Digital by Nature

In the organizer's words:

Since the 1980s, Miguel Chevalier has been using the computer as an artistic medium and experimenting with new technologies such as artificial intelligence. His work is in dialog with art and cultural history and, despite its digital roots, remains closely linked to sensory experience in real space. Around 120 works - sculptures, drawings, videos and installations - invite interactive participation. Together with natural history objects, a multi-layered experience between nature, technology and art is created.

The artist Miguel Chevalier has worked closely with the composer Jacopo Baboni Schilingi for many years. For the exhibition, Schilingi created two generative soundscapes based on works by Johann Sebastian Bach. The music for "Complex Meshes" takes the "Agnus Dei" from the Mass in B minor (BWV 232) and four organ fugues as its starting point. From this, a computer develops endlessly varying electronic melodies: motifs are recombined, fugue elements are interwoven with synthetic sounds. In the absence of visitors, a gentle mood is created, while the interaction of the audience intensifies the rhythm. Image changes in the projection are accentuated by low tones.

"Meta-Nature AI" is also based on Bach's music - this time on the cantata BWV 106. Schilingi's score is realized completely digitally: A generative program translates the movement and growth of the virtual plants into sound accents that are constantly changing and thus musically reflect the liveliness of digital nature.

Price information:

Price: 18
Reduced price: 0-14

Every Tuesday (except on public holidays) there is a 50 percent discount on all admission prices - see separate category in the ticket overview.