Live Laboratory RE: Senster / Svitava edition [project]
We are creating a living laboratory—a studio where we invite the public to observe artists at work and participate in the creative process. During the week-long operation of the laboratory, two projects combining materials engineering with machine vision technologies will be implemented. The first, GEOPHONY, is an installation that reflects the diversity of minerals and organic substances used in the visual arts (pigments, varnishes, light-sensitive layers). The second, PROTECTIVE SUITS, focuses on the creative use of these materials for the design of suits used in extreme conditions.
The work will take place in a controlled, visually constructed environment: we will use colorimetry, special types of lighting, and cameras recording images in the near and mid-infrared range, which will allow us to highlight hidden patterns, base designs on temperature differences and chemical properties of selected materials, and increase color sensitivity.
Visitors are invited to participate, exchange opinions, and compare their direct perception of the proposed objects with images processed by machine vision systems. The presentation introduces design environments adapted to expanding fields of vision, draws attention to the issue of sensory diversity, and highlights the use of assistive technologies.
Laboratory work led by:
Anna Olszewska: Re:Senster Lab WH AGH / design and implementation Hegel Industires
Barbora Kundračíková, Olomouc Museum of Art-SEFO / curatorial care
Jiří Y. Suchánek, Svitava Lab Brno / management, sound installations: Geophony
Pavla Beranová, DAMU Prague / scenography
Barbara Budniak, Krakow / tailoring workshop, costume co-author
Uršula Berlot-Pompe, ALUO Ljubljana / special guest
Jan Płatek, Krakow / scenography
Opening: May 13 at 6 p.m.
Opening hours: Monday–Friday, Wednesday–Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. daily
Faculty of Humanities, AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, 30-071 Krakow, ul. Gramatyka 8a
Under the auspices of the Olomouc Museum of Art – Central European Forum (CZ), The House (CZ), and The Three Seas Art Festival 2025 (PL).
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