Boundaries

Memo Akten & Katie Peyton Hofstadter

FILE SÃO PAULO 2025: SYNTHETIKA – Art and Technology – Installations
Electronic Language International Festival

Boundaries – United States

Boundaries is a monumental work that explores the illusion of separation—between self and other, body and environment, matter and mind—and reflects on the interconnectedness of all things, from microorganisms to atoms forged in extinct stars. Created with custom code, AI, computer vision, digital painting, and dance, the work unites technology and bodily expression in an intimate and contemplative experience.

BIO

Memo Akten, a Turkish artist, musician, and researcher based in Los Angeles, creates speculative simulations about the relationship between humans and machines. With a PhD from Goldsmiths, he is a pioneer in the creative use of neural networks under human control. Katie Peyton Hofstadter is an artist, writer, and curator. Her work investigates the intersections between embodiment, technology, and consciousness, exploring how technologies shape cultural narratives and sensory experience.

Darren Slater (DSM)

FILE SÃO PAULO 2025: SYNTHETIKA – Art and Technology – INTERATOR
Electronic Language International Festival

BIO

Darren Slater is a musician and amateur visual artist based in the UK. He composes cinematic soundtracks in ambient and techno-house styles with sci-fi inspiration, using attribute-free loops and sound effects. He uses Krea AI Animator to bring AI-generated images to life, creating immersive experiences. He also works as a traditional artist, painting fantasy worlds with brushes and pigments.

Darren Slater (DSM)

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Electronic Language International Festival

Trip Portal – United Kingdom

Portal Trip is a captivating fusion of original music and Darren Slater’s AI-generated animations, transporting viewers on a surreal journey through ever-shifting dimensions. As abstract portals open and dissolve into fluid landscapes, the hypnotic visuals synchronize with Darren’s immersive soundscapes, creating an audiovisual experience that feels like entering another reality. A mesmerizing blend of movement and sound, this video invites viewers to lose themselves in its dreamlike, otherworldly depths.

BIO

Darren Slater is a musician and amateur visual artist based in the UK. He composes cinematic soundtracks in ambient and techno-house styles with sci-fi inspiration, using attribute-free loops and sound effects. He uses Krea AI Animator to bring AI-generated images to life, creating immersive experiences. He also works as a traditional artist, painting fantasy worlds with brushes and pigments.

Pods

Darren Slater (DSM)

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Electronic Language International Festival

Pods – United Kingdom

Pods is an atmospheric fusion of original music and Darren Slater’s mesmerizing AI-generated visuals. This 4K video takes viewers on a surreal journey through an abstract world filled with floating organic forms and fluid transformations. The sci-fi-inspired imagery and immersive soundscape complement each other perfectly, creating an otherworldly audiovisual experience that lingers in the imagination.

BIO

Darren Slater is a musician and amateur visual artist based in the UK. He composes cinematic soundtracks in ambient and techno-house styles with sci-fi inspiration, using attribute-free loops and sound effects. He uses Krea AI Animator to bring AI-generated images to life, creating immersive experiences. He also works as a traditional artist, painting fantasy worlds with brushes and pigments.

(Dis)connection

Viviane da Silva Tavares

FILE SÃO PAULO 2025: SYNTHETIKA – Art and Technology – WORKSHOP
Electronic Language International Festival
 

 (Dis)connection – Brazil

The (Dis)connection workshop is an immersive in-person experience that invites participants to explore the impact of technology on their bodies and perceptions. Using high-quality projections and somatic practices, the workshop encourages conscious digital disconnection, offering tools for a healthier and more balanced relationship with technology.

BIO

Viviane Tavares is a researcher and digital wellness expert, focusing on the intersection of the body, technology, and design. With over 10 years of experience in the technology industry developing digital products, she uses contemporary dance and somatic practices to advocate for conscious disconnection in our hyperconnected world.

Technosoma — Sensitive Circuits in the Flesh of the Machine

David Da Paz

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Electronic Language International Festival

Tecnosoma — Sensitive Circuits in the Flesh of the Machine – Brazil

In this workshop, participants will explore the fusion of body, technology, and artificial intelligence, creating interactive experiences with capacitive sensors and real-time generative models. Inspired by the concept of the Technosome—the machine as a sensitive, pulsating organism—the workshop explores how human touch can generate electrical signals that trigger audiovisual, auditory, and light responses. Microcontrollers (Arduino and ESP32), generative AI, and sensory interactivity will be covered.

BIO

Artist, researcher, and developer specializing in AI, machine learning, and IoT, he has worked for over 10 years with interactive art, generative systems, and sensory installations. He participated in the Artropocode residency (Spain) and the Spontaneous Combustion Residency (London), exploring cyberurban performances and locative media.

Disconnection

Jorge Bandera

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Electronic Language International Festival

Disconnection – Colombia

Desconexion explores the transformation of energy. The piece intertwines spiritual and scientific perspectives—grounded in the Law of Conservation of Energy and Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. Symbolizing the continuous metamorphosis of life, the work reveals the eternity of energy, where the end of each cycle marks a new beginning.

BIO

Jorge Bandera is a multimedia designer and assistant professor at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia. A specialist in design, interactivity, animation, and immersive experiences, he has collaborated with institutions such as Google, Teatro Mayor, and the Ministry of Culture. He is also an advocate of interdisciplinary co-creation in education.

