{"id":2546,"date":"2018-11-04T22:56:43","date_gmt":"2018-11-04T22:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/?p=2546"},"modified":"2018-12-10T15:53:17","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T15:53:17","slug":"kikk-festival-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/talks\/kikk-festival-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Kikk Festival 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2531\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kikkLogo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kikkLogo.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kikkLogo-300x67.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kikkLogo-768x172.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kikkLogo-1024x229.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I presented on 1st November a lecture for the forthcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kikk.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kikk Festival <\/a>in Namur, Belgium. I talked about machinic life and mudpies (en Fran\u00e7ais).<\/p>\n<p>Kikk, of which this was the 8th edition, is an excellent festival of &#8220;Digital and creative cultures&#8221; mixing designers, artists start-ups, thinkers, talks, exhibitions, workshop, market in a very dense weekend programme.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Highlights &#8211; from left to right:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 16%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2546 gallery-columns-6 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kikkSMingWide.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kikkSMingWide-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kikkSMingWide-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kikkSMingWide-90x90.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kikk_Nelly-Ben-Hayoun.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kikk_Nelly-Ben-Hayoun-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kikk_Nelly-Ben-Hayoun-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kikk_Nelly-Ben-Hayoun-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kikk_Nelly-Ben-Hayoun-90x90.jpg 90w, https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kikk_Nelly-Ben-Hayoun.jpg 766w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/benHayounNotAMonster.png' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/benHayounNotAMonster-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/benHayounNotAMonster-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/benHayounNotAMonster-90x90.png 90w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kikkZurstrassenAmulet.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kikkZurstrassenAmulet-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kikkZurstrassenAmulet-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kikkZurstrassenAmulet-90x90.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kikkZurstrassenLobotomy.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kikkZurstrassenLobotomy-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kikkZurstrassenLobotomy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kikkZurstrassenLobotomy-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kikkZurstrassenLobotomy-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kikkZurstrassenLobotomy-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kikkZurstrassenLobotomy-90x90.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kikkBoudinRoom.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kikkBoudinRoom-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kikkBoudinRoom-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kikkBoudinRoom-90x90.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/285307569?width=1080\" data-rel=\"lightbox-video-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Superbe<\/em><\/a>, an interactive installation by Belgian collective SMing, really playable musical vocal artwork where you conduct a choir made of your voice and face, in a full size church.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Talk by <a href=\"http:\/\/nellyben.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nelly Ben Hayoun<\/a>, self-described as a Bombardment, it was indeed one of sorts. Ben Hayoun is a highly energetic experience designer \/ activist determined to change the world, and having a good go at it working with NASA, Seti, Noam Chomsky, WeTransfer&#8230; She is releasing soon <a href=\"http:\/\/nellyben.com\/projects\/i-am-not-a-monster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>I am (not) a monster<\/em><\/a>, a documentary film about her quest for the origin of knowledge. She also runs the ambitious and alternative <a href=\"http:\/\/universityoftheunderground.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of the Underground<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mathieuzurstrassen.com\/works\/article\/528hz-_2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Amulet Incubator<\/em><\/a> by Matthieu Zurstrassen: a machine exposes fortune cookies for 48 hours to the healing frequency of 528Hz. The cookies are then beautifully packaged and offered for sale or sent out as corporate gifts. Zurstrassen presented a talk titled &#8220;I used to be an architect, now I am feeling much better&#8221;. Apart from his magic cookies he also mentioned a <a href=\"http:\/\/mathieuzurstrassen.com\/works\/article\/unpredictability-device_2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">self lobotomising kit<\/a> aiming at defeating the predictive algorithms that increasingly spy on us by making the users unpredictable even to themselves.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And I must mention the final party with its totally Belgian theme <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kikk.be\/2018\/en\/program\/parties-1\/boudin-room-with-dc-salas-dtc-funk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boudin Room<\/a>, like a boiler room but with a butcher sharing the stage with the DJ, making and cooking sausages for the audience during the set.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;KIKK is an international festival of digital and creative cultures. Its interest lies in the artistic and economic implications of new technologies.&#8221; It has been running since 2011, presenting a mix of lectures, live events and installations. This year the theme was Species and Beyond.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/dessusDePorteFloralWithBkCut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/dessusDePorteFloralWithBkCut.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/dessusDePorteFloralWithBkCut-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/dessusDePorteFloralWithBkCut-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/dessusDePorteFloralWithBkCut-1024x640.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<pre>Dessus de porte floral by Jean-Baptiste Robie, Mus\u00e9e des Arts D\u00e9coratifs de Namur<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I presented on 1st November a lecture for the forthcoming Kikk Festival in Namur, Belgium. I talked about machinic life and mudpies (en Fran\u00e7ais). Kikk, of which this was the 8th edition, is an excellent festival of &#8220;Digital and creative cultures&#8221; mixing designers, artists start-ups, thinkers, talks, exhibitions, workshop, market in a very dense weekend programme. &nbsp; Highlights &#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[41,43,13,51],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2546"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2546"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2652,"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2546\/revisions\/2652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}