LASER Talks Brussels  :  Out-of-control-ness and the emergence of possibilities
Channel: iMAL Brussels
Date: 2021-12-13

LASER Talks is a program of international gatherings that bring artists, scientists, humanists and technologists together for presentations and conversations with the wider public.

In 2021 LASER Talks Brussels organizes four talks. This is the 4rd talk in the series, discussing notions of out-of-control-ness in a social and technical context that are at the core of the work of the three panelists: Prof. Dr. Frances BRAZIER who is a full professor in Engineering Systems Foundations at the Delft University of Technology and visual artists Joost REKVELD and Frank THEYS.

Brazier approaches the subject through her research into social systems and connects out-of-control-ness with the notion of emergence and new possibilities, the empowerment of people in change management. For Rekveld the notion of out-of-control-ness is related to his research into analog computing, its history and culture, pushing the limits of its affordance. For Theys it’s related to the current state of affairs of the world and global warming which is the subject of his latest interactive multimedia installation ‘Chronicle of an Extinction Foretold’.

LASER TALKS Brussels are curated by Alexandra DEMENTIEVA in collaboration with Edith DOOVE as moderator.