/ ANDREAS GYSIN / BJØRN GUNNAR STAAL / EDDA GIMNES / KARSTEN SCHMIDT / KIM ASENDORF / / LEANDER HERZOG / MARIUS WATZ / MONUSE /
For the 1st edition of COLLECTIVE OSLO TECH FACTORY series, some of the most interesting creators, experts, and explorers in the intersection of tech, art, and fashion together with an audience of more than 700 people, shared an evening of phygital experiences.
The rapid development of AI, the Metaverse, disruptive non-fungible tokens (NFTs), ChatGPT and Web3, generate endless new opportunities for the creative field. The 1st edition of TECH FACTORY explored creativity in this new, vibrant landscape through generative art, panel discussions, performance and phygital fashion.
ALGORYTHMS
Momentum and Temporality in Generative Art
Group Exhibition
The international group exhibition “ALGORYTHMS – Momentum and Temporality in Generative Art” presented works by a selection of the most exploratory and established artists in this field; KIM ASENDORF (1981, Germany), ANDREAS GYSIN (1975, Switzerland), LEANDER HERZOG 1984, Switzerland), KARSTEN SCHMIDT (1975, Germany), BJØRN GUNNAR STAAL (1985, Norway) and MARIUS WATZ (1973, Norway).
Edda Gimnes
WALKING ART
Performance Show
Art met movement met fashion in Edda Gimnes’s spectacular show “Walking Art” where her haute couture creations was presented by ballet dancers including Nae Nishimura, ballerina with the National Ballet. Gimnes has been internationally acclaimed by the likes of LVMH and Alber Elbaz and her design has been worn by among others, Lady Gaga, Gigi Hadid and Cardi B.
Monuse
A CODE COUTURE
Exhibition Show
MONUSE invited to an experimental fashion experience show, presenting “a Code Couture” together with its first Spring-Summer 2024 collection. This debut collection by MONUSE revolved around “DYSTOPIC BLOSSOM” and was showcased through life-sized displays featuring imaginative landscapes and immersive animations.
TECH FACTORY
Talks
In the TECH FACTORY TALKS three different panel discussions took place featuring a fascinating mix of artists, tech industry leaders, art experts, fashion designers, brand owners and communicators generously sharing their experiences and discussing opportunities and risks.
FUTURE MITIGATED – OR FUTURE PERFECT?
/ HENNING ROKLING / KIM ANDRÉ FOSSLIEN OTTESEN / RUNE PAULSETH / PER KRISTIAN STOVELAND / NICOLAY WESSELTOFT /
What happens when we train machines to mimic human intelligence to go beyond performing tasks and become creative?
What are the opportunities and risks?
THE NEW GRAIL FOR CREATIVITY?
/ SYNNE SKULSTAD / EIRIK THORSEN / IDA LUND HERMANRUD /
MARI JÆGER / COLINE CHERRY /
Are we facing a new reality with blockchain, ChatGPT, Generative AR, VR, AI all coming together as one new grail for creativity?
PHYGITAL HYPER-CONNECTIONS
/ ALEKSANDER SAHR / TOMINGA HOPE O’DONNELL /
KJELL HAUSMANN / CHRISTIAN SCHÜSSLER /
Phygital lifestyle is not a futuristic vision, we are already bridging the gap between the digital and the physical world
- where do we go from here?
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