Convened by Agnieszka Kurant
February 26–27, 2024
Tune in to e-flux Film for the repeat screenings and wrap of Uncomputables: On Alien Intelligences and Cybernetics, an online program of films and texts put together by artist Agnieszka Kurant as the thirteenth edition of Artist Cinemas.
The films will stream from Monday, February 26, 12am ET to Tuesday, February 26, 11:59pm ET, available here.
Uncomputables has featured films by films by Neil Beloufa, Liu Chuang, Tim Grabham and Jasper Sharp, Brittany Nelson, Trevor Paglen, and Jenna Sutela; comissioned interviews and responses by Shumon Basar, Stefanie Hessler, Tom McCarthy, Lucia Pietroiusti, Noam Segal; and a short story by Ted Chiang.
Stay tuned for a follow-up conversation between Agnieszka Kurant and Ted Chiang, to be published on e-flux Notes in April.
Thank you for watching, and for reading!
Uncomputables: On Alien Intelligences and Cybernetics
By Agnieszka Kurant
Repeat screenings February 26–27
#1: Liu Chuang, Lithium Lake and Island of Polyphony (2023, 54 minutes)
With a response by Stefanie Hessler
#2: Jenna Sutela, nimiia cétiï (2018, 12 minutes)
With an interview with Sutela by Shumon Basar
#3: Neil Beloufa, Kempinski (2007, 14 minutes)
With a response by Noam Segal
#4: Brittany Nelson, I can hardly bear it when it is over, I can hardly bear it when it starts (2022, 8 minutes)
With the short story “The Great Silence” (2015) by Ted Chiang
#5: Trevor Paglen, Doty (2023, 65 minutes)
With an interview with Paglen by Tom McCarthy
#6: Tim Grabham and Jasper Sharp, The Creeping Garden (2014, 81 minutes)
With the response “We shall by morning inherit the Earth” by Lucia Pietroiusti
Uncomputables investigates alien, more-than-human intelligences and their philosophical, technological, economic, ecological, and political ramifications. The films in the program probe alternative political imaginaries, in which more-than-human beings take a central role or impact reality despite the fact that they might not exist. Read Agnieszka Kurant’s introduction here.
Artist Cinemas is an ongoing series on e-flux Film focusing on exploring the moving image as understood by people who make film. It is informed by the vulnerability and enchantment of the artistic process—producing non-linear forms of knowledge and expertise that exist outside of academic or institutional frameworks. It also acknowledges the circles of friendship and mutual inspiration that bind the artistic community.
For more information, contact program [at] e-flux.com.