UnBoxing the Infinite

WOW Studio by D2D

FILE SÃO PAULO 2025: SYNTHETIKA – Art and Technology – LED SHOW
Electronic Language International Festival

UnBoxing the Infinite – Egypt

The work explores the intersection between reality and hyperreality. As a dancer traverses confined spaces, discovers portals, and creates magical worlds with the audience. Using dynamic motion tracking and live visuals, the performance inspires transformation, creativity, and self-liberation, breaking down boundaries of perception.

BIO

Elena Kauffmann is the founder and creative director of WOW Studio (Egypt), focused on media arts, XR, and AI. She created WOW Zone, an experimental space powered by immersive technologies, and is a co-founder of VR developer UBR. She works as a creative producer, immersive experience designer, and art director. Carolina Assis is a Colombian contemporary dancer based in Egypt. Amr Ali is one of WOW Studio’s lead tech artists.

Mutant Tales — Posterra

Fredo Agudelo

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Electronic Language International Festival

mutanttales — Posterra – Colombia

In the end, the organic will eat technological waste like fungi. What remains of humanity in this finale? What remains of Earth over human vanity? We are beings in an unconscious mix, sitting behind screens as if traveling in a spaceship in the void of the universe. The layers fall away, and our corporeal reality remains. Scan your consciousness and step out of your spaceship; in Posterna, there’s still a world to live in.

BIO

Colombian audiovisual artist based in São Paulo. He has experience with video mapping, working in Colombia on various projects and participating in several video mapping festivals in Brazil. He is currently working increasingly with sound to bring a live audiovisual exhibition to the audiovisual art scene, blending experimental sound with video projections.

A Dreamscape Cartography
Marc Samper

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Electronic Language International Festival

A Dreamscape Cartography – Spain

A Dreamscape Cartography is a 3D digital artwork created from scans and navigated via Blender. The piece reimagines the ancient ritual of dream incubation, fusing inner realms with virtual environments. Using scans of abandoned houses in the Cyprus Security Zone, it creates a space that blends dreamlike and physical dimensions. Narrated by texts by Paul Celan, the work seeks to build a bridge between imaginary and lived experiences, inspiring new connections between space, memory, and existence.

BIO

Marc Samper is a visual artist, experimental filmmaker, and photographer from Barcelona, currently based in Paris. Graduated in Philosophy from the University of Barcelona and with a Master’s in Cinema from Pompeu Fabra University, his work investigates the ontology and phenomenology of images in global media, speculative metaphysics, and the intersection between mysticism and technology.

ChromaPause

Jiatong Yao

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Electronic Language International Festival

ChromaPause – China

ChromaPause is an experimental film that explores the relationship between urban life, posthuman identity, and the yearning for nature in a digitalized world. Futuristic flowers bloom in a surreal mesh, symbolizing the balance between the organic and the synthetic. Posthuman figures merge with the technological landscape, embodying the convergence of humanity and technology. The work invites pause and reflection in this pulsating universe.

BIO

Jiatong Yao connects art, technology, and culture, exploring XR, 3D, AI, and interactive computing. He reflects on the transformation of the modern self through technology, creating immersive experiences that intertwine humanity and the digital age. With a background in computer science and technical art, he develops innovative projects on the impacts of information on society. 

Daily Diffusion 53 & 86

Callahan Indovina

FILE SÃO PAULO 2025: SYNTHETIKA – Art and Technology – Shorts Films AI
Electronic Language International Festival

Daily Diffusion 53 & 86 – United States

The Daily Diffusion series by Callahan Indovina was a three-month project launched in 2024, as Generative AI tools and various plat forms to support the automation of animations and workflows were still emergent. The YouTube series aimed to provide workflows, prompts, and examples on how to utilize Stable Diffusion and various enhancements to create psychedelic animations. Like many of his works, the Daily Diffusion series took inspiration from Calalhan’s experiences within his dreams.

Music: https://www.mubert.com

BIO

Callahan Indovina is a spir itual and psychedelic artist from California’s Sierra Nevada. His artistic expression combines traditional digital composition techniques with innovative practices such as generative AI. His creations, described as super natural and dreamlike, reflect his surreal and transcendental vision, drawn from experiences within his dreams

AI Created a Sci-Fi World You Won’t Believe!

Cornelis Clement

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Electronic Language International Festival

AI Created a Sci-Fi World You Won’t Believe! – Germany

AI Created a Sci-Fi World You Won’t Believe! is a science fiction universe generated by artificial intelligence. Custom-created images for this world were brought to life with motion and an original soundtrack, resulting in an immersive experience. The work invites the audi ence to explore breathtaking alien landscapes, futuristic cities, and cosmic phenomena reminiscent of Dune and No Man’s Sky. This AI-generated video transports viewers into a realm of visual marvels and hypnotic atmospheres.

BIO

Cornelis is a Berlin-based artist specializing in AI-generated art. He views technology as the dawn of a new era in artistic creation and seeks to be an active part of this movement. His work aims to push creative boundaries, offering audiences new ways to experience imagined worlds.

Recursive Empyrean

DMTPortal

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Electronic Language International Festival

Recursive Empyrean – Canada

Recursive Empyrean merges fractal-based visuals with an original ambient soundtrack, guiding viewers through infinite loops of creation and collapse. Each cos mic structure reflects itself into eternity, unveiling deeper mysteries with every shift in perspective. Radiant geometry and ambient pulses draw awareness beyond time and space, where subtle patterns reveal gentle truths, echoing the hum of cosmic purpose.

