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Translab was a [[BURUNDI]] collaborative research project mapping the possibilities emerging from the technological culture (hardware, software), trends in science (genetic engineering, artifical intelligence, biotechnologies), and in distribution of information (internet, interface, digital photography and video).
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'''Translab''' was a [[BURUNDI]] collaborative research project mapping the possibilities emerging from technological culture (hardware, software), trends in science (genetic engineering, artifical intelligence, biotechnologies), and in the distribution of information (internet, interface, digital photography, video).
 
   
 
   
The project focused on new media environment phenomena (such as ''simulation, copy&paste, open source, interface, algorithm, glitch'', or ''social software'') and placed them to face the history of art, music, film, literature, sociology, philosophy, and science.
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The project focused on new media phenomena such as ''simulation, copy & paste, open source, interface, algorithm, glitch'' and ''social software'', which it contrasted with episodes from the history of arts and humanities. Episodes featured various artworks, theories and events. They were presented through ''micro-stories'', visual documents accompanied by a story.  
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As a tool, ''microstory'' was used — a text unit of one paragraph, summing up the context, form, and content of particular work, event, or theory. The level of originality, media response and spectator's shock was taken into account as criteria for the relevance of a microstory (like ''Ballet Mécanique'' for noise).
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There were six Translab evenings prepared by [[Dušan Barok]] in collaboration [[Mária Rišková]], [[Magdaléna Kobzová]] and many others. Hosted by [[A4 - Zero Space]] in [[Bratislava]], they were held between October 2004 and February 2005. Invited guests presented lectures and performances. In their dramaturgy, the evenings served as experiments with the institutions of moderator, guest and audience, maneuvering between the formats of stand-up comedy, symposium and participatory game. After each event, the collected micro-stories and presentation documents were published on the project website.
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Six Translab evenings held since October 2004 to February 2005 in [[A4 - Zero Space]], [[Bratislava]] (audience ranged 20 to 60 people per evening) experimented with the institution of moderator, guest and audience; oscillating on the border of presentation, coffee talk and show.
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Guests included artist duo Aschenblond ([[Barbora Šedivá]]), artist [[Guy van Belle]], musician [[Róbert Bittner]], film critic Daniela Chlapíková, librarian [[Andrej Chudý]], artist Mária Čorejová, librarian [[Michal Čudrnák]], visual artist Michaela Danková, DJ Amn2, philosopher Ondrej Gajdoš, art historian [[Daniel Grúň]], bioscientist Ľubica Lacinová, philosopher Róbert Maco, architect Lubo Nosko, sociologist Peter Michalík, and music historian [[Oliver Rehák]].
  
 
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20150810232315/http://translab.burundi.sk/ Archived website], includes evenings summaries and collected microstories.
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20150810232315/http://translab.burundi.sk/ Archived website], includes evenings reports and collected micro-stories.

Revision as of 21:55, 21 March 2018

Translab was a BURUNDI collaborative research project mapping the possibilities emerging from technological culture (hardware, software), trends in science (genetic engineering, artifical intelligence, biotechnologies), and in the distribution of information (internet, interface, digital photography, video).

The project focused on new media phenomena such as simulation, copy & paste, open source, interface, algorithm, glitch and social software, which it contrasted with episodes from the history of arts and humanities. Episodes featured various artworks, theories and events. They were presented through micro-stories, visual documents accompanied by a story.

There were six Translab evenings prepared by Dušan Barok in collaboration Mária Rišková, Magdaléna Kobzová and many others. Hosted by A4 - Zero Space in Bratislava, they were held between October 2004 and February 2005. Invited guests presented lectures and performances. In their dramaturgy, the evenings served as experiments with the institutions of moderator, guest and audience, maneuvering between the formats of stand-up comedy, symposium and participatory game. After each event, the collected micro-stories and presentation documents were published on the project website.

Guests included artist duo Aschenblond (Barbora Šedivá), artist Guy van Belle, musician Róbert Bittner, film critic Daniela Chlapíková, librarian Andrej Chudý, artist Mária Čorejová, librarian Michal Čudrnák, visual artist Michaela Danková, DJ Amn2, philosopher Ondrej Gajdoš, art historian Daniel Grúň, bioscientist Ľubica Lacinová, philosopher Róbert Maco, architect Lubo Nosko, sociologist Peter Michalík, and music historian Oliver Rehák.

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