 08:50, 2024
ROOM 4 : Fractured Realities
Visionary realms blossom, unveiling futures woven with ecological advancements and the promise of technological harmony. As the remnants of the old world gradually fade, they make way for alternate realities that beckon us toward new modes of existence. As human consciousness survives and evolves as avatars, the fusion of the digital and the physical creates a tapestry of speculative fiction that illuminates the path forward.
These works engage with the commodification of nature, questioning our relationship with the environment as they propose innovative models for interacting with the endangered natural world. In these explorations, the boundary between human-made structures and natural ecosystems disappear, crafting spaces where technology and nature coexist harmoniously.
As we stand at the precipice of transformation, this selection invites us to dream of a world where ecological integrity is not just preserved but celebrated, where the digital and the organic converge into a singular vision of unity.
Sandrine Deumier (France), Electrical-darkness, 04:05, 2024
Gohar Martirosyan (France / Armenia), The Mount A, 08:35, 2024
Cezar Mocan (Romania), Welcome to Arcadia Inc., 05:17, 2024
Hantao Li, Shuting Cui (China), NATURA 2040, 11:05, 2024
John Butler (United Kingdom), The Fourth Planet, 09:30, 2024
Rebeca Pascenco (Romania), Infinity Skies – The First Space Hotel, 03:21, 2024
Tansy Xiao (United States), LUCA (Last Universal Common Ancestor), 02:43, 2024
Milan Antic (Serbia), The Dream, 05:00, 2023