BIO

John Dobbie, a Classical Animation graduate from Sheridan College in Canada, has spent over 20 years shaping digital worlds for franchises like Call of Duty and God of War. Now based in New York’s Capital Region with his family, he crafts immersive cosmic-themed works as DMTPORTAL, merging technology, mysticism, and decades of experience to expand perception beyond the ordinary.

Pre(N)atura | Fonocene

CNDSD & Iván Abreu

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Electronic Language International Festival

Pre(N)atura | Fonocene – Mexico

Speculative audiovisual project inspired by postnatural studies, designed to explore the era of the Fonocene—a period where both human and non-human sounds define sensory experiences and interspecies interactions. In this narrative, Chthulucene beings, hybrid creatures, emerge to challenge traditional forms of communication, using listening as a tool to activate our awareness of interdependence. 

BIO

Iván Abreu is a Mexican-Cuban interdisciplinary artist who uses science, design and technology to create works that question human interaction and social systems. Malitzin Cortés, (CNDSD), is a Mexican artist who explores the intersection of sound, technology and speculative architecture. Her work combines live coding, audiovisuals and critical narratives. 

Black-collared Starling 烏領椋鳥 (Hong Kong)

An-Ting e Ian Gallagher

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Electronic Language International Festival

Black-collared Starling 烏領椋鳥 (Hong Kong) – Taiwan | United Kingdom

An-Ting blends bird song recordings, experimental electronic music, soundscapes, and driving beats. Ian Gallagher employs cutting-edge artificial intelligence technologies to document the duo’s experiences, with live visuals that react in real time to An-Ting’s music.

BIO

An-Ting 安婷 is a versatile artist who moves between piano, electronic compositions, and various other forms of artistic expression. She transforms her life experiences into musical creations, exploring the relationship between humanity, nature, and the spiritual universe.

Ian Gallagher studied Theoretical Physics in Edinburgh before completing a PhD in Complex Systems at the University of Manchester. He has been deeply involved in Manchester’s music scene, working as a sound engineer, show producer, and performer on stage, collaborating with artists such as Daniel Johnston and Neva Dinova.

This work was supported by the British Council and the organization Cryptic Glasgow.

Unknown

Gabe Michael

FILE SÃO PAULO 2025: SYNTHETIKA – Art and Technology – Cine SYN
Electronic Language International Festival

Unknown – United States

Unknown follows a misunderstood creature haunting the halls of an art museum. Its impressionistic visual style earned the short film the Best Art Direction award at Runway Gen:48 – 2nd Edition.

BIO

Gabe Michael is an award-winning filmmaker and creative technologist specializing in artificial intelligence. He serves as Vice President and Executive Producer of AI at Edelman, advising teams, optimizing production workflows, and exploring creative innovation with AI. With extensive experience as a director and producer, he collaborates with major studios, brands, and digital platforms, and shares his insights on LinkedIn, YouTube, and in UCLA classrooms.

Music: ARTLIST

AI Museum

Valezart

FILE SÃO PAULO 2025: SYNTHETIKA – Art and Technology – Cine SYN
Electronic Language International Festival

AI Museum – Spain

AI Museum is an AI-generated short film that explores art, memory, and artificial consciousness. During a night shift, security guard James Foster encounters a mysterious force that brings museum masterpieces to life. As paintings step out of their frames, the line between art and reality dissolves in a post-apocalyptic world, culminating in a finale where humanity’s legacy merges with the digital.

BIO

Valezart is a multidisciplinary artist from Barcelona working across music, film, and game development. With award-winning soundtracks and a strong narrative focus, his work spans animated shorts, feature films, and immersive experiences. He currently explores filmmaking with AI, delving into the edges of artificial creativity.

COCOON

Geometric Interactive

FILE SÃO PAULO 2025: SYNTHETIKA – Art and Technology – Games
Electronic Language International Festival

COCOON – Denmark

COCOON is a puzzle adventure game where each world exists inside an orb you carry on your back. Its core mechanic revolves around leaping between worlds and using them to solve intricate puzzles. Each orb holds a unique unlockable ability, becoming a tool to explore other worlds, reveal hidden paths, and activate mechanisms.

BIO

Geometric Interactive is an independent game studio based in Copenhagen, founded by Jeppe Carlsen and Jakob Schmid. Their work blends inventive gameplay, striking visuals, and atmospheric sound design to craft unique interactive experiences.

SILT

Spiral Circus

FILE SÃO PAULO 2025: SYNTHETIKA – Art and Technology – Games
Electronic Language International Festival

Silt – United Kingdom

Silt is a surreal puzzle-adventure set in the abyssal depths of a mysterious and menacing ocean. Alone in an underwater void, a diver explores forgotten ruins, using a rare ability to possess sea creatures and descend further into the darkness. With striking visuals and immersive atmosphere, the game was featured in the 2022 Nintendo Indie World Showcase, on the cover of Wireframe magazine, and in the official selection of the London Games Festival.

BIO

Spiral Circus is an independent UK-based studio driven by a passion for the strange and surreal. Their games combine art and design to create visually haunting experiences with poetic narratives and distinctive mechanics.

