metaLAB (at) Basel Launch

A hybrid event including presentations, a roundtable, and an exhibit, all followed by an Apéro!

Thu, Mar 14 24 at 9:00 am – 2:00 pm EDT

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Type: Opening
Location: Hybrid
members: Aylin Yildirim Tschoepe; Claudia Mareis; Nic Palmarini

On Thursday, March 14, metaLAB (at) Basel will officially launch at the Basel Academy of Art and Design, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland!

The event will include contributions from various members of the international metaLAB community, as the two existing labs at Harvard (2011) and Berlin (2022) will be joined by Basel (2024).

Attend in person or view the event live on Vimeo!

metaLAB Basel launch program

Thursday, March 14, 2024, 2-7 pm Central European Time (CET)/Basel

University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
Basel Academy of Art and Design, Freilager-Platz 1, 4002 Basel
Go to Aula: building D, first floor

2 pm Introductions

Claudia Perren (director at Basel Academy of Arts and Design FHNW)
Jeffrey Schnapp (founder metaLAB (at) Harvard, Harvard University)
Annette Jael Lehmann (co-founder metaLAB (at) Berlin, Freie Univeristät Berlin)
Aylin Yildirim Tschoepe (co-founder metaLAB (at) Basel, Basel Academy of Arts and Design FHNW)

2:20 pm project presentations & dialogue with the audience

“Matters of Activity,” Claudia Mareis (metaLAB (at) Basel, Humboldt University of Berlin)
“Decentering Humans: Creating a new Institute for Climate Sound,” Kara Oehler (metaLAB (at) Harvard, Institute for Climate Sound and Society)
“Digital Storytelling,” Dario Rodighiero (metaLAB (at) Harvard, University of Groningen)

3:30 pm coffee/tea break

4:00 pm project presentations & dialogue with the audience

“Critical Data and Feminist AI,” Manuela Naveau (metaLAB (at) Basel, University of Arts Linz)
“Artificial Worldviews,” Kim Albrecht (metaLAB (at) Harvard & Berlin, Konrad Wolf Film University Babelsberg)
“AI pedagogy,” Sarah Newman (metaLAB (at) Harvard, Berkman Klein Center Harvard University)
“Spatial Affairs: Extended Reality Experiences,” Sabine Himmelsbach (metaLAB (at) Basel, House of Electronic Arts Basel)

5:20 pm Reflexion, Outlook

5:30 pm move to CIVIC Space (building D, ground floor, Freilager-Platz 1, 4002 Basel)

5:40 pm explore working group “human-AI collaborations” projects

“From the Ashes,” Hanna Sipos (metaLAB (at) Basel, Academy of Art and Design FHNW)
“Marks insist on being words,” Korina Gallika (metaLAB (at) Basel, Academy of Art and Design FHNW)

6:00 pm Apéro riche