Institute of Experimental Design and Media Cultures

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MealSense: A fiction about datafication and algorithms in commoning food
(Design Research Society, 06/2024) Bedö, Viktor [in: DRS2024: Boston]
Commoning is on the rise as a socio-economic practice advancing the outlook of more just food systems. While smaller commoning operations can predominantly rely on informal arrangements, tracking and monitoring the conditions of the use of resources becomes vital for larger operations. This paper explores the datafication of hunger, pleasure, ingredients, cooking and spoiled food for crafting imaginaries of commoning-based algorithmic food futures. To address not only frictions around datafication but also gainful proposals, the paper mobilizes concepts of ‘unwieldy data’, ‘good enough data’, and ‘minimal feasible datafication’. It uses fiction writing as a method to amalgamate scholarly references in the field of citizen sensing and smart city critique with preliminary learnings from a speculative city-making project into an infrastructural proposal. The text aims to prompt a wider debate about the potentials and pitfalls of algorithmic governance and datafication in infrastructures for the urban-scale distribution of material resources, such as food.
05 - Forschungs- oder Arbeitsbericht
Radio Explorations. Architectonic Studies of Electromagnetic Milieux
(transcript, 2024) Savic, Selena
Radio signals keep making material, informational, political, and social connections in this world. Exploring these signals architectonically, the contributors engage with the situatedness of radio signal recordings in nature and with knowledge implied in radio communication. Rooted in experimental design and data feminism, the book presents innovative tools for navigating data by spanning media theory, information studies, and feminist new materialism. This offers an intersectional and post-disciplinary approach to computation, classification, and search that is accessible to artists, technologists, and researchers – facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration and deepening the understanding of information technologies.
03 - Sammelband
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(Bloomsbury Academic, 01.12.2023) Chattopadhyay, Budhaditya; Herzogenrath, Bernd [in: A sound word almanac]
This almanac of sound words important to artists and scholars highlights words that expand the way we speak (and write) about sonic experiences. Why write about sound, and how? If sonic philosophy is the attempt "to think about sound by philosophical means," then a metaphilosophical debate appears almost immediately on the horizon: What is called for is an understanding about sound and language, but also about the preconditions of musical understanding. What is at stake is the question of language and sound, as well as expanding how we speak about sonic experience. This almanac tackles these questions from artistic, experimental and personal perspectives. An assemblage of nearly 70 practitioners and theoreticians, artists and scholars offer their favorite ‘sound word.’ These sound words are onomatopoetical, mythological, practical; words of personal importance to the artists and their craft; words from their memory, related to sound. Many entries are not in English – some are untranslatable – and all are accompanied by a personal, explanatory, poetic entry. These are words that have the potential to change our perspective on listening-musicking-thinking.
04A - Beitrag Sammelband
Making Arguments with Data: Resisting Appropriation and Assumption of Access / Reason in Machine Learning Training Processes
(Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society, 30.10.2023) Savic, Selena; Martins, Yann Patrick [in: Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society]
This article presents an approach to practicing ethics when working with large datasets and designing data representations. Inspired by feminist critique of technoscience and recent problematizations of digital literacy, we argue that machine learning models can be navigated in a multi-narrative manner when access to training data is well articulated and understood. We programmed and used web-based interfaces to sort, organize, and explore a community-run digital archive of radio signals. An additional perspective on the question of working with datasets is offered from the experience of teaching image synthesis with freely accessible online tools. We hold that the main challenge to social transformations related to digital technologies comes from lingering forms of colonialism and extractive relationships that easily move in and out of the digital domain. To counter both the unfounded narratives of techno-optimismand the universalizing critique of technology, we discuss an approachto data and networks that enables a situated critique of datafication and correlationism from within.