Www.spiralcircusgames.com Instagram: @spiralcircusgames

Fractalicius

Julius Horsthuis

FILE SÃO PAULO 2025: SYNTHETIKA – Art and Technology – Installations
Electronic Language International Festival

Fractalicius – Netherlands

Exploring the mysterious connection between mathematics and art, Julius Horsthuis delves into the mesmerizing realm of fractal geometry. His animations reveal surreal landscapes generated by mathematical equations, inviting viewers to contemplate infinite worlds born from invisible patterns. These works reflect the harmony between numerical abstraction and visual beauty, transforming logic into poetic expression.

BIO

Julius Horsthuis is a digital artist known for his hypnotic fractal animations that blend abstract complexity with cinematic beauty. With 15 years of experience in the Dutch film and entertainment industry as a visual effects supervisor, he transitioned into fractal animation and became a pioneer of a distinct visual language that has captivated audiences worldwide.

SELF ABSORBED

Tim Murray-Browne

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Electronic Language International Festival

SELF ABSORBED – Scotland

SELF ABSORBED is an interactive installation exploring how AI interprets human identity. A custom model reads the visitor’s body, linking each pose to generative audiovisual output. Unlike human-designed interfaces built on reductive abstractions, this interaction emerges from unsupervised machine learning, forming a connection with a multidimensional, non-linear, and non-representational digital space.

BIO

Tim Murray-Browne is an interactive artist and creative coder. He creates installations and performances using the moving body to shape immersive experiences. His work questions what aspects of our humanity are lost as we entangle ourselves with the bureaucratic mechanics of AI and digital technologies.

SynthPets

Tanja Vujinovica

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Electronic Language International Festival

SynthPets – Slovenia

SynthPets is inspired by the evolution of artificial intelligence and robotics, paying tribute to the creator’s robotic vacuum cleaner. These mysterious cyber-organic companions emerge through sketches, digital drawings, 3D sculptures, and AI-generated forms. The work explores humanity’s entanglement with electronic pets and devices that have become integral to everyday life.

BIO

Tanja Vujinovic is a multimedia artist who blends video art, games, music, and research to explore how technology shapes human experience. Her work examines the influence of synthetic environments and electronic devices, often featuring playful small figures—drawing inspiration from dolls, figurines, and talismans—that serve as symbolic guardians and companions.

3D computer graphics, digital sculpting and painting, generated AI, sound: Tanja Vujinovic

Production: Tanja Vujinovic/Ultramono, 2024—ongoing.

Consulting

RonBreIan, Software and Audio Engineer

https://www.tanjav.art/

@tanja_vujinovic_ultramono_

Deep Field

Tin&Ed

FILE SÃO PAULO 2025: SYNTHETIKA – Art and Technology – Installations
Electronic Language International Festival

Deep Field – United States

An augmented reality experience where visitors draw fantastical plants that instantly bloom into immersive 3D structures within the space. As people contribute their creations, a collective digital landscape begins to take shape. Layers of recordings of endangered, extinct, and elusive species compose a responsive and evolving soundscape, developed by The Listening Planet.

BIO

Tin & Ed are New York-based artists whose work explores the interconnection of life across biological, geological, and cosmic systems. Through speculative world-building, they reveal connections that transcend human time, spatial boundaries, and sensory thresholds. Their practice spans sculpture, immersive and interactive installations, creating environments that invite audiences to shift perspective and inhabit the world beyond the limits of human perception. Technology is not used as spectacle, but as a perceptual tool that makes the invisible felt and the distant intimately present.

Aquarela de Íons

Arthur Boeira e Gustavo Milward

FILE SÃO PAULO 2025: SYNTHETIKA – Arte e Tecnologia
Festival Internacional de Linguagem Eletrônica

Aquarela de Íons – Brazil

Aquarela de Íons is an artwork-device that translates solar flares and magnetic activity cycles into forces within the exhibition space. Inspired by satellites, the sculpture captures real-time data of solar activity, creating a data-driven artwork that reacts to the presence of viewers in an immersive and generative environment. The system translates spatial information into sound, light, and image, establishing an interface between the cosmos and human territory. The piece invites reflection on the impact of space weather—an aurora borealis brought to life, transforming astronomical data into an aesthetic experience.

BIO

Arthur Boeira has been conducting transdisciplinary research since 2015, exploring the philosophy of science and technology as applied to artistic practices. Gustavo Milward (Drawlim) specializes in interactive art and algorithmic narratives, investigating the relationship between body, space, and code.

ReCollection

Weidi Zhang & Rodger Luo

FILE SÃO PAULO 2025: SYNTHETIKA – Art and Technology – Installations
Electronic Language International Festival

ReCollection – China | United States

ReCollection is an interactive installation that uses artificial intelligence to construct synthetic collective visual memories from natural language input. The work blurs the line between memory and imagination through experimental visualizations and AI systems, prompting reflection on how narratives of memory are shaped by emerging technologies.

BIO

Weidi Zhang is a new media artist and designer based in Los Angeles and Phoenix. She is an Assistant Professor of Immersive Experience Design at Arizona State University. Her interdisciplinary research explores speculative assemblages at the intersection of immersive media, experimental data visualization, and interactive AI art. Dr. Jieliang (Rodger) Luo is the CEO and Head of Research at Minus AI, a research-driven startup focused on leveraging AI technology to empower the creative industry. He holds a Ph.D. in Media Arts and Technology from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and has previously served as a Senior Principal Research Scientist at the Autodesk AI Lab.

