<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>*Application Deadline*: April 1st, 2019 <br></div><div><br></div><div>Sensory Cartographies (artists Jonathan Reus and Sissel Marie Tonn) invites makers to submit a proposal for the Augmented Attention Lab at Sensorium Festival, Bratislava from <b>7th - 9th
of June, 2019. More info and sign-up form here: <a href="https://sensorium.is/lab">https://sensorium.is/lab</a><br></b></div><div><h3>Description of Lab:</h3><p>It is becoming evident, that the multiple social platforms, screens
and technological devices, that we surround ourselves with, scatter and
fragment our attention. This poses a problem, since from an evolutionary
perspective, our ability to attend, react and adapt to the
environmental changes occurring around us, are the determining factor of
our survival as a species. In a present, where environmental change is
the single biggest challenge to our species, how can an awareness of our
perceptual limitations foster new ways of creating technologies and
practices for augmenting our own modes of attention? </p>
<p>In this lab we will explore ways of creating technologies and
practices, that focuses and fine-tunes our attention towards sensing
varied intensities of change within our environment. We will be
exploring the subject by looking at qualitative methods such as
‘microphenomenology’, which is used to zoom in on the fine gradients of
human experience of the world, as well as explore ways of ‘hacking’
sensory perception, through exercises and field trips within the city of
Bratislava and beyond. We invite makers to come together to build new
wearable/portable tools and develop sensory practices, that augment the
body in order to sense environmental changes, happening at the threshold
of the human sensory spectrum. <br></p><h3>Participate:</h3></div><div><b>The Augmented Attention Lab</b> is looking for practitioners, who are
interested in developing technologies (in the widest sense of the word)
that afford awareness and attention towards our surroundings, and who
wish to engage with these issues through a collaborative making process.
We look for a mix of artists, designers, musicians, neuroscientists,
technologists, etc, who are willing to step out of their comfort zone,
for a 4 day intensive pressure cooker. The facilitators of the lab will
focus on wearable sensor systems and e-textile practices as a point of
departure, but we welcome all inventions/interventions that challenge
the perceptual and sensory modes of the body within its environment.</div><div><br></div><div><p>Will your practice/project benefit from being part of this lab? Then <strong>submit your entry for our open call <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScEiiC_677_-uug3VphF7YVjVwXmc_4o28FdIBzf7_hnTsmZQ/viewform">here</a>, by Sunday 24th of March!</strong>
The Sensorium team and lab facilitators will then select a fitting team
of participants from the submissions to ensure a rich and diverse
group. </p>
<h3>Practicalities:</h3>
<p>The Augmented Attention Lab will take place in Bratislava, Slovakia
from the 3rd - 6th of June. Participation in the lab is free (thanks to
generous support by Goethe Institut Bratislava). Note that participants
pay their own travel to and accommodation in Bratislava. There will be
digital fabrication amenities and tools available for wearable-tech
production on site.</p>
<p>The lab is part of <a href="https://sensorium.is">Sensorium Festival</a>,
which will be taking place in Bratislava, Slovakia, from the <b>7th - 9th
of June</b>. Sensorium is the first slovak festival making sense of creative
technology, and it gathers an international community of artists,
designers, technologists and entrepreneurs for its conference programme,
interactive exhibition, live performances and cross-disciplinary
workshops. This year’s theme will be ‘The Augmented Mind’. </p>
<p><strong>The Augmented Attention Lab will culminate in an open lab session at the beginning of Sensorium Festival.</strong> Curious visitors will be invited to look behind the scenes, test prototypes and ask questions.</p></div><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>