01A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift
Techno-optimism and optimization in media architecture practice and theory
(Routledge, 19.04.2023) Savic, Selena [in: Digital Creativity]
Media architecture community systematically explores the potentials of computation and digital media to intervene in form-finding, fabrication of buildings and urban data collection processes. Combining social media topic modelling techniques with the review of media architecture-related literature, I discuss methods to locate the media architecture community in social media, conduct initial discourse analysis and pursue a deeper investigation of the topics addressed by community. In the literature, media architecture is presented as an interactive set of technologies for a participative public life. And yet, while a dynamic facade increases possibilities for participation and creative expression, it also facilitates reframing participation as a technical problem. I position optimization and efficiency in media architecture discourse as a form of optimism and offer insights into its political implications. I propose to rethink the shortcut between optimism and optimization by tracing conceptual and professional relations that inform media architecture.
01A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift
Making Arguments with Data
(Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society - The German Internet Institute, 02/2023) Savic, Selena; Martins, Yann Patrick; Herlo. Bianca; Irrgang, Daniel [in: Proceedings of the Weizenbaum Conference 2022: Practicing Sovereignty - Interventions for Open Digital Futures]
Whether we are discussing measures in order to "flatten the curve" in a pandemic or what to wear given the most recent weather forecast, we base arguments on patterns observed in data. This article presents an approach to practicing ethics when working with large datasets and designing data representations. We programmed and used web-based interfaces to sort, organize, and explore a community-run archive of radio signals. Inspired by feminist critique of technoscience and recent problematizations of digital literacy, we argue that one can navigate machine learning models in a multi-narrative manner. We hold that the main challenge to sovereignty comes from lingering forms of colonialism and extractive relationships that easily move in and out of the digital domain. Countering both narratives of techno-optimism and the universalizing critique of technology, we discuss an approach to data and networks that enables a situated critique of datafication and correlationism from within.
04B - Beitrag Konferenzschrift
Three-Tier Garden: More-than-Human Choreographies in the Post-COVID City
(11.01.2023) Ampatzidou, Cristina; Ntourakos, Ektor; Bedö, Viktor [in: Three Tier Garden Project]
The Three-Tier Garden is a more-than-human design research project exploring shared urban gardens as places for healing and recovery from the traumatic ruptures caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. It builds on the rapidly growing interest among urban residents in engaging with natural environments, particularly during the period of restrictions. It explores design opportunities for individual and collective posttraumatic growth by strengthening the sense of belonging and grounding, primarily through what we call mutual choreographies: how gardens and gardeners shape each other’s lives through the temporal and socio-spatial infrastructures of the garden.
10 - Elektronische-/ Webpublikation
Allowance & Choice. Über den Prozess, wie ich Verbindungen eingehen lerne
(Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Basel FHNW, 2023) Heinrich, Sarah Dorothea; Walthard, Catherine
In meinem Studium befasste ich mich mit den Themen Geborgenheit, Gewohnheit, Heilung, Verbindung, Trauma, Kommunikation, Transformation, Allowance & Choice, Vertrauen und Gesundheit und übte mich in einer Art Umgang, der zu authentischer Verbindung einlädt. Dabei erkannte ich immer klarer die Wichtigkeit des körperlichen Erlebens. So wuchsen Projekte heran, wo Geborgenheit, Sinneswahrnehmung und Neugierde im Zentrum stehen. Aus diesem Erleben empfinde ich zunehmend Klarheit darüber, dass ich eine Wahl habe, wie es mir geht und dass ich mein Leben selbst gestalten kann. Und dass ich gleichzeitig als Geschenk annehmen kann, was schon da ist. Diese Gleichzeitigkeit zu untersuchen, auszuhalten und schätzen zu lernen, ist meine Lehre aus den vergangenen Jahren.
