On the 27th June 2024 a group exhibition ‘Roots & Wires’ will be opened ar Atletika gallery, featuring works by artists Merle Bergers, Maria Castellanos, LIAA member Mindaugas Gap\u0161evi\u010dius, Lerin\/Hystad, \u0160pela Petri\u010d, curated by Kata\u017eyna Jankovska.<\/p>\n
A cybernetic forest<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n filled with pines and electronics<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n where deer stroll peacefully<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n past computers<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n as if they were flowers\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n with spinning blossoms<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n (Richard Brautigan, \u201cAll Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace\u201d, 1967)<\/span><\/p>\n Since the 1970s, artists have been connecting plants with technological systems, creating new hybrid forms of intelligence. Plants were recognized as \u201canalog electrical computers\u201d capable of transferring information over long distances and acting as natural sensors that detect changes in the environment. This has inspired new computer, robot, and network designs, moving beyond electronic systems and silicon chips to hybrid plant-machines. Now that we design artificial intelligence largely aimed at replicating human-level intelligence, could we use plants\u2019 methods of collective decision-making, information processing, and resource distribution (such as the symbiotic relationship between fungi and plants), to feed data-hungry machine-learning algorithms? As James Bridle asks, what would an AI modeled after a forest look like?<\/span><\/p>\n From AI systems analyzing plant behavior to bio-hybrid installations revealing their sensory abilities, the Roots x Wires exhibition presents experimental artistic works that playfully explore alternative relationships with plants. Rather than seeking to exploit technology for productivity, these works bridge the gap between the human and plant worlds, revealing a hidden dimension. What if we could decode the hidden messages in plant-fungi conversations? What happens when plants communicate at a distance connected by the Internet? What if we build machines sole purpose of which is to play with plants?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Artists \u2013<\/span> Merle Bergers, Maria Castellanos, Mindaugas Gap\u0161evi\u010dius, Lerin\/Hystad, \u0160pela Petri\u010d<\/span><\/p>\n Curator \u2013 Kata\u017eyna Jankovska<\/span> Technical manager \u2013 Merkys \u017debrauskas<\/span> Address: Atletika gallery, Vitebsko 21, Vilnius. Free entry to all events and exhibition, no registration needed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/b>Organised by the Lithuanian Interdisciplinary Artists’ Association (LIAA). LIAA activities are supported by the Lithuanian Council for Culture and Vilnius City Municipality. <\/span> www.atletikaprojects.lt<\/span> <\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Due to our limited sensory perception, we were never able to connect with plants. We can\u2019t perceive their movements and behaviors, which happen on a different timescale, nor can we detect their chemical and electrical signaling. But technology can. That is why we rely on technological devices, operating as our sensory prostheses, to mediate between the human and plant, and reveal their true nature.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Design \u2013 Ringail\u0117 Dem\u0161yt\u0117<\/span><\/p>\n
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\n<\/span>Opening and tour with the curator \u2013 27\/06\/2024, 7 pm.\u00a0 <\/span>
\n<\/span>Exhibition dates & times: 28\/06\/2024 \u2013 08\/08\/2024, Wednesdays to Fridays 4 \u2013 8 pm. <\/span>
\n<\/span>Closing event with artists \u2013 08\/08\/2024<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>The exhibition is partly sponsored by the Acci\u00f3n Cultural Espa\u00f1ola (AC\/E), Swedish Arts Grants Committee.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
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