SPÄTI. Palace of Memory. The power of images
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| free admission |
| no ticket required |
| 12 years and older |
| German |
| Mechanical Arena in the Foyer |
| Part of: SPÄTI |
| Belongs to: Blown Away: The Palace of the Republic, Palace of Memory |
How do we remember the Palace of the Republic? And can these memories be expanded through alternative narratives of a fictional past and future? These questions are at the centre of the installation ‘Palace of Memory. The Power of Images’ by the artist duo CyberRäuber.
In the room next to the special exhibition ‘Blown away. The Palace of the Republic’, expansive video projections and a mixed reality experience show images of a palace that never existed. These images were generated with the help of artificial neural networks. This demonstrates the creative possibilities of artificial intelligence, which creates alternative ideas and narratives. The memories, scenes or short stories about the Palace of the Republic left by visitors on pieces of paper or via a telephone also serve as inspiration for the creation of new images. In this way, new visions of a possible past, present or future of a fictitious palace are constantly being created.
At SPÄTI, you can experience the mixed reality installation and learn more about artificial intelligence, its new visual worlds
The musical design of this evening is also characterised by artificial intelligence. Using the innovative instrument Eko, the digitised recordings from the Ethnological Museum’s archive are reinterpreted in a fascinating way. The core of the original recordings remains unchanged: Eko analyses the music for its essential elements, places them in a new context and creates an automated ‘echo’ – a new interpretation that develops directly from the original recordings. Based on the tradition of call and response, completely new sounds are created.
What does this echo sound like? You can experience it live! Sound artist Hannes Fritsch makes Eko sound and is on hand to answer any questions.
Programme
4:30 pm: eko
6:00 pm: Talk with Maximilian Grünewald (‘River Stories’), Charlotte Hopf (Flussbad e.V.), Tomás Uson (Humboldt University). Moderation: Bastian Herbst.
6:45 pm: eko live and mixed reality installation “Palace of Memory. The power of images”
Participants
Marcel Karnapke and Björn Lengers (Cyber Räuber) have been working together on art in digital space as CyberRäuber since 2016. With an “arguably unique mix of affinity for technology, pioneering spirit, pragmatism and love of theater” (Theater der Zeit), they create productions and projects that are driven by a great curiosity about the creative possibilities of technology and are shown in galleries, municipal theaters and at international festivals.
Hannes Fritsch is a sound engineer, sound director and sound artist. He has been working with sound in space, spatialisation and live electronics for 15 years in the context of numerous collaborations and his own works. He is particularly interested in the interplay of many loudspeakers in different constellations to create special soundscapes. To this end, he used conventional playback methods such as wave field synthesis and developed his own concepts. His work has taken him to the Institute for Sonology at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, the Studio for Electroacoustic Music at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin and the Volksbühne Berlin, among others.
Carolin Kaever is a member of the The Palace of the Republic is Present program team. Born and raised in north-east Berlin, she studied American Studies, Hispanic Studies and Communication and Media Studies at the University of Leipzig and then worked mainly at theaters in Berlin and Baden-Württemberg. Since September 2021, she has been a program officer at the Humboldt Forum Foundation’s Palace of the Republic project.
Anke Schnabel is part of the program team The Palace of the Republic is Present. Born and raised in West Berlin, she has been working as a historian and curator for museums and memorials for over 20 years. She has been working for the Humboldt Forum Foundation since 2015 and is currently part of the curatorial team for the special exhibition Blown away: The Palace of the Republic with a focus on remembrance work.