STWST48x4 SLEEP
*48 hours Art as Sleep*
*Fri, Sep 7th, 14h - Sun, Sep 9th, 14h*
https://stwst48x4.stwst.at <https://stwst48x4.stwst.at/en/all>
Sleep is a complex physiological phenomenon with different cultural and
physical expressions. Sleep refers to various abilities and aspects of
the body, which are expressed in rhythms, hormones, fluctuations in
electrical activity, changes in the activity of organs and body systems,
among other things. Historically and across cultures, sleep has taken
various forms in terms of light, work, sex, morality, sound, body and
human understanding. All these and other factors can be considered as
the basis for precise, unspectacular experiments within the framework of
STWST48x4 SLEEP.
SLEEP48 is a project by Stadtwerkstadt and conceived by Shu Lea Cheang
and Matthew Fuller, who were inspired by Fuller's latest book “How to
Sleep, the art, biology and culture of unconsciousness”. STWST48x4 also
presents an array of new works developed at Stadtwerkstatt under its new
art contexts initiative: Infolab
<http://stwst48x4.stwst.at/en/infolab>(led by Franz Xaver) defines the
concept of information, from synchronous quantum storms to randomness in
the past and blockchain technology. The Mycelium Network Society
<http://stwst48x4.stwst.at/en/mycelium_network_society> gives a preview
of its Patulin installation at Taipei Biennale this year, plus Mycelial
Radio Activationworkshop by Martin Howse.The art and context research
Quasikunst <http://stwst48x4.stwst.at/en/quasikunst>(led by Tanja
Brandmayr) stages faded and blown away coordinates from art agens to
body movens. An indicative view applies to the Previous Layers
<http://stwst48x4.stwst.at/en/previous_layers> of earlier Stadtwerkstatt
projects. And at the Danube shore, the Reouzeri
<http://stwst48x4.stwst.at/en/reouzeri> offers an after-work sunset area
of relaxed, cooperative participation.
Stadtwerkstatt <https://stwst.at/>, founded in 1979,has been an active
player in the context of new media art, presenting provocative and
challenging projects since the 1980s. Nowadays Stadtwerkstatt is active
in the areas of New Art Contexts, runs a club and the Cafe Strom.Its
media output also includes Versorgerin newspaper and other public art
and discourse events.
STWST48x4 SLEEP,in cooperation with ARS ELECTRONICA
<http://www.aec.at/festival>, is presented by Stadtwerkstatt at
Kirchengasse 4, 4040 Linz, Austria.
http://stwst.at
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