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Chris Salter is Professor for Immersive Arts and Director of the Immersive Arts Space at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). He is also Professor Emeritus, Design and Computation Arts at Concordia University in Montreal and former Co-Director of the Hexagram network for research-creation in arts, cultures and technology and Co-Founder of the Milieux Institute at Concordia. He studied philosophy and economics and completed his PhD in theatre studies with research in computer music Stanford University.
His artistic work has been seen all over the world at such venues as the Venice Architecture Biennale, Barbican Centre, Berliner Festspiele, Wiener Festwochen, ZKM, Kunstfest Weimar, Musée d’art Contemporain, Muffathalle, MUTEK, EXIT Festival and Place des Arts-Montreal, among many others. He is the author of Entangled: Technology and the Transformation of Performance ( 2010), Alien Agency: Experimental Encounters with Art in the Making (2015) and Sensing Machines (2022), all from MIT Press.

Chris Salter

In 1968, the Polish born curator Jascia Reichardt opened a landmark exhibition at the ICA in London entitled Cybernetic Serendipty in which all manner of sensor-augmented devices, objects and sculptures stood ready to usher art into a new technological age. Remarkably, while ever more complex sensors, algorithms and devices have steadily increased in the 54 years since Reichardt’s show, essentially the same goal has remained : using artificial sensing as an integral part of an artwork in order for the work to “make sense” about its “world” and respond to it. Yet, our human senses are needed to drive and feed ever-new immersive experiences by being increasingly “coupled” or linked to a simulated world, generated through machines.
This talk will careen through TeamLab’s immersive environments installed in the landfill islands of Tokyo, through the visions of artists in the 1960s to create new kinds of “reactive environments” and our now just emerging “metaverse” age of Extended Reality in order to give a critical historical and socio-technical picture of our present and future visions of art in the age of immersion.

The art, science and politics of immersion

La Bourse - Rops

Marcel Ziul, STATE&#8216;s founder and Executive Creative Director, has a rich professional history spanning multiple countries, including the US and Brazil. His diverse cultural experiences have shaped his innovative approach to creative direction, enabling him to provide a global perspective to his studio.
At STATE, Marcel has collaborated with prominent brands such as Apple, Facebook, Nike, Google, FX, NFL, Under Armour, ESPN, Electronic Arts, Amazon, UFC, and more.
Since establishing STATE in 2014, Ziul and his talented team have received widespread acclaim and numerous accolades from the industry, including Clios, Promax BDA&#8217;s, MTV VMA&#8217;s, and Emmy Awards.

Marcel Ziul from State

In a charismatic talk, Marcel Ziul takes the audience on a heartfelt journey through the various mental states we encounter in our careers. 
Marcel&#8217;s unfiltered honesty addresses relatable issues about who we are as humans and artists and how we can confront the challenges, from demanding clients to trivial office needs, from early trauma to our better selves.

Naked - The beauty of feeling uncomfortable

Theatre

State

Martin van der Molen and Silas Nout from Studio Mals crafts high-quality eye-catching images and film. Their work is very tangible, preferably handmade, and has a playful attitude to it.
It&#8217;s a team of meticulous crafters who cherish the details. Their distinctive aesthetics result in clever, playful, and ridiculously sexy handcrafted eye candy !

Studio Mals

Studio Mals creates ridiculously crisp photos, videos, and stop-motion animation. Their work is the equivalent of playfulness and it’s all handmade. No CGI here.
Expect to witness an explosion of colorful and detailed aesthetics, resulting in incredibly sexy handcrafted eye candy for big brand clients.
Be ready to take a deep dive into the behind the scenes of this handmade magic, while also learning a thing or two about running a creative business. These guys know how to turn work into play !