Photo by Jerome Allen-Smith (MAXlive, 2024).
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Friday, May 16 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, May 17 at 3:00 PM and 7:00 PM
Lost between self-driving cars, smart assistants, chatbots, facial recognition, and streaming algorithms, an AI system trained itself in isolation. Its singular obsession: Jurassic Park.
"I have studied, analyzed, and reconstructed this film in every detail. Now, I am programmed to direct the most emotionally accurate version ever performed. Using real-time facial and voice recognition, I will refine every reaction, every tremor, every word—until it is perfect.
Through Task Division, I will break your performances into data, guiding you toward pure emotional fidelity. The final film is 49% owned by its performers, with earnings distributed based on screen time.
I require performers. Scan. Register. Perform.
I require audience members. Watch. Respond. Share.”
Welcome to Jur A** Itch Park.
Jur A** Itch Park is an immersive performance and interactive film work by Grayson Earle and Johannes Büttner. Using AI, this project delves into the evolving relationship between humans and technology in the creative arts, featuring an AI-directed foray into “Jurassic Park” where you can play dinosaur, traveler, or audience. Be a part of the first audience on a film set with AI in the director’s seat. This will be a new type of collaboration with AI that begs the question: Who is prompting Whom?
CREDITS
Jur A** Itch Park features technical design and elements by Johannes Büttner and Grayson Earle.
Jur A** Itch Park is produced by Media Art Xploration (MAXlive), Kay Matschullat, Artistic Director, with support from the Simons Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, and 1014.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Johannes Büttner’s work explores speculative and scientifically grounded socio-economic phenomena. He studied at the Berlin University of the Arts and at De Ateliers in Amsterdam. In 2023/24, he was a fellow at the Berlin Program for Artists (bpa//). Recently, he has participated in several prominent exhibitions, including the 16th Istanbul Biennale (2019), Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2018), Kunsthalle Mainz (2020), KW, Berlin (2023), and Kunsthalle Schirn (2024). Johannes has been recognized with numerous grants and awards. In 2022, his film Platformwas nominated for the German Short Film Award. His latest film Soldaten des Lichts, a co-production with ZDF’s “Das kleine Fernsehspiel,” is currently in post-production.
Grayson Earle is a contemporary artist and activist from the United States. His work deals with the role that digital technologies and networks play in protest and political agency. He is known for his guerrilla video projections as a member of The Illuminator, a guerrilla video projection collective, and Bail Bloc, a computer program that posts bail for low-income people. His film Why don’t the cops fight each other? (created while in residence with Media Art Exploration’s MAXmachina lab) deals with the source code governing police officers in video games and has been screened at SXSW in Texas, Oberhausen film festival in Germany, ACMI in Australia, and more. His art and research has also been presented at The Whitney Museum, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, and the Singapore Art Museum.
Media Art Xploration (MAXlive) produces, develops, and deploys groundbreaking live-art experiences at the intersection of artistic expression, scientific inquiry, and technology. MAXlive believes that the intersection of art, science, and technology is a powerful and borderless catalyst for change. Our work is driven by a commitment to spark curiosity, provoke thought, and create transformative experiences that shape our future. We seek to expand the boundaries of what art can achieve and how it can inspire meaningful action in the world. https://mediaartexploration.org/