Ombre

Après des études d’art classique en peinture (école des Beaux-Arts) et en architecture (génie civil), Christophe Luxereau se consacre à la photographie à partir de 1986. Il travaille l’image numérique dès 1995 pour développer le thème de la relation à la machine électronique.

Cette relation établit de nouveaux codes, d’autres comportements et de nouvelles icônes. Le photographe est un cinéphile, famillier de la cyberculture et des maîtres de science-fiction, base de son univers visuel. Le monde, la mode, qu’il côtoie de façon professionnelle lui inspire des hybridations entre design et haute-couture.

Son travail porte ainsi une réflexion sur l’idée de la beauté artificielle véhiculée par la publicité cosmétique et de luxe. La pratique du graphisme 2D et 3D accentue la réalité virtuelle de ses créations. Toujours en prospection, chaque série est une étape, une expérience technique et esthétique.

Chacune de ses expositions donne lieu à une mise en espace des oeuvres pour immerger le spectateur au coeur de ses visions. Ainsi il créé mobilier, ambiances sonores et lumineuses sous forme de sho-room pour société robotique ou chapelle dédiée au culte de ses madones.

Augmented Structures v1 Acoustic Formations
Istiklal Street

“Augmented Structures v1.1 : Acoustic Formations/Istiklal Street” is an augmented data structure, a data installation by Refik Anadol and Alper Derinboğaz which is created through the use of innovative parametric architecture and audiovisual techniques. The projects deals with a new mediated space: How to translate the logic of media into architecture? In this first experiment field recordings of Istiklal Street will be transformed in to parametric architectural structure. The sound data recordings were made by Kerim Karaoglu who also used these recordings to create an electro-acoustical composition. The project seeks interactions between space, sound, visual, data and light. A similar connection between architecture and media has been experienced in Philips Pavilion of Le Courbusier in 1958.

QUBIT AI | quantum & synthetic ai
Electronic Language International Festival

July 3rd to August 25th
Tuesday to Sunday, 10am – 8pm
FIESP Cultural Center

Design: André Lenz
Image: Iskarioto Dystopian AI Films – Athena

QUBIT AI

In its 25 years of existence, the International Electronic Language Festival (FILE) is an internationally renowned Brazilian project that since 2000 has explored the intersection between art and technology. With more than two decades of history, the festival stands out for fostering exhibition spaces and debate about artistic innovations driven by disruptive and innovative technologies, inviting the public to get involved with experimental forms of art that challenge the boundaries of conventionality. Currently, two of these technologies stand out in the contemporary scenario: the accelerated development of quantum computing and artificial intelligence corroborated by synthetic data.

Quantum computing, an emerging revolution in the technological field, offers a new range of creative possibilities for contemporary artists. This new era allows the exploration of unprecedented frontiers through a new computational format that consists mainly of quantum superposition and entanglement, a new field of exploration for synthetic computer science, as well as for the arts in general; on the other hand, artificial intelligence, fueled by synthetic data, offers artists a new way of making and understanding art, opening up space for new forms, concepts and artistic expressions.

Entitled QUBIT AI, the exhibition delves into this unexplored territory presenting a selection of works of art resulting from the connection between artistic creation and technology, proposing a theoretical reflection on what the interrelationship between quantum computers and synthetic artificial intelligence will be.

Visitors will be invited to experience immersive installations, experimental videos, digital sculptures and other forms of interactive art, which intertwine reality and imagination. The exhibition encourages reflections on the influence of technology on art and contemporary society, while at the same time providing an environment to compare already established technological arts (analog and digital) with the possible futures of art in the synthetic era, enhanced by quantum computing. The QUBIT AI exhibition at FILE SP 2024 transcends the mere presentation of works of art; it is a journey to the limits of human creativity, driven by the convergence of art, science and technology.

Ricardo Barreto and Paula Perissinotto
co-organizers and curators of FILE
International Electronic Language Festival

Space Odyssey 2002

FILE 2024 | Aesthetic Synthetics
International Electronic Language Festival
Valentin Rye – A Space Odyssey 2002 – Denmark

This video offers a surrealist take on futuristic sci-fi concepts from the 60s and 70s. Imagine a future colonization of Mars where interior design is given an avant-garde twist. It was created by brainstorming visual ideas, generating countless images, refining the best ones and assembling them into clips. After careful selection, these clips have been organized into a cohesive timeline, accompanied by atmospheric music to enhance the overall experience.

Bio

Valentin Rye is a self-taught machine whisperer based in Copenhagen, deeply passionate about art, composition and the possibilities of technology. He has been involved in AI and neural network image manipulation since starting DeepDream in 2015. While his IT work lacks creativity, he indulges in digital arts during his free time, exploring graphics, web design, video, animation and experimentation with images.

FILE 2024

QUBIT AI | quantum & synthetic ai
Electronic Language International Festival
July 3rd to August 25th
Tuesday to Sunday, 10am – 8pm
FIESP Cultural Center

Design: André Lenz
Image: Iskarioto Dystopian AI Films – Athena

QUBIT AI

In its 25 years of existence, the International Electronic Language Festival (FILE) is an internationally renowned Brazilian project that since 2000 has explored the intersection between art and technology. With more than two decades of history, the festival stands out for fostering exhibition spaces and debate about artistic innovations driven by disruptive and innovative technologies, inviting the public to get involved with experimental forms of art that challenge the boundaries of conventionality. Currently, two of these technologies stand out in the contemporary scenario: the accelerated development of quantum computing and artificial intelligence corroborated by synthetic data.

