Robots & Algorithms | Windows

Video Art and Short Film Series

2023, the Goethe-Institut Montreal is hosting a NAO robot and takes this as an opportunity for a multi-perspective examination of the topic of robotics, artificial intelligence and human-machine interactions.

The film and video works assembled here partly draw on AI processes, thematize them, or are themselves the product of such processes - and yet can stand on their own as a cinematic art form. Art and artificiality seem to be mutually dependent here and thus open up a new approach to questions of authorship and the definition of art.

The program is intended both as an invitation to discourse and to raise awareness of current technological developments and their creative potential. The cinematic qualities of aesthetics and technical innovation seem to be directly linked here, as they are both in the eye of the viewer.

The individual works will be shown on our windows after dark for two weeks each from May 7 to August 12, 2023. In parallel, the works can also be seen during our regular opening hours at the Institute (1626 boul. St-Laurent, H2X 2T1 Montreal, QC).