A two-day festival all about sensors! In "Captured!", visitors can explore the impact of sensor technology on our daily lives. They can directly experience provocative artworks and audience interventions with digital capture technologies.

Sensors are everywhere - from the clothes we wear, to the cars we drive, to the spaces where we work, exercise, drink, play and sleep. Combined with artificial intelligence, these sensors are constantly collecting and analyzing data from us, blurring the lines between our bodies and our devices. "Captured!" at the Kornhausforum explores how these sensor and data collection devices are changing our understanding and perception of the world around us.

The festival presents artistic projects from Switzerland, India, South and North America that explore how sensors are increasingly shaping our bodies and lives and capturing more and more of our data. The festival's works focus on the themes of sensor technology, surveillance and hacking and include video projections and installations, VR works, audio and a live performance in which visitors hear and see their biosignals in real time. The artistic works are complemented by short workshops with the audience and interactive discussions with artists, experts and Swiss activist organizations.

The participants of "Captured!" are part of "Bodies-Machines-Publics", a two-year art-science-technology project funded by Pro Helvetia that connects the Kornhausforum (Bern), the Immersive Arts Space/ZHdK (Zurich), Khoj Studios (New Delhi) and the Nave Center for artistic residencies and creation (Santiago de Chile) to explore the artistic use of new technologies and their socio-cultural impact. "Captured!" is supported by the Agora program of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).

Curation: Christopher Salter and Jana Eske

Concept and production: Fabio Ballinari

Key visual: Atelier Pol


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