A Future of Possibilities: Cairotronica’s 2nd Edition

When logically thinking of the term “possibility”, one underscores the absence of contradiction, defining what is “possible” as what cannot be prevented by anything from happening, even if it does not at all occur. The study of postulating possible future scenarios or studies,

also known as “Futurology” (coined in the 1940s by Ossip K. Flechtheim denoting a new science of probability), revolves around determining the likelihood of certain events and developments to take place in the future by developing a pattern-based understanding of changes that have occurred in the past and changes occurring in the present.

The concept of future scenarios has emerged within philosophy, science fiction, cultural studies and contemporary art and design. Since it is co-existent with the growth of advanced medical/science and communication technologies,

the future human is framed by ideas of mutation, evolution and the development of a species that re-writes what is conceived as future human. The definition of the future human draws on both humanist and anti-humanist concepts that suggest a profound paradox.

 

Event

Following the third round of Cairotronica titled Data Fiction, we return to you with a 10-day event during which we feature 3 different artwork one of which hasn’t been on display before.
The talks program aims to start a mutual dialogue between the audience and artists. It gives the space for artists participating in the festival to share their ideas and concepts with the audience to better understand the different practices of artists using new technologies in their work. All events are free but registration is mandatory. English is the language used for all of the talks.
Mia Zabelka transfers quantum noise which is a product of fluctuations in optical fiber communication, which usually interrupts music performances, into sound art. The acoustic Quantum Noize is correlated with optical visions, played by Epitaten — Quantum Cinema imagery, where the scattered grid of the Higgs field meets the Platonic world of ideas, in 5 dimensions & beyond.
Cairotronica’s 3rd edition showcases artworks and projects from Egyptian, regional and international artists who outline the complexities of dealing with new technologies and explore the
Looking at existing datasets through algorithmic and analogue methods, participants can interrogate how data, and by extension datasets, work – how it can be warped and manipulated and ignored and lost, how it can be both individual and human and vast and conceptual – and by doing so, offer critical and conceptual ways of engaging with this methodology that is made and constructed from the ground up.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

PHOTO DOCUMENTATION

VIDEO DOCUMENTATION

IN THE PRESS

FESTIVAL CATALOGUES

PARTNERS AND SPONSORS