Démo de démos, a Series of Experimental Performances with Objects

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« Démo de démos », a Series of Experimental Performances with Objects

First phase: Wednesday June 14, 2023 at 6 p.m.
Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery (Tel Aviv University) | Haim Lebanon 64
Three demonstrations followed by a round table


The French Institute in Israel and the Genia Schreiber Art Gallery are pleased to present “Demo”, a series of experimental performances, combining art, science, and technology, followed by a round table. The event will take place on Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. at the Art Gallery of Tel Aviv University.

Starting in Israel, “Demo” is a series of performances combining art, science and technology. Behind the mysterious name of “Demo” hides a daring scientific project bearing on the significance and roles of public demonstrations, and more precisely on the demos that are deployed in high-tech universes such as those of Silicon Valley (including those of the highly publicized Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple).

Based on the observation that public demonstrations are far from being anecdotal and that they structure life in society, “Demo” is intended to be a multidisciplinary project combining the social sciences, the exact sciences, design and art. By diverting demos from their original purposes, including commercial ones, the designers of "Demo" transform this activity into an artistic performance and scientific reflection, thus producing a new, original and high-impact demonstration device.

Composed of researchers as well as designers and artists, the team has its own resources to conceive and implement the first public experiments in the "demo" mode. While demos are a format commonly used in the field of technological innovation, how can we think in this field of presenting objects that are part of the creation of art and/or design? How can we learn from this situation and rethink this format in the world of creation, in a cultural place, or in an exhibition?

The first experimental phase of “Demo” begins in Israel, a country often referred to as a “start-up nation”, and that illustrates the concept of what is a “demonstration society”. “Demo” will take place on June 14 at 6 p.m. at the Genia Schreiber Art Gallery and will feature a series of three demonstrations in artistic context: Bold, Bug Antenna and Void Spaces. At the end of the performance, a round table will be held with artists and researchers around the following question: “Performance as an alternative mode of “publication” for art, design and science research?". Participants in the round table: Samuel Bianchini, Leo Corry, Dvor Harrari, Tamar Mayer, Claude Rosental, and Emile De Visscher.

A project coordinated by Samuel Bianchini (Les Arts Décoratifs – Paris), Claude Rosental (CNRS), Emile de Visscher (Humboldt University), Jean-Marc Chomaz (Polytechnique), and Raphaëlle Kerbrat (Les Arts Décoratifs – Paris)

With the participation of Corentin Loubet, Anna Schäffner, Dafna Gold Melchior.

With the support of the French Institute of Israel, the French Research Center in Jerusalem (CNRS-MEAE), the Arts and Sciences Chair of the École Polytechnique, the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs and the Carasso Foundation, as well as the Matters of Activity Cluster of Excellence supported by the Humboldt University of Berlin, and the Genia Schreiber Art Gallery of Tel Aviv University.


 

מידע כללי

« Démo de démos », a Series of Experimental Performances with Objects

First phase: Wednesday June 14, 2023 at 6 p.m.
Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery (Tel Aviv University) | Haim Lebanon 64

Free entrance

Round table in English

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Emile De Visscher, Bold, 2016

Emile De Visscher (PhD), is a designer and researcher in the Matters of Activity Cluster of Excellence at Humboldt University in Berlin.

A tendency towards the re-localization of forms of production in the city has developed under the impulse of the Makers’ and FabLab’s movements over the last 15 years. But few proposals are based on a know-how related to urban space. Still, a creative practice born and proper to urban topology is graffiti. Bold is a research project whose objective is to create a 3-dimensional graffiti tool, thus opening the way to an appropriation of space and to instantaneous and collective forms of creativity, mixing architecture and graphics. The water-based and non-polluting foam which is used dries and allows to imagine a new craft defined by the gesture performed in public.

 

Raphaëlle Kerbrat, Bug Antenna, 2018

Raphaëlle Kerbrat is an artist and doctoral student in the SACRe program (Université PSL – Paris Sciences et Lettres) and a member of the Reflective Interaction group of EnsadLab, the laboratory of the École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (EnsAD).

Bug Antenna consists of two telescopic antennas that interact with the Wi-Fi environment. The device reacts to the intensity and number of networks in the surroundings. Its gestures are similar to those of an insect's antennas, seeking to probe and interact with its environment. The system diverts the antennas from their initial mode of operation by using them to make the hertzian activity of the room appear through movement. The greater the activity of the networks, the more active the device is.

 

Jean-Marc Chomaz, Void Spaces, 2022-2023

Jean-Marc Chomaz is a physicist and artist, director of research at the CNRS and professor at the École polytechnique (X).

Based on the author's Red Shift installation (2014-2015), the demo will consist of a performance entitled Void Spaces. This demo will trace the construction of our current universe: how from the Earth's orbit – the only fraction of space physically explored by the human species – our imagination has been able to project us into the cosmos and how science and art have given a fragile materiality to the galaxies in an accelerated space-time travel. The demo will address the issue of origin by reversing Time to literally see the Universe from the point of view of light, while using the Red Shift time machine. Dark matter, dark energy, empty spaces of our Cosmos, questioning of our ignorance or transcendental intuition of the Multiverse will be emotionally summoned during the final performance Absence which makes tangible a dark media refusing any movement, any wave or light.

מידע כללי

« Démo de démos », a Series of Experimental Performances with Objects

First phase: Wednesday June 14, 2023 at 6 p.m.
Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery (Tel Aviv University) | Haim Lebanon 64

Free entrance

Round table in English