At the heart of the festival, the exhibition materialized the leitmotif and challenged the understanding of “one’s own body”. The artworks on display negotiated the impact of digital transformation on human (physical) interaction by debating the simultaneity of distance and proximity that occurs when one reaches out to the other through digital media.

In the exhibition, one could explore what it means to be another person and investigate the promise of technology to transcend material boundaries. The urge to overcome physical limitations was discussed by artistic wearables, interactive installations and performances.

‘The Informed Body’ gathered works of art that addressed the gradual incorporation of instruments and processes into the body, gadgets and algorithms optimizing our daily life or virtual reality devices trying to connect our physical bodies to potentially any virtual space and time.

The body has been examined both as a source of information and as an object of optimization. The viewer was invited to engage in a mental and physical work-out. He was confronted with the relation of flesh and consciousness in the interdependent evolution of human kind and technology.


Artists

NODE15’s exhibition presented a mix of more than 50 international distinguished and upcoming digital artists from manifold backgrounds as well as designers and creative minds in general.

Antoni RayzhekovAmir BastanAram BarthollBeAnotherLabCarolin LieblChris Sugrue, Depart, Georg ScherlinGolan LevinGregor Woschitz,
Herwig Turk, IOCOSE, Jeremy Bailey,  Jörg BrinkmannKatharina Köller, kling klang klong, Kyle McDonaldLauren McCarthyLisa BergmannNikolas Schmid-PfählerpanGeneratorQuayola, schnellebuntebilder, Simon Renaud & Véronique PêcheuxStefan TiefengraberSusanna Hertrich, Woeishi Lean & Quadrature.

  • 50+ artists

  • 20+ artist talks

  • 3 panel discussions

  • free entry

  • 200 sqm area

Impressions

NODE15 invited more than 20 projects that investigate how the comprehension of the leitmotif ‘The Informed Body’ shape our perception and consciousness; how they alter communication and interaction with humans or machines. Coders, artists, scientists and developers quarrelled with the question, which significance to give to our flesh and shell called body. Among others:

 

Additional program

 

 

The curators’ voices

“The intention of the exhibition in general is to engage the audience with a question that is relevant to the society as a whole: How does the image of our own body change in interaction with technology?”

 

Jeanne Charlotte Vogt

Frankfurt & Hamburg, DE

Jeanne is a dramaturge, curator and cultural producer. Since 2017, she is the artistic and managing director of NODE. Trained in management theory, working in arts and culture, she embodies the multidisciplinary perspective in the team. Her projects are working at the intersection between the digital arts, performance and technology, always aiming at spreading the means for the critical reflection and application of technology.

Alexandra Waligorski

Hamburg, Germany

Alexandra is an art historian, curator and art mediator. She organizes projects at the intersection of art, technology and education. Alex joined the NODE team in 2014 and co-curated the exhibitions “The Informed Body” and “Designing Hope” as well as the public and educational program of NODE15 and NODE17. She is an active member of Digitale Welten, the NODE initiative for younger audiences.