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In July we had a whirlwind day at Studio Babelsberg with Golden Globe nominee and Berliner Helena Zengel! Helena will star in Berlin 2037, our VR project with Vincent Productions that is in its final stages of production (!)

The shoot took place in the Volucap Studio where the likes of the Matrix 4 have been filmed. The combination of working with such an experienced and inspiring actor, and the state of the art technology was quite the experience 🪄 Thank you to everyone who made it happen - and Volucap for these 2D photos from the day, as well 📸
Helena Zengel Volucap Vincent Productions Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg STATE Festival Starts Felix Gaedtke Gayatri Parameswaran

Berlin 2037, our upcoming VR project with Vincent Productions, envisions a radical vision of a near-future Berlin - a greener, sustainable city without motor vehicles. Naturally, this vision can best be achieved by listening to what people living in Berlin and similar cities want!

Futures Canvas is an online, interactive tool for collective speculation and envisioning futures together. You can participate through the link below!

We'd love if you could participate in 'Modes of Mobility' 😉 the topic that our co-founder Felix Gaedtke is exploring as part of his residency with S+T+ARTS.

So please, join in and speculate with us! 🚴‍♀️🚴🚴‍♂️

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Regional STARTS Centre, STATE Studio hosted a STARTS Academy event a couple of weeks ago.

The event invited S+T+ARTS residency artists, scientists, local stakeholders as well as Berlin’s
citizens to speculate about the city’s futures of water and mobility together and contribute to the social development of sustainable local and European communities.
The event was also the pre-launch of “Futures Canvas”, a crowdsourcing tool conceptualised by AKAW and designed by .studio. More on that soon!

Photos Credit: Anne Freitag
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Berliners! This Friday STATE Studio will be holding a S+T+ARTS Academy Event at CLB Berlin. As a S+T+ARTS artist-in-residence, Felix Gaedtke will be speaking about the upcoming VR project Berlin 2037 and how this project embodies the concept of new modes of mobility. There’s also a rumour that our bicycle installation will be present 🚲 with the opportunity to try out the VR experience prototype!! We hope to see you there! STATE [email protected] Vincent Productions Radbahn Berlin Maestro Billy Swapfiets

S+T+ARTS RESIDENCY

STATE Festival and their artists in residence are already hard at work.

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For Flow of Berlin, Johanna Schmeer and Studio Lapatsch|Unger are exploring the water systems and ecologies of Berlin and Brandenburg. The valuable insights into the research labs and the in-depth conversations with the local experts open new perspectives for their project, Bodies of Water showing exciting potential connections between scientific and artistic approaches.
Photo credit: Johanna Schmeer

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For New Modes of Mobility, artist-in-residence Felix Gaedtke is working together with technologists and scientists on his project, Berlin 2037. STATE Studio and local expert Dr Parichehr Scharifi visited his studio to check out the first prototype of his multisensory cyber-physical installation that connects a bicycle to a virtual reality headset and get a glimpse into the future of urban mobility.
Photo Credit: STATE

Both S+T+ARTS Residencies are hosted by Regional S+T+ARTS Center STATE in collaboration with BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt and its RISE Cities programme.

Vorremmo dire un grande grazie a tutti gli artisti che hanno presentato la loro domanda per .

Apprezziamo il vostro duro lavoro e l'impegno nel plasmare il futuro che tutti vogliamo vedere. Siamo più che felici di iniziare a leggere le molte proposte che abbiamo ricevuto. E continueremo a darvi aggiornamenti sui prossimi passi.

I centri regionali S+T+ARTS
STATE Studio STATE Festival Galerija Kapelica / Kapelica Gallery RAMPA Lab In4Art Ars Electronica MEET Digital Culture Center Art Hub Copenhagen Ίδρυμα Ωνάση / Onassis Foundation Gluon Snowball_EU CCCB CYENS Centre of Excellence

