Earth Without Humans II @ Kapelica Gallery // 7.- 9. June 2017What might have been considered science fiction a few years ago, can now be experienced in real time as the manifestation of a positive utopia, which predicts a change of absolutely everything in the near future: how we travel, how we communicate, what we eat, how we dress, how we reach decisions, how we participate, how we trade… basically how we live. The power centres are shifting before our eyes and this shift is geo-strategically moving from our planet into space. It is full of successful content platforms, which reflect the trans-nationality of the internet and other telecommunication channels into space. Unlike the 1960s space race, in which the two super powers raced for the moon, the current show of power can be seen in the race for Mars. In this perspective the scientific research and the development of technologies which create the technological conditions for survival on the red planet are shown as just another name for the end of life on planet Earth. The catastrophic script which foresees the exodus to other spatial bodies can be read through an array of technologies that are being developed for survival on Mars. The radical conditions, biotechnologies, astrobiology, exo-life, extremophiles, artificial life, artificial intelligence, robot architecture… just in case we fail to make it to Mars.Partners: Projekt Atol Institute, UCSB, MAT, Systemics Lab, SETI Institute, Naprave The event is a part of the 'European Digital Art and Science Network' Co-funded by: Creative Europe programme of the European Union, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia and Municipality of Ljubljana – Department for CultureZemlja brez ljudi II @ Galerija Kapelica // 7.- 9. junij 2017To, kar se je še pred nekaj leti zdelo kot znanstvena fantastika, sedaj živimo v realnem času kot realizacijo pozitivne utopije, ki v kratkem napoveduje spremembo vsega: kako potujemo, kako komuniciramo, kaj jemo, v kaj se oblačimo, kako odločamo, kako participiramo, kako trgujemo … skratka, kako živimo. Pred našimi očmi se odvija pomenljivo preurejanje centrov moči na Zemlji, ki se geostrateško seli v vesolje. Prevzemajo ga uspešne vsebinske platforme, ki v transnacionalnost vesolja zrcalijo transnacionalnost interneta in drugih telekomunikacijskih kanalov. Za razliko od vesoljske tekme v 60’ letih prejšnjega stoletja, kjer sta svetovni sili tekmovali za Luno, je danes ultimativni dokaz moči tekma za Mars. V tej perspektivi se znanstvene raziskave in razvoj tehnologij, ki ustvarjajo tehnološke pogoje za preživetje na Rdečem planetu, kažejo kot drugo ime za konec življenja na Zemlji. Katastrofični scenarij, ki predvideva exodos na druga vesoljska telesa, lahko beremo čez nabor tehnologij, ki se razvijajo za preživetje na Marsu. Radikalni pogoji, biotehnologije, astrobiologija, exo-življenje, ekstremofili, umetno življenje, umetna inteligenca, robotska arhitektura ... za vsak slučaj, če nam vseeno ne bo uspelo skočiti do Marsa.Partnerji: Zavod Projekt Atol, UCSB, MAT, Systemics Lab, SETI Institute, Naprave Dogodek je del mednarodnega projekta 'Evropska mreža digitalne umetnosti in znanosti' Projekt je podprt s sredstvi programa Ustvarjalna Evropa Evropske unije, Ministrstva za kulturo RS in MOL – Oddelka za kulturo