Quantum computing, an emerging revolution in the technological field, offers a new range of creative possibilities for contemporary artists. This new era allows the exploration of unprecedented frontiers through a new computational format that consists mainly of quantum superposition and entanglement, a new field of exploration for synthetic computer science, as well as for the arts in general; on the other hand, artificial intelligence, fueled by synthetic data, offers artists a new way of making and understanding art, opening up space for new forms, concepts and artistic expressions.

Entitled QUBIT AI, the exhibition delves into this unexplored territory presenting a selection of works of art resulting from the connection between artistic creation and technology, proposing a theoretical reflection on what the interrelationship between quantum computers and synthetic artificial intelligence will be.

Visitors will be invited to experience immersive installations, experimental videos, digital sculptures and other forms of interactive art, which intertwine reality and imagination. The exhibition encourages reflections on the influence of technology on art and contemporary society, while at the same time providing an environment to compare already established technological arts (analog and digital) with the possible futures of art in the synthetic era, enhanced by quantum computing. The QUBIT AI exhibition at FILE SP 2024 transcends the mere presentation of works of art; it is a journey to the limits of human creativity, driven by the convergence of art, science and technology.

Ricardo Barreto and Paula Perissinotto
co-organizers and curators of FILE
International Electronic Language Festival

FILE 2024

QUBIT AI | quantum & synthetic ai
Electronic Language International Festival
July 3rd to August 25th
Tuesday to Sunday, 10am – 8pm
FIESP Cultural Center

Design: André Lenz
Image: Iskarioto Dystopian AI Films – Athena

QUBIT AI

In its 25 years of existence, the International Electronic Language Festival (FILE) is an internationally renowned Brazilian project that since 2000 has explored the intersection between art and technology. With more than two decades of history, the festival stands out for fostering exhibition spaces and debate about artistic innovations driven by disruptive and innovative technologies, inviting the public to get involved with experimental forms of art that challenge the boundaries of conventionality. Currently, two of these technologies stand out in the contemporary scenario: the accelerated development of quantum computing and artificial intelligence corroborated by synthetic data.

Quantum computing, an emerging revolution in the technological field, offers a new range of creative possibilities for contemporary artists. This new era allows the exploration of unprecedented frontiers through a new computational format that consists mainly of quantum superposition and entanglement, a new field of exploration for synthetic computer science, as well as for the arts in general; on the other hand, artificial intelligence, fueled by synthetic data, offers artists a new way of making and understanding art, opening up space for new forms, concepts and artistic expressions.

Entitled QUBIT AI, the exhibition delves into this unexplored territory presenting a selection of works of art resulting from the connection between artistic creation and technology, proposing a theoretical reflection on what the interrelationship between quantum computers and synthetic artificial intelligence will be.

Visitors will be invited to experience immersive installations, experimental videos, digital sculptures and other forms of interactive art, which intertwine reality and imagination. The exhibition encourages reflections on the influence of technology on art and contemporary society, while at the same time providing an environment to compare already established technological arts (analog and digital) with the possible futures of art in the synthetic era, enhanced by quantum computing. The QUBIT AI exhibition at FILE SP 2024 transcends the mere presentation of works of art; it is a journey to the limits of human creativity, driven by the convergence of art, science and technology.

Ricardo Barreto and Paula Perissinotto
co-organizers and curators of FILE
International Electronic Language Festival

FILE 2024

QUBIT AI | quantum & synthetic ai
Electronic Language International Festival
July 3rd to August 25th
Tuesday to Sunday, 10am – 8pm
FIESP Cultural Center

Design: André Lenz
Image: Iskarioto Dystopian AI Films – Athena

QUBIT AI

In its 25 years of existence, the International Electronic Language Festival (FILE) is an internationally renowned Brazilian project that since 2000 has explored the intersection between art and technology. With more than two decades of history, the festival stands out for fostering exhibition spaces and debate about artistic innovations driven by disruptive and innovative technologies, inviting the public to get involved with experimental forms of art that challenge the boundaries of conventionality. Currently, two of these technologies stand out in the contemporary scenario: the accelerated development of quantum computing and artificial intelligence corroborated by synthetic data.

Quantum computing, an emerging revolution in the technological field, offers a new range of creative possibilities for contemporary artists. This new era allows the exploration of unprecedented frontiers through a new computational format that consists mainly of quantum superposition and entanglement, a new field of exploration for synthetic computer science, as well as for the arts in general; on the other hand, artificial intelligence, fueled by synthetic data, offers artists a new way of making and understanding art, opening up space for new forms, concepts and artistic expressions.

Entitled QUBIT AI, the exhibition delves into this unexplored territory presenting a selection of works of art resulting from the connection between artistic creation and technology, proposing a theoretical reflection on what the interrelationship between quantum computers and synthetic artificial intelligence will be.

Visitors will be invited to experience immersive installations, experimental videos, digital sculptures and other forms of interactive art, which intertwine reality and imagination. The exhibition encourages reflections on the influence of technology on art and contemporary society, while at the same time providing an environment to compare already established technological arts (analog and digital) with the possible futures of art in the synthetic era, enhanced by quantum computing. The QUBIT AI exhibition at FILE SP 2024 transcends the mere presentation of works of art; it is a journey to the limits of human creativity, driven by the convergence of art, science and technology.

