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KV - Verein für zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig
Kolonnadenstrasse 6
04109 Leipzig

At the second Stammtisch, curator Regine Ehleiter, who works as a postdoc at the FU Berlin, and artist Antye Guenther, who studied at the HGB Leipzig and currently lives and works in Rotterdam, meet to listen to and talk about their freshly released record The Beheading of the Fruit Fly (How will I know if you are truly a sentient being?) together.

In this publication, composed equally of vinyl, booklet, and poster, Guenther explores computer-brain analogies and the possible existence of non-human intelligent behavior and intelligent entities. The poetic narrative negotiates a machine that on the one hand interferes and mockingly questions human views of the world, and on the other longs for proximity and a merging with, for example, its surroundings. For the record, electromagnetic emissions were recorded from JUQUEEN, formerly one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world, located at the Jülich Research Center. Every computer emits electromagnetic emissions, depending on which data-processing processes are currently active. However, not every computer turns out to be such a fantastic sound machine.

The regulars' table takes place within the framework of the program series No to the Habit - The Habit Not To Questioning the Collective.

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