Abstract
Memory Machines is a performative art project that explores the infrastructure of the Oodi Library. The work combines dance, theatre and circus with a guided tour that moves through the concealed infrastructural sites and operations of the building. This unique journey traverses places of climate control to power management, from checkout terminals to data centers, from automation to distribution and storage. As a visual performance, the work aims to interrogate the ecology of machines and the situated interactions between humans and technology. How do the flows of data, heat, matter and energy sustain cultural memory? What intelligences and futures can we uncover in the machines and bodies that labor within the monument of the library?
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Helsinki |
| Publisher | Helsinki City Library |
| Publication status | Published - 11 Jan 2019 |
| MoE publication type | F2 Public partial realisation of a work of art |
| Event | The Library's Other Intelligences - Oodi Helsinki Central Library, Helsinki, Finland Duration: 11 Jan 2019 → 10 Mar 2019 http://fciny.org/projects/the-librarys-other-intelligences |
Keywords
- library
- performance
- media
- energy
- infrastructure
Field of art
- Performance
- Contemporary art