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In September 2016, CDV Nord hosted more than 100 hackers, coders and thinkers to work with all kinds of cultural data. A series of renown organizations (Archeological Museum of Hamburg, the Museum of Work in Hamburg, the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (MKG) and the National and University Library Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky, the KENOM-Project, the Swedish National Museum, University of Kiel and the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial) provided access to their data. Since the kick-off weekend, 16 teams have been working on 23 data sets – audience data, archive or research material of different shape.

A long term goal of the Open Knowledge Foundation and Code für Hamburg is to promote free access to cultural data for the social benefit.

On November 6th, 2016, the teams will present their projects to an expert jury of Stephan Barthomei (Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek), Marco Maas (x minutes), Luise Overgaard (Dokk 1, Bibliothek in Aarhus, Vorstand Coding Pirates Dänemark), Nina Dreier (Kulturbehörde), Prof. Frank Steinicke (Uni Hamburg, Human-Computer Interaction, Informatik) and our curator Alexandra Waligorski.

 

Alexandra Waligorski

Curator, Team Digitale Welten

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.

About the artists

Simon Weckert

Berlin, Germany

Simon Weckert (*1989) is an artist and designer with his home base at the University of Art, Berlin. He likes to share knowledge on a wide range of fields from generative design to physical computing and implementation of media projects. His focus is the digital world – including everything related to code and electronics. With his love to new technologies he combines an understanding of visual, physical and interaction design with algorithmic, electronic and mechatronic knowledge. The reflection on current social aspects, ranging from technology oriented examinations to the discussion of current social issues, are always part of his work.

Lilian Nejatpour

UK / Iran

Lilian Nejatpour (*1994) has recently graduated with a BA in Fine Art and History of Art at Goldsmiths College in London. She is a British, Iranian artist concerned with technology as a mode of evolution that operates through our physical gestures and dialogue.

“It is becoming increasingly visible through overheard conservations that circle around technological invasiveness and sentimentality. I therefore questions how these two very distinct modes operate alongside each other and what problems arise when they are captured and re-situated in romantic conversation. I am delighted to be working with TADAEX & NODE in collaboration with Simon Weckert, to combine and uncover these technological methodologies further in the surroundings of both Iran and Germany.”

Jury statements

The jury is granting one residency stipend to German artist Simon Weckert. Weckert’s works show a great openness of conceptual thinking and media use. He employs a variety of media to deal with issues such as human social interaction or commemorative culture in the wake of digitalization. His concepts are straight and engaging and therefore able to transport complex ideas in a dense, yet accessible way. Simon Weckert’s interest in coding and electronics show a genuine affiliation with the artistic and technological context of TADAEX and NODE. By choosing Weckert as a resident the jury aims at opening his perspective towards a foreign art scene and to support him in further increasing his technical and theoretical skills.

The jury has decided to grant one residency stipend to Iranian-British artist Lilian Nejatpour. Despite her young age and early career status Nejatpour’s portfolio shows an extraordinary interesting theoretical approach and intriguing conceptual thinking. Her work analyzes the effects of digitization and digitalization from a socially engaged and philosophical point of view. Her installations and video works use a clear and strong visual language to engage with topics such as formalism and remediation. By choosing Lilian Nejatpour as a resident the jury hopes to foster her interest in digital media as creative tools and to engage her in a vivid dialogue with digital artists from Germany and Iran.

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