Participation in Canal Connect 2024
Joaku (Joaquín R. Díaz) had a double participation in Canal Connect 2024, a festival for the intersections of the Arts, Science and Technology in Teatros del Canal. First, Joaku participated in a special program of the Efecto Doppler radio program, devoted to Canal Connect 2024. You can listen to the program here: Efecto Doppler: Especial desde Canal Connect 2024 (in Spanish). Then, Joaku participated in a roundtable discussion, LA QUIMERA EN LA INTERSECCIÓN ACTS (The Chimera at the intersection of Arts, Science and Technology), along with Esther Moñivas, Mónica Gutiérrez (Basurama), and moderated by Tere Badía. The following was the topic of the roundtable discussion: This roundtable will address the concept of chimera from different projects and perspectives. On the one hand, the integration of performance, the body and the language of technology in a device for critical thinking will be discussed. On the other hand, the research project In Serere (Basurama), which uses the technique of grafting citrus trees as a performative practice based on care. In addition, we will reflect on the relationships between contemporary artistic practices, bioethics and genetic engineering, which lead us to update the concepts of monster and chimera as principles of movements of attraction and repulsion. Translated from: Mesas redondas Canal Connect 2024
Ciencia y Tecnología en Femenino: Round Table
Ana Tajadura-Jiménez participated in the 6th conference Ciencia y Tecnología en Femenino (Women’s Science and Technology) as part of the roundtable discussion about Realities and Opportunities. The panel happened in Parque Científico UC3M, on Thursday, November 17th, 2023. Other participants were Marga Torre, Alicia Santos and Ana Ye, and it was moderated by María Lacalle. You can find the full program of the event here: Programa 6° edición Ciencia y Tecnología en Femenino On the occasion of the event, InnovaSpain published a feature piece about Ana: Ana Tajadura-Jiménez, la ingeniera que hackea los sentidos para mejorar la salud
Round table on Extended perception at Canal Connect 2023
Ana Tajadura-Jiménez participated in a round table discussion: Extended Perception: The Hacking of Systems, as part of Canal Connect 2023: The scientific-technological evolution poses a change in the conception of the living being and the machine, as well as its essential and spiritual aspects. David Chalmers asked: “Can a machine be conscious?”, a question that artists and technologists have addressed, studying and researching the self of the machine as its own entity. In the same way, scientific and technological progress is enabling the hacking of living systems, causing them to extend their consciousness and senses, thus varying their own perception and the way they communicate with the world. Moderator: Ricardo Iglesias, multimedia artist and philosopher (UCM). Speakers: Monica Rikic, electronic artist; Enrique Radigales, artist, curator and researcher; Ana Tajadura, lecturer in Computer Science and AI (UC3M), and researcher. Canal Connect offered a series of round tables that invite us to reflect, to ask questions, which allow us to dialogue with experts from different artistic, scientific and technological fields. This time, the conversation revolved around ethical issues, the confluence of the human and the machine, interspecies communication, etc. For this 3rd edition, we have the support of the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation, affiliated with the Fondation de France. Attendance at the round tables will allow free access to the exhibition Organic Machine.