REPAIRING THE PRESENT: OPEN CALL ANNOUNCEMENT

Calling international artists working at the intersection between science, technology and the arts to apply for a 6-month fellowship addressing one of the 21 challenges defined by 12 Regional STARTS Centers and their local networks of experts, business and community leaders.
Repairing the Present was born from the belief that the solutions to the social, economic and environmental issues our world is facing must come from an understanding of the local and regional specificities before they can be translated at a global level. We invite artists to think globally and act locally to repair the present and build the future our world needs.
The fellowships will encourage artists to critique the present, challenge existing practices in different industries, explore beyond current limitations, reimagine sustainable futures, learn from the research field and work closely with experts to bring to the table artistic solutions to issues that affect us all.
Each fellowship will have a budget of 40.000 EUR.
Artists can apply to up to 3 different challenges. Artists applying for more than one challenge are only eligible for one fellowship.
To learn all about the challenges and the open call, go to https://bit.ly/rtpcall

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Kersnikova RAMPA Lab Galerija Kapelica / Kapelica Gallery
Ars Electronica
MEET Digital Culture Center
Art Hub Copenhagen
Onassis Stegi
Gluon
Snowball_EU
CCCB
MAXXI - Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo
CYENS Centre of Excellence

▶️ We are very excited to be part of the new Regional Starts Centers initiative, "Repairing the Present“.

Together with STATE Festival and during the 18-month journey, we will set up two residencies bringing together artists and local experts who will work on new ideas for mobility and water management and rethink sustainable solutions for Berlin’s capital area.

Stay tuned for upcoming news on the project, our local expert group and the open call.
👉 For more info, check out www.state-studio.com
👉Sign up for updates on the project at https://bit.ly/3zpQ5sI

~ ArtScience Monthly #12~

warmly invites you to join us on Tuesday, March 16 as from 7pm CET, for our upcoming online community gathering. Following inspiration talks by artist Anne Duk Hee Jordan and biologist & philosopher Dr. Andreas Weber, we will connect our ideas and intuitions to collectively envision new ways of approaching nature.

Through her art, Anne Duk Hee Jordan opens up doors to a universe where she humorously and romantically creates machines that juxtapose robotic consciousness with organic cyclic decay and life. As a biologist, philosopher and writer, Andreas Weber focuses on a re-evaluation of our understanding of the living. He proposes to view – and treat – all organisms as subjects and hence the biosphere as a meaning-creating and poetic reality. Studio

We're looking forward to interconnecting with you!

Please register to receive the Zoom link:

On Tuesday, June 16th, we're hosting a new edition of the ArtScience Monthly - an interactive series of events that is about sharing perspectives and learning from one another!

This time, we'll start the evening with inspiration talks by Jonas Wendelin, a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores technological evolution and social organization, and Saba Nojoumi, a research scientist with expertise in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology.

Join us via Zoom on Tuesday, June 16th at 7pm CET. Looking forward to having you with us!

Your STATE Studio team

Better together, better connected! We are very excited to continue with our ArtScience Monthly #2 as part of the Curious Minds community program.

Here’s our brief program: We will be joined by Laura Kaltwasser, a research scientist of emotion and social interaction, and Petja Ivanova, an artistic researcher and speculative designer of poetic futures, who will share their practices and thoughts with us. Later on you’ll have the opportunity to interact with the community in breakout rooms and we’ll end the session with dreamy soundscapes.

Join us next Tuesday, April 21st at 7pm Berlin time via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/95900883762

"Pocket Democracy," our two-day conference between Berlin and Seattle might be over, but the many questions and answers about how digital technologies can be used for alternative political solutions will linger on. To put it in the words of Ramesh Srinivasan: “We can design technology according to our aspirations!”
We'd like to thank all speakers, participants and our partners Wunderbar Together STATE Festival Goethe-Institut Goethe Pop Up Seattle Jackson School of International Studies at University of Washington

Human rights activist and Black Lives Matter co-founder Opal Tometi will be giving a keynote lecture at our "Pocket Democracy" conference in Seattle on October 25. The event will be streamed live to Berlin. Follow the link for more information and to RSVP: http://tiny.cc/s8v9dz
Wunderbar Together Jackson School of International Studies at University of Washington Goethe-Institut Goethe Pop Up Seattle STATE Festival

How can digital technologies be used for alternative political solutions?
Join “Pocket Democracy,” a two-day conference between Berlin and Seattle. On Oct 24 & 25, you can be part of a transatlantic conversation. http://tiny.cc/s8v9dz
Wunderbar Together Jackson School of International Studies at University of Washington STATE Festival Goethe-Institut Goethe Pop Up Seattle