From Order to Disorder and Back — Featuring Icarus Performance

FROM ORDER TO DISORDER AND BACK – FEATURING ICARUS PERFORMANCE
PAUL-DRUDE-INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERELEKTRONIK | CARSTEN HUCHO, FRANCISCA ROCHA GONCALVES, JAMES DIAMOND, JOHANNES W. GÖSSLING, MARTIN EDER, MANISHA BISWAS, DAVID BIERBACH, RAINER REHAK, STEFAN KROLL

An evening on phase transitions in matter, mind and society.

This is the night for everyone who loves to cross borders and open the mind. Enjoy sharp-witted debates about arts, natural sciences and political systems between provocative thinkers in their field. A night you will not forget – let’s talk!

18:00 Doors open, exhibitions, micro-labs
19:00 Stage
20:30 The Icarus Performance
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Stage
From Order to Disorder and Back: An introduction by Francisca Rocha Gonçalves and Carsten Hucho

Pitches

• From chaos to order: How large collectives benefit from being in a critical state between complete disorder and strong structure (David Bierbach, Leibniz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei, Excellence-Cluster „Science of Intelligence” (HU Berlin / IGB))
• Flashing fireflies and clapping against the beat – how large crowds sync (Manisha Biswas, Humboldt-Universtität zu Berlin)
• A world under stress – from order to disorder  (Stefan Kroll, Peace Research Institute, Frankfurt)
• Permanently on the brink of disorder – On the enduring imminence of the AI revolution (Rainer Rehak, Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society)

Debate
What are you talking about?! How science influences what we see – how what we see influences science

Panellists:
Martin Eder – contemporary artist
Stefan Kroll – Peace Research Institute, Frankfurt
David Bierbach – Humboldt Universtität zu Berlin (HUB) und Leibniz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei (IGB)
Manisha Biswas – Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
Rainer Rehak – Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society
Johannes Goessling – CESAM, University of Aveiro
Moderated by Carsten Hucho (PDI)

About the co-curator
Francisca Rocha Gonçalves is a researcher from Porto, currently living in Berlin. Francisca recently worked on the AQUATAG project at the IGB Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, has a background in biological sciences with a degree in Veterinary Medicine from ICBAS (University of Porto), a Multimedia Master in Interactive Music and Sound Design from FEUP (University of Porto), and a PhD in Digital Media from FEUP (University of Porto). Francisca's research focuses on acoustic ecology in artistic creation as a tool for environmental awareness concerning underwater soundscapes.

Event details
18:00 - 23:00
9th November, 2023
Art & Science Forum at Säälchen, Holzmarkt
Holzmarktstr. 25, 10423 Berlin