Context & Technology 2: Art, Intelligences & Materiality 

James Bridle. Ways of Being and Ways of Working Across Genres.

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Nummer und TypMFA-2AS-CON-TEC.26F.002 / Moduldurchführung
ModulContext & Technology 
VeranstalterMaster Fine Arts
LeitungFelix Stalder
Zeit
Time: Monday - Thursday, 09:00 - 18:00 o'clock / Friday, 09:00 - 12:00 o'clock

CW 20: 11 / 12 / 13 / 15 May
Anzahl Teilnehmendemaximal 15
ECTS3 Credits
Lehr- und Lernform
  • Seminar/Kurs
  • Selbststudium
InhaltIn this seminar, we will read key sections from James Bridle's Book "Ways of Being" (2022), in which he uses his own artistic practice alongside natural and social sciences, philosophy and speculation to investigate the shifting boundaries of what we call ‘intelligence’. We will place this work in the context of his multi-faceted artistic, research and journalistic practices, paying close attention to how his ongoing research interests manifest themselves across a wide range of genres.

About the lecturer:

Felix Stalder is a professor at the Zurich University of the Arts, teaching in the Department of Fine Arts. His work focuses on the intersection of cultural, political and technological dynamics, in particular on new modes of commons-based production, copyright, datafication, AI, and transformation of subjectivity. He not only works as an academic, but also as a cultural producer, as long-time moderator of <nettime>, a crucial nexus of critical net culture, first for the email list, now for its node in the fediverse. He is a member of the World Information Institute and the Technopolitics Working Group, both based in Vienna.
Voraussetzungen / ZielgruppenStudents of the MA Major Art:ificial Studies and Fine Arts
Open for exchange students
Open for students from other departments

Students of other ZHdK degree programs within the scope of the open courses: Enrollment via ClickEnroll from 29 January - 09 February 2026; https://intern.zhdk.ch/?ClickEnroll
Lernziele / KompetenzenStudents are able to,
  • gain an understanding of a major position in contemporary art;
  • deal with key issues in contemporary cultural discourses, such as non-human intelligence, cross-species communication, Anthropocene, and AI;
  • learn about strategies to work inside and outside the arts, research, radio journalism and writing.
Material / LiteraturWill be handed out during the course.
Leistungsnachweis
  • Aktive Teilnahme
  • 80% Anwesenheit
Bewertungsformbestanden / nicht bestanden
SpracheEnglisch
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