Mikkel Rørbo
Mikkel Rørbo is an interdisciplinary researcher and, sometimes, artist and curator. He is currently a PhD candidate at the Peter Weibel Research Institute for Digital Cultures and holds degrees in philosophy and cultural studies from University of Copenhagen. His work focuses on the philosophical dimensions of living with machine intelligences and speculative methods for critical engagement with emerging technologies. As an artist and curator, he has performed, released and exhibited internationally as well as collaborated with institutions, festivals and art spaces. He has written about and presented work on technology, philosophy and contemporary experiments in music.
Contact
Office Hours: by Appointment
Email: mikkel.rorbo[at]uni-ak.ac.at
Showroom: Mikkel Rørbo
- title
- Media Horror, Emerging Technology, and Machine Intelligence
- type
- Speech
- keywords
- Digital Arts, Video Installation, Hauntology, Esotericism, Presentation, Talk
- texts
- Description
- Join us for a discussion between Henrik Soederstroem, the artist of “Spirit Interface,” and Mikkel Rørbo, an interdisciplinary researcher and sometimes artist and curator. Mikkel is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the Peter Weibel Research Institute for Digital Cultures in Vienna. His work focuses on speculative methods for critical engagement with emerging technologies and hauntological aspects of machine intelligence. Henrik’s artistic practice centers around themes of virtuality and reality, often seen through the lens of horror and the supernatural. Henrik’s 2023 MFA thesis, “Media Horror,” investigates how works of horror fiction engage with media technologies. Mikkel will give a short presentation, and then the two will discuss speculative fiction, haunted media, the digital eerie, and esotericism in the virtual plane. This talk will be held in-person in Los Angeles and over Zoom. You are welcome to join us in the exhibition space at Killscreen or join the call using the link.
- lecturers
- Mikkel Rørbo, Henrik Soederstroem
- organisers/management
- Killscreen
- date, time and location
- date
- 2024-03-16 - 2024-03-16
- time
- 13:00:00 - 14:30:00
- location
- Los Angeles, CA, USA, Online
- location description
- Killscreen
- URL
- https://killscreen.com/product/3-16-24-media-horror-emerging-technology-and-machine-intelligence/