On Thursday June 18th, FIBER and Flemish Arts Centre de Brakke Grond hosted the seventh edition of Coded Matter(s), titled High Fidelity.
Visual perception is now the dominant feature of contemporary culture. As we live in times of face recognition, Google maps, and infinite virtual worlds, we become even more dependent on new forms of knowledge based on images and automation. Yet we still remain unaware of what lays behind these technologies and how these images are compiled. In response to the increasing influence of imaging technologies and industry standards on human perception, Coded Matter(s) #9 High Fidelity examined alternative possibilities. How do artists and scientists hack, modify, and develop these protocols? We invited Elliot Woods, Rosa Menkman, Steven Puttemans and Prins & Van Boven to present their work and vision.
Video credits:
Camera / editing – Tanja Busking
Camera 2 – Vincent Schrijnemakers
Interviews – Tim Terpstra
Many thanks to the Mondriaan Fonds, Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie, and Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond for their support of our organisation and the Coded Matter(s) series.
More about