Ricardo Barreto and Paula Perissinotto
co-organizers and curators of FILE
International Electronic Language Festival

Espace aérien
En 2016, Dirk Koy a fondé le studio de motion design et de film expérimental «Dirk Koy Bild und Bewegung». Dans son travail, il utilise différentes technologies (drones / animation 2D et 3D / photogrammétrie / AR / VR) pour créer des images numériques en mouvement. Il explore l’interface entre réalité et virtualité et recherche également la composante picturale dans le contexte numérique. L’expérience joue un rôle central.

Falling Black
Unfalling Black is an augmented reality experience that reveals digitally manipulated weather formation in an enclosed environment. Treating the mobile device as a digital window, the work uncovers the displacing choreography of rain, storms and snow, occurring all around the audience and yet witnessed only through the computerized lens.

‘Semi-Diurnal Spaces’ is a site specific immersive installation in form of a full dome which makes use of local tidal and atmospheric data of South Wales. Locals were invited to experience their close-by waterbody through a meditative environment, connecting to it in a poetic, technological and tele present way. Tidal patterns and atmospheric data such as wind and humidity influence a digital NVIDIA FleX particle system in real-time. The site-specific data influences the gravitational forces, fluid viscosity and flow rate within the dome as a body, resulting in a living digital sculpture and AV experience connecting to aspects of the channel itself.

FRAGILE
Fragile is an audio-visual installation that aims to investigate the relationship between stressful human experience and the transformations that occur in our brain. Recent scientific research has shown that neurons belonging to different areas of our brain are affected by stress. In particular stress causes changes in neuron circuitry, impacting their plasticity, the ability to change through growth and reorganization.
Our process exploits the scientific data provided by the Society for Neuroscience and elaborates this information trying to show the effect of external interactions on our nervous system and ultimately on our relationship with the outside world. In order to achieve this we developed an artwork composed of different digital representations following one another, branching into 5 screen projections.

50Myconnect

Myconnect “offers the experience of a symbiosis of connection between humans, nature and technology. The spectator becomes an actor by lying in a capsule, equipped with a helmet and body sensors measuring the variations in his rhythm This data is modulated and transmitted to a closed universe of mycelium culture (white mushroom) to produce alterations using electrical resistance. These variations in turn generate signals, sent back to the person in the form of vibration, sound and light. Each cycle can be different depending on whether the experience is stimulating or calming. This type of perceptual exchange enabled by technology reveals how much the human being is an integral part of the complex network that links him to his environment.

Squint
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I was inspired by how the sunlight bounces around in our artificial forest.
“Squint” is a kinetic light installation consisting of 49 mirrors that reflect lights in a bright space. The mirrors track and reflect lights on audiences’ face with composed patterns of movements. It extends the generated perception by focusing on how lights pass across our visual senses physically, and combines with our perception of images through flickering. “Squint”, which extracts various daily experiences to an abstraction brings the audience to expand their interpretation of lights and perceived imagination into a non-linear experience.
“Squint” simulates light source and intentionally shines lights on audience’s faces. Bright light is projected in the gallery, a clean bright space.
Everyday people are dynamically moving around in the city. Sunlight reflects and flickers even when it is indirect and hidden behind the artifacts. While we are traveling, we are experiencing motion. We are also experiencing the shift of light intensity, visual patterns and textures. The varieties of light forms inspire the artist to explore the potential of light textures, select and sort out the combined complexity in urban space. The artist turns them into a minimal form of light experience, while maximizing its diversity of perception.

#define Moon_
[#define Moon_ ] consists of 9 rotating kinect light installations. It presents different postures of moon shape, exerting new sense experiences. The audience is allowed to explore through various ways of looking and bring curiosity to the installation by watching from different angles. By thinking of the science spirit, once again, viewer can define and understand the concept of this work of their own.

Bleu Remix
In his spectacle-installation Bleu Remix, Yann Marussich returns to a theme originally explored in Bleu Provisoire (2001), a spectacle in which a mysterious blue liquid oozes through the layers of his skin as though it were the final effect or by-product of his body’s inner processes. In Bleu Remix, the artist once more invites the viewer to experience an intimate journey through the corners of his body. Each time the spectacle is performed, a different (local) musician accompanies Marussich. This unique, singular confrontation establishes a new relationship between the sound and image. The meeting of the two artists brings an element of risk and uniqueness to the event, as if the music explores the spectacle repeatedly, resulting in new ways of perception.

Cunningham Clip -Summerspace
CUNNINGHAM is a 3D cinematic experience about the legendary American choreographer, Merce Cunningham, orchestrated through his iconic works and performed by the last generation of his dancers. This poetic film traces Merce’s artistic evolution over three decades of risk and discovery (1944–1972), from his early years as a struggling dancer in postwar New York to his emergence as one of the most visionary and influential choreographers worldwide. 3D technology weaves together Merce’s philosophies and stories, creating a visceral journey through the choreographer’s world.

