Metalab

Who betrayed us? Data, data, data!

Accompanying Programme for JUSTITIA! Data Ghosts

brut nordwest

Workshop in German

{Justice} {Artificial Intelligence} {Gamification}

From the labor market to lending, algorithms are already making critical decisions about our lives. What sounds like something out of a science fiction movie is already a reality. Together with the workshop participants, the Metalab takes a detailed look at exactly how these algorithms are structured and what prejudices they represent. And even if it is not always easy, they will think about how we can escape from the clutches of the algorithms.

A digitally-stylized object resembling a figure cloaked in teal fabric, with a black screen-like face displaying a QR code. The QR code features a small ghost-like design within its pattern. The image is set against a dark background, emphasizing the object’s futuristic and mysterious appearance.

A collaborative workspace with several people seated at desks working on laptops. The room is dimly lit with colorful ambient lighting in shades of pink and blue, and the walls are adorned with posters and creative decor. A vending machine and shelves with miscellaneous items are visible on the right.

The Metalab is a place where interested people can pursue their curiosity, realize unique ideas or meet and exchange ideas with others. As Vienna's oldest and largest hackspace, the Meta Lab offers an atmosphere in which people interested in art, technology, society and science can come together to exchange knowledge and work on personal and joint projects. metalab.at

Accompanying the interactive performance JUSTITIA! Data Ghosts, workshops, a roundtable and a lecture followed by discussions on topics such as the digital rights and artificial intelligence will take place on January 17^th and 18^th. The programme has been curated and organised by students of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna as part of the university course Case Studies (Critical Studies).

Credits

The accompanying programme was curated and organized by the students of Gin Müller's Case Studies (Critical Studies) course at the Academy of Fine Arts: Abilaschan Balamurlaey, Luan Dannerbauer David Gees, Natalia Philomena Jobe, Sebastian Kokesch, Hanna Kucera, Martina Lajczak, Yuliana Mosheeva, So Young Park, Carlotta Partzsch, Lisa Schmidt, Adrien Summerer, Philip Finsterbusch, Stefan Pfattner Helena McFadzean, Jiachen Xu, Ema Bencikova, Iris Omari

Dates & Tickets

January 2025

18.

Sat. 18.01.2025, 14:00 - 16:30
Pay as you can on site. Register via the ticket button.

brut nordwest
Nordwestbahnstraße 8-10, 1200 Vienna
accessible

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A hooded figure sits at a wooden desk. Its “face” displays colorful vertical data lines with a red horizontal bar. In the background, a projection of golden vertical lines on a black background.

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Willkommen in der Black Box der künstlich-intelligenten Rechtsprechung! „Justitia“, die technologische Zukunft der Justiz, führt das Testpublikum mithilfe ihrer Gerichtsavatare durch ein futuristisches (Gedanken-)Spiel. In der interaktiven, performativen Installation JUSTITIA! Data Ghosts gilt es, für Mensch und Maschine gemeinsam eine mögliche Utopie zu erproben, die maschinelle Genauigkeit und Voraussicht mit menschlicher Intuition und Urteilskraft vereint.