Exhibited Work: 'Air Kiss' Film
Duration: 2019
Event type: Filmforum
Organizer: Museum Ludwig
Venue: Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Joining forces in collaboration, these founding members of the Filmforum represent the entire cinematic spectrum, from film promoters and producers to filmmakers, educators, and enthusiasts. Among them are the Filmstiftung NRW, the SK Stiftung Kultur, the Westdeutsche Rundfunk (WDR), the ifs internationale filmschule köln, the film & fernseh produzentenverband nrw e.v., KölnMusik GmbH, as well as the independent film-scene coalition “KinoAktiv” and the Museum Ludwig/City of Cologne. Numerous thematic program series, film festivals and premieres, as well as lectures and discussions have found a venue at the Filmforum. The individual partners themselves are responsible for the content and financing of all the events. Together they have succeeded in establishing the Filmforum as a site for film history and contemporary film culture, filling a gap in the cinema landscape of Cologne.
'Air Kiss' Film Still
'Air Kiss' Film Still
Exhibited Work: 'Air Kiss' Film
Duration: 2019
Event type: Filmforum
Organizer: Museum Ludwig
Venue: Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
'Air Kiss' Film Still
'Air Kiss' Film Still
Joining forces in collaboration, these founding members of the Filmforum represent the entire cinematic spectrum, from film promoters and producers to filmmakers, educators, and enthusiasts. Among them are the Filmstiftung NRW, the SK Stiftung Kultur, the Westdeutsche Rundfunk (WDR), the ifs internationale filmschule köln, the film & fernseh produzentenverband nrw e.v., KölnMusik GmbH, as well as the independent film-scene coalition “KinoAktiv” and the Museum Ludwig/City of Cologne. Numerous thematic program series, film festivals and premieres, as well as lectures and discussions have found a venue at the Filmforum. The individual partners themselves are responsible for the content and financing of all the events. Together they have succeeded in establishing the Filmforum as a site for film history and contemporary film culture, filling a gap in the cinema landscape of Cologne.
Tokyo, Mishuku, JPN
Vienna, Neubau, AUT
Egor Kraft – artist-researcher, founder
Anna Kraft – researcher, director
mail/at/kraft.studio
Tokyo, Mishuku, JPN
Vienna, Neubau, AUT
Egor Kraft – artist-researcher, founder
Anna Kraft – researcher, director
#ReverseArchaeology #SyntheticHistories #Cognitecture #AIsthetics #Engistemics
Initiated in 2017, ongoing.
Marble, polyamide, machine learning algorithms, custom software, original dataset, multichannel video installation.
A critical and technical exploration of the capacities of AI models to reconstruct missing fragments of objects from classical antiquity and generate synthetic historical documents carved in stone. This work questions the epistemological qualities of AI-accelerated historiography, akin to 'reverse archaeology'.
#Infodemics #Infollution #Knowlegistics #EngineeredTruth
Initiated in 2011, ongoing.
5-channel video installation; HD film; website: thenewcolor.net; book, edition of 50.
An online mystification concerning a parascientific breakthrough discovery of a never-before-seen colour. The digital myth took the form of a fictitious company's website, video adverts & mockumentary interviews to become a viral sensation attracting mass attention online.