11 - Studentische Arbeit
Enjoy your life. Tätowieren und (Anti-)Kapitalismus
(Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Basel FHNW, 2023) Bosatta, Michelle; Jovic, Ivana; Rüegsegger, Anja
Wie kann eine künstlerische Praxis antikapitalistisch gestaltet werden? Was bedeutet es, eine künstlerische Praxis antikapitalistisch gestalten zu wollen? Wo gibt es Paradoxe, und welche Kompromisse müssen eingegangen werden? In welchem Verhältnis stehen antikapitalistische Werte zu Lebensrealitäten in einem kapitalistischen System? In dieser Arbeit versuche ich meine Gedanken, Bedürfnisse, Unsicherheiten und Sicherheiten in Bezug auf meine Tätowierpraxis zu ordnen und festzuhalten. Um einen Umgang mit meinen Fragen zu finden, zu dem ich stehen kann, habe ich mich einerseits mit Kapitalismus und dessen Auswirkungen auf strukturelle Bedingungen auseinandergesetzt, sowie spezifischer auf dessen Einfluss auf Design und künstlerische Aktivität. Ausgehend von dieser theoretischen Vertiefung, habe ich das Mittel des Tausches als antikapitalistischen Ansatz praktisch angewendet. Zum Schluss reflektiere ich darüber, inwiefern dieser Ansatz nachhaltig sein kann, und ob Veränderungen innerhalb von diesem System überhaupt möglich sind.
11 - Studentische Arbeit
Supper waiting club
(Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Basel FHNW, 2023) Hoffmann, Jana; Hertrich, Susanna; Wiesel, Jörg
A design research project that investigates the potential of waiting processes and provides a proposal for a regenerative, caring design practice. The aim of the work was to stimulate an examination of waiting, with the claim of being able to draw added value from it. With the help of a visualisation through fermentation, a strictly anthropocentric understanding of time should be broken up. How can handing over the control and passivity of the ego during waiting be understood not as an excessive demand and lack of individual expression, but as a potential and source of creative processes? In my 'Supper Waiting Club', a performative tasting event, I invited guests to wait together with me, to exchange about different concepts and perceptions of waiting. Divided into a waiting room and a tasting room, the evening visually, auditorily, and gustatorily conveyed my concept of caring waiting.
11 - Studentische Arbeit
Narrative agency making. Our-shared stories
(Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Basel FHNW, 2023) Silberschmidt, Azura-Eve; Neubauer, Ralf; Flury, Regine
Narrative Agency Making is about putting the practice of photography in question. Who may photograph whom? Is there a way we can collectively shift the use of photography to become a tool for self-exploration of identity and heritage? The work is influenced by approaches from women working in the field of photography who have been socialised outside of Western culture. I try to make space in my photographic practice for personal concerns in relation to my respective community, starting with questioning who my community is and what community can mean. I’m working toward finding ways of engaging the people I photograph to be more involved in the making, sharing and telling of their own stories. There are many people involved in the making and publishing of a photograph: subject, photographer, redactor, commissioner, and publisher. They all have individual roles and corresponding accountabilities. When I work with others, it’s important for me that the story which is being told, shared, created or reproduced in an image, is one which is made respectfully, from its creation to publication.
11 - Studentische Arbeit
Cerberus senses. An exploration into the world of synaesthesia
(Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Basel FHNW, 2023) Niedenthal, Nadia; Michel, Ralf; Loekito, Jacqueline Christina
Songs have taste, and somehow January is placed lower than February. Food that is red isn't always strawberry, nor is green for apple. Welcome to the colorful, busy, hectic and ever so flavorful world of synaesthesia. A neurological condition where the senses are interacting and cross-wiring each other, resulting in bursts of senses. My goal in the research was to develop a concept for investigating the connection between synaesthesia and creative processes, as a starting point to further develop future interdisciplinary research. The project name ‘Cerberus Senses' is taken from the greek mythology of a three headed dog with one body who guards the gate to the underworld. This was also the name of a room for sensorial exploration in which I conducted a survey investigation synaesthetic connections. A research project from different perspectives including interviews with artists, sensory explorations and communication. In the end I derived a collection of tools and objects that deal with synaethesia playfully.