Eternity Be Kind
LaTurbo Avedon performs Myriam Bleau’s music in a multiplatform audiovisual performance. Eternity Be Kind exposes the codified spaces of performance and hints at a different future for personal and musical representation. Navigating between hyper-pop, mythical symbolism and baroque hints, the artists propose a multilayered experience of collective mise en abyme.
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Art of The Prank
“Media Prank” and “Culture Jamming” were the main anti-media countercultural tactics. Skaags was the “grandfather” of the so-called “media hoax“. Long before discussions of “fake news” or “memes” , he used lying and manipulation against the corporate media itself, producing funny, cynical and ironic effects. He made the mainstream media experience its own poison over and over again.” Wilson Roberto Vieira Ferreira
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“Media Prank” und “Culture Jamming” waren die wichtigsten anti-medialen gegenkulturellen Taktiken. Skaags war der “Großvater” des sogenannten “Medienhoax”. Lange bevor er über “Fake News” oder “Meme” diskutierte, setzte er Lügen und Manipulationen gegen die Konzernmedien selbst ein und erzeugte lustige, zynische und ironische Effekte. Er ließ die Mainstream-Medien immer wieder ihr eigenes Gift erfahren.” Wilson Roberto Vieira Ferreira
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“Media Prank” (pegadinhas) e “Culture Jamming” (trolagens) foram as principais táticas contraculturais antimídia. Skaags foi o “avô” dos chamados “media hoax”. Muito tempo antes das discussões sobre “fake news” ou “memes”, ele usou a mentira e a manipulação contra a própria mídia corporativa, produzindo efeitos engraçados, cínicos e irônicos. Fez por inúmeras vezes a grande mídia experimentar seu próprio veneno.” Wilson Roberto Vieira Ferreira

Test Studies
In the 20th century, the film industry largely monopolized the representation of human feelings, whereas in the 21st century, the video game industry engages our emotions through participation. At least that is what Ed Fornieles is trying to demonstrate with his video installation Test Studies in which three-dimensional simulations of a role-playing game are juxtaposed with the emotional comments of those who experience it.
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Monument to the Unknown Artist
At first glance, Monument to the Unknown Artist appears to be a simple bronze statue, dressed in a neck scarf and loose fitting suit. However, the six meter monument seeks inspiration from passers-by, inviting them to strike poses which he copies, continually changing his form in a light-hearted and mischievous way. The unique sculpture offers an alternative and accessible creative experience for the public allowing them to create a dialogue with the work of art.

Atmospheric Wall

大气波浪墙，一个新的文化地标和芝加哥首个公共艺术装置，由全球知名艺术家奥拉维尔·埃利亚松 (Olafur Eliasson) 设计。突出显示在外部杰克逊大道。墙，原件是专门为威利斯大厦创作的。大气波浪墙提供了一种免费且易于访问的方式，可以在 Loop 体验户外世界一流的艺术。
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Atmospheric wave wall, a new cultural landmark and the first public art installation in Chicago by globally acclaimed artist Olafur Eliasson. Prominently displayed on the exterior Jackson Blvd. wall, the original piece was created specifically for Willis Tower. Atmospheric wave wall provides a free and accessible way to experience world-class art outdoors in the Loop.
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Стена с атмосферными волнами, новая культурная достопримечательность и первая инсталляция в Чикаго, созданная всемирно известным художником Олафуром Элиассоном. Заметно отображается на экстерьере Jackson Blvd. стена, оригинальная часть была создана специально для Уиллис Тауэр. Стена с атмосферными волнами – это бесплатный и доступный способ познакомиться с искусством мирового класса на открытом воздухе в Loop.

The Gold Divide
“I visualized The Gold Divide as a transparent wall; a large surface representing emotion and energy. The piece was inspired by my experiences studying abroad in Amsterdam, time spent at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and the community at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. It was a cumulation of observations and experiences—like riding my bike through the city of Boston and seeing vast construction netting wrapped around buildings. These large surfaces of material triggered my fascination for creating work at an enormous scale. I reflected on process, on how something is made, and was further intrigued by the challenge and symbolism of independently sewing four hundred yards of fabric on a single industrial sewing machine.” Leah Medin

Great Animal Orchestra
The Fondation Cartier invited United Visual Artists to collaborate on The Great Animal Orchestra, exhibition that celebrates the work of musician, bio-acoustician and scientist Bernie Krause. Krause has been recording animals for 45 years and has amassed a collection of more than 5,000 hours of sounds  recording of over 15,000 individual species in their natural habitats from all over the world. UVA’s creative approach linked together the various exhibition content elements throughout the basement space — soundscapes, spectrograms and art works — into a cohesive, immersive experience that three-dimensionalises Krause’s recordings and suggests scenes from the natural world. The spectrograms form an abstract landscape, an interpretation of the various global locations and times of day that Krause made the original recordings in a way that envelops the audience and encourages them to linger in the space.

Hot Pink Turquoise
Janssens’ works range wide, but they can all be described as sculptures that use the space as a stage for sensory activity. The simple white architecture of Louisiana’s South Wing becomes a resonating surface for Janssens’ both fragile and dizzying art – fragile because the works and their components are very simple while their effect elevates them above the material. Janssens herself often uses the word ‘fluid’ to describe the effect of her works – even for example when they consist of a 6.5 metre long iron girder polished at the top so the room is reflected and it is hard to fix your gaze on the object. Janssens seeks no control of either works or viewers, for as the Dutch theorist Mieke Bal has said, Janssens’ artworks are at one and the same time object and event. Many of the works in the exhibition can evoke the sensation of standing at the threshold of something. They stress transitions and transformations between on the one hand a material level – evoked by glass, colour, liquids and not least light – and on the other hand a dynamic experience of time and space.