Wednesday, June 5, 2019

5.30 – 8 p.m.

Seminar room

THE IMAGINARY OF THE ALGORITHM. SCENARIOS OF A DIGITIZED FUTURE

Lecture performance and panel discussion

The event focuses on the promises and problems of digital futures: The US-American artist Zach Blas presents his algorithm-based ‘divination apparatus’ Icosahedron.

This will be followed by a panel discussion with media scientist Nele Heise, cultural sociologist Robert Seyfert and philosopher Tilo Wesche.

The Scientific Center for Contemporary Genealogy (WiZeGG) at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg is presenting two evening events in cooperation with the Edith-Russ-Haus.

Both events are part of the event series Shaping the future. A week in June in Oldenburg .