11 - Studentische Arbeit
You wasted a good crisis! Paranoia, speculation and discipline in finance
(Wayne State University Press, 2023) Bruder, Johannes [in: Discourse. Journal for Theoretical Studies in Media and Culture]
01A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift
Rethinking the now. Unveiling insights of the current fashion consumption landscape and promoting reflection through critical design practices
(Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Basel FHNW, 2023) Schnabel, Giovanna Yanireth; Bruder, Johannes; Lopez, Sayra
The more I learned about the fashion industry and about today's overconsumption landscape, the more scared and overwhelmed I was about starting with this project. It weighed heavily on me. It also felt like the responsibility of finding a solution and changing the system relied solely on my shoulders, as if it were my entire fault and my duty as a designer to do so. But how could I not feel responsible? When I came across critical design as a practice, it felt like a breath of fresh air to learn that I do not have to find a solution to a problem to be valid and valuable as a designer. Creating spaces for collective discourse, crafting narratives, challenging preconceptions, and kindling dialogues about alternative futures are all steps towards meaningful action. This thesis delves into the contemporary challenges of fashion consumption, aiming to foster introspection and transformation through the lens of critical design practices.
11 - Studentische Arbeit
Postnatural apple. A postnatural food experience
(Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Basel FHNW, 2023) Hochstrasser, Leonie; Bruder, Johannes; Chmara, Maciej; Rosinke, Anna
The apple – the most eaten fruit in Switzerland; symbol of love, fertility, knowledge, wealth; archetype of the fruit – has been modified, refined and multiplied by humans for thousands of years. Nowadays, apple production is an industrialized process, treating the apple as a product or even a brand. In the selection of cultivated varieties, the focus is more on shelf life and economy than on variety and taste, and a complex web of demand and requirements from a wide range of stakeholders spans the entire production process. By positioning the apple as a post-natural object – something that has been intentionally altered by humans through domestication, selective breeding, or genetic engineering – my master‘s thesis offers an alternative perspective on a supposedly natural product. In the installation with food experience 'PostNatural Apple' at CIVIC, visitors were invited to look under the skin of the apple and perceive with all their senses the various tools and processes that shape the apple today.
11 - Studentische Arbeit
Inclusion in sports
(Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Basel FHNW, 2023) Lickert, Maren; Bruder, Johannes
11 - Studentische Arbeit
Poröse Traditionen
(Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Basel FHNW, 2023) Bernath, Lea; Pregger, Laura
mein körper erinnert sich. welche spur tragen diese erinnerungen? wo bleiben sie kleben, diese traditionen? durchlässig machen will ich sie. zwischen der erinnerung und dem momentanen erleben probiere ich raum zu schaffen für ein neues WIR. in meiner arbeit suche ich nach der durchlässigkeit und somit auch der relevanz von erfahrungswissen, das über generationen überliefert wurde. dieses wissen in form von traditionen möchte ich zugleich wertschätzen und kritisch behandeln. den konservativen nutzen von traditionen möchte ich kritisieren und mich anhand des konzepts der porosität damit auseinandersetzen. ich stelle mir die frage: wie können wir traditionen als etwas poröses, löchriges, prozesshaftes gestalten und wie kann dies in meine körperfokussierte praxis übersetzt werden? etwas poröses ist durchlässig und steht somit für neues, ungreifbares, für veränderung und aktualisiertes. es ist ein versuch und ein wunsch. es ist persönlich und gleichzeitig politisch. es kribbelt in meinem bauch und tanzt in meinen beinen. es ist ein auftun und brechen. ein knick und ein raum.
