On the road, in front of a smartphone or in medicine – the machine’s gaze often penetrates our everyday lives unnoticed. It translates our appearance and our movements into data. It documents reality and creates reality when this data once again becomes the basis for human behaviour. In order to discover different perspectives on this topic, we have invited guests who work on this subject from very different directions. This FUNKEN Night particularly emphasises the interdisciplinary character of the FUNKEN Academy. Tonight’s programme was created in collaboration with the FUNKEN Academy, makers united and Motion Composer GmbH.

From 17:00 Open Doors

17:30 to 18:00 – Motion Composer

Their vision is to make music and dance accessible to all, regardless of age and ability, and to place creativity, guided by individual and self-determined forms of expression, at the centre of education, individual well-being and community life. To this end, they have developed the Motion Composer, a device that translates movement into sound.

18:00 to 18:45 – Ferdinand Doblhammer and Lea Karnutsch
FerdinandDoblhammer and Lea Karnutsch work together at the interface of media art, music and choreography. They deal with the medium of dance and critically scrutinise the interface of motion tracking. Which human figures does the machine recognise? Which ones does it not recognise? And what effects does this recognition have on the integration of the devices into our society?

Ferdinand and Lea are participants in the makers residency programme of makers united.

18:45 to 21:30 Joint performance and testing of the motion composer

After getting to know the two perspectives, we will experience the results of their spontaneous collaboration in this FUNKEN Night. The motion composer will be presented live and everyone is invited to test and try it out for themselves!

Admission free | Technologiecampus 6, 09126 Chemnitz