Visual Design for Andrew Adamatzky Lecture, Photo: Leon Stark, Eric Stelse
Conversations on Art and Media: Unconventional Computing with Andrew Adamatzky (UWE Bristol): Computing with Unusual Substrates
19.06.2025 18:00,
Location: KUBUS
Livestream-Link: https://streaming.media.ccc.de/battlemesh
Conversations on Art and Media is a new lecture series with invited guests from the expanded fields of media art and theory, co-organized by members of HfG Karlsruhe and ZKM. During summer semester 2025, the series discusses unconventional conceptions and materializations of computers as well as alternative ways of dealing with them. In the light of the quasi-monopoly of big tech companies and in view of powerful presets and standards, guest lectures and conversations will address the questions: To what extent can computers look or function differently? In which ways can we reflect on, perceive or handle computing devices differently or change them?
Concept: Victor Fancelli Capdevila (HfG), Julia Ihls (HfG), Tina Lorenz (ZKM), Lea Luka Sikau (ZKM), Nina Zschocke (HfG).
About Andrew Adamatzky: Professor Andrew Adamatzky is a computer scientist renowned for his pioneering work in unconventional computing, particularly using slime moulds, chemical media and fungi. He is the Director of the Unconventional Computing Laboratory at the University of the West of England, where he explores non-traditional models of computation and emergent behavior in biological systems.
In this online talk on June 19th, embedded in the 23rd Gulaschprogrammiernacht of the Chaos Computer Club, Andrew Adamatzky explores unconventional computing using substrates such as slime mold, fungi, plants, colloids, proteins, and crystallization. These living and physical systems exhibit complex behaviors that can be harnessed for problem-solving, pattern recognition, and decision-making. From bio-inspired algorithms to self-organizing materials, we will discuss how these unconventional platforms challenge our understanding of computation and open new frontiers in technology.
Further dates, Summer Semester 2025
26.6. 20:00, HfG Lichtbrücke, Benoit Baudry (Université de Montréal): Amplifying Diversity in Code and Execution
03.07. 18:00, HfG, Lichtbrücke, Joana Moll, Tatiana Bazzichelli (Disruption Network Lab)
17.7. ZKM, Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley (Berlin): Concert
Andrew Adamatzky Fungal Computer, Photo: Andrew Adamatzky
About Andrew Adamatzky
Professor Andrew Adamatzky is a computer scientist renowned for his pioneering work in unconventional computing, particularly using slime moulds, chemical media and fungi. He is the Director of the Unconventional Computing Laboratory at the University of the West of England, where he explores non-traditional models of computation and emergent behavior in biological systems.
Andrew Adamatzky Portrait, Photo: Andrew Adamatzky