11 - Studentische Arbeit
Spaces of (be)longing. Eine kursorische Auseinandersetzung
(Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Basel FHNW, 2023) Catak, Arpa Ani; Laederach, Anna; El Bakry, Mayar
In meiner Arbeit untersuche ich, wie mein Körper in verschiedenen räumlichen Kontexten agiert und wie ich das Wissen, das er in sich trägt, für meine kuratorische Praxis nutzen kann. Ausgehend von dieser Recherche verfolge ich Ansätze für die Gestaltung von Räumen, welche diasporische Perspektiven in den Vordergrund stellen und Orte für solidarische Bündnisse darstellen. Dabei spielen meine eigene Diaspora-Erfahrung und meine feministisch-antirassistische Haltung eine wesentliche Rolle. Als Teil der armenischen Diaspora in Deutschland war mein Körper ständig verschiedenen Räumen ausgesetzt. Einerseits befand ich mich in einem Umfeld, das grösstenteils von einer weissen, wohlhabenden Mittelschicht geprägt war, andererseits spielten auch die armenische Gemeinschaft und ihre Prägung eine grosse Rolle in meinem Leben. Diese Einflüsse haben mir von klein auf das Gefühl vermittelt, mich ständig zwischen ihnen entscheiden zu müssen. In den letzten Jahren habe ich Teile meiner abgelegten diasporischen Identität wieder aufgenommen und verspüre mehr und mehr das innige Verlangen, Teile meiner Identität anzunehmen und mich mit einer Community zu verbinden. Auch wenn ich in meiner Thesis nicht explizit auf Themen wie meine eigene Diaspora und die Auswirkungen einer komplexen Geopolitik und die transgenerationalen Traumata eines Genozids eingehe, spiegeln sie darin dennoch Teile meiner Lebensrealität, meiner Haltung und meiner anhaltenden Anstrengungen wider und formen die Positionalität meiner Arbeit. In meiner Recherche betrachte ich nicht nur die physische Interaktion meines Körpers mit den Räumen, sondern auch die sozialen und kulturellen Aspekte, die damit einhergehen. Ich analysiere, wie mein Körper in verschiedenen Kontexten wahrnimmt, in Beziehung zu anderen Körpern zu treten und wie dies die Möglichkeit der Bildung von solidarischen Bündnissen beeinflusst. Die Berücksichtigung meiner diasporischen Prägung ermöglicht es mir, einen erweiterten Blick auf meine Erfahrungen und mein Wissen zu werfen. Ich betrachte den Körper also nicht nur als individuelles Subjekt, sondern als einen Wissensträger, in dem kulturelle Identitäten und kollektive Erinnerungen miteinander verflochten sind. Aufgrund dieser Auseinandersetzung mit alternativen Wissensansätzen, stelle ich auch das vorherrschende Verständnis eurozentristischen Wissens in Frage.
11 - Studentische Arbeit
Whom the chef kisses, changes the dish
(Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Basel FHNW, 2023) Schwarz, Melanie; Jovic, Ivana; de Souza, Naya
In this thesis I show how I mediate queer issues with food. I present three food events, each time with a different focus: sex, love and fatness. The story of these events is presented intertwined with my research on a queer mode of cooking.
11 - Studentische Arbeit
Funky Fresh
(2023) Allen, Jamie; Sharifullin, Stas
"Fresh" and "funky" are words used to describe styles, aesthetics, music, art, and other contemporary creative productions. They are concepts primarily derived from cultures of food. "Fresh" is used to describe things that are new, not stale, unwilted and easy to consume - things that are, in effect, alive, almost, or recently dead. "Funky", on the other hand, responds to foods that are decomposed or decaying, making us furrow our brows and curl our upper lips. Musicians, of course, use the word "funky" in other ways. This class takes up investigations and experimentation of these two fundamental, even essential aesthetic categories through food and music, alimentation, and audition. With readings, media, arts, and culinary examples drawn from historic and contemporary social experiments and movements such as Afrofuturism, ruderal ecologies, and others, we will sketch together outlines of a culinary cosmopolitics that relates creative acts to survival, morality, the 'good life' and living well. With a particular focus on sonic experience, we examine and practice embodied experiences that immerse and envelope individuals, socialize, and cohere groups of humans and nonhumans in new rituals and ceremonies of ecological attachment.
06 - Präsentation

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