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In-between Covid-19 lockdowns, Modern Body presented Modern Body Laboratory #3: PORTALS<\/strong> a hybrid performative exhibition taking place online and offline. The event presented works acting as portals, transporting us to spaces, situations and vantage points that offer new perspectives, new visions, and new experiences, enabling us to reflect on the inertial forces of this collective hyperbody we all inhabit together – what we call humankind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Modern Body Laboratory #3:
PORTALS
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In the end of 2019 (20-21 Dec) Modern Body organized Sensing Sound<\/a>, a sound art exhibition exploring augmented sound perception through participatory and interactive works. The exhibition was part of Musical Utopias #2: A festival of Sonic Embrace<\/a>\u00a0organized by Ensemble Klang and Korzo Theater.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Sensing Sound
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Our 3rd biennial edition, Modern Body Festival 2018: ALIEN BODIES<\/a> took place at several repurposed locations in The Hague in Oct 26-28 and Nov 2-3 2018. It explored the alien in all of us through an exhibition, performances, symposium and late night events. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Modern Body Festival 2018:
ALIEN BODIES
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In winter 2017-18, we introduced the Modern Body Laboratory <\/strong>series (MBL), a new platform showcasing locally active makers and exploring emerging themes and ideas in preparation for our next biennial. The first two Laboratories pivoted around two related concepts: \u2018Artificial Intelligence as a Modern Body’ and ‘Discovering Post-Relational Aesthetics’.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Modern Body Laboratory #2:
Intelligent Artifacts & Breathing Spaces
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Modern Body Laboratory #1:
Alan Turing: Artificial Intelligence and Immortality
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Our second biennial edition, Modern Body Festival  2016: I\/WE\/THEY<\/a><\/strong> (Nov-Dec 2016, The Hague) explored the notion of the social body. It expanded beyond the self to investigate how we form bonds and groups, how we position ourselves as individuals and how we find a sense of belonging in a globalized society. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Modern Body Festival 2016:
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For our 2nd biennial edition we collaborated with DEZACT architecture platform (TW\/UK). Together we also initiated, co-curated, and co-produced a sister festival in Taipei, Taiwan: Space Media Festival 2016: I\/WE\/THEY<\/strong> (Aug-Sept 2016).<\/p>\n\n\n

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Space Media Festival Taipei 2016:
I\/WE\/THEY
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Our inaugural biennial, Modern Body Festival 2014: Art as research through experience<\/a> (Oct 2014, The Hague), introduced our concept of the ‘modern body\u2019. It explored how we experience the world around us from a first-person perspective, our relationship to technology, and its effects on our understanding of our own bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Modern Body Festival 2014:
Art as research through experience
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Our past events featured:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A.lter S.essio (JP\/FR) \u2022 Alberto Novello (IT\/NL) \u2022 Alcaeus Spyrou (AL\/GR\/NL) \u2022\u00a0Alina Ozerova (RU\/NL) \u2022\u00a0Arthur Elsenaar (NL) \u2022 Atau Tanaka (US\/UK) \u2022 Barbara Ellison (IE\/NL) \u2022 Bennie Mols (NL) \u2022\u00a0Borden Tseng (TW) \u2022 Bridget Fiske (AU\/UK)\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Center no Distractor (US\/GR\/NL) \u2022 Chaja Hertog (NL) \u2022 Christina Dahdaleh (JO\/UK) \u2022 Clive Eveleigh (UK\/TW) \u2022 Cocky Eek (NL) \u2022\u00a0DJ Dave (NL) \u2022\u00a0DJ Gijs (NL) \u2022\u00a0DJ Yiannis (GR\/NL) \u2022\u00a0Doreen Bernath (UK\/TW) \u2022 Enfant Terrible (NL) \u2022\u00a0Erdem Ta\u015fdelen (TR\/CA) \u2022\u00a0Francisco L\u00f3pez (ES\/NL) \u2022 Gerri J\u00e4ger (AT\/NL)\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Georg Hobmeier (AT) \u2022\u00a0Ivan Henriques (BR\/NL) \u2022 Jeanette Groenendaal (NL) \u2022 Jen-Hwang Ho (TW) \u2022 Jennifer Willet (CA) \u2022 Jeroen van Ameijde (NL\/UK) \u2022 Ji Youn Kang (KO\/NL) \u2022 Joseph Lau (AU\/UK)\u00a0\u2022\u00a0<\/em>Julian Hetzel (DE\/NL) \u2022 Julien Thomas (CA) \u2022 Kaisu Koski (FI\/NL) \u2022 Karel van Laere (NL) \u2022 Kasper Toeplitz (PL\/FR) \u2022 Kenzo Kusuda (JP\/NL) \u2022\u00a0Ludmila Rodrigues (BR\/NL) \u2022 Luis Rodil-Fern\u00e1ndez (ES\/NL) \u2022 Manuel Jim\u00e9nez Garc\u00eda (ES\/UK) \u2022 Maria Molina Peir\u00f3 (ES\/NL) \u2022\u00a0Marko Ciciliani (AT\/HR) \u2022 Meinhardt Krauss Feigl (DE) \u2022\u00a0Meng-Chin Huang (TW) \u2022 Mike Rijnierse (NL) \u2022 Mirjam Van Reisen (NL) \u2022\u00a0Mischa Daams (NL) \u2022 Mo H. Zareei (IR\/NZ) \u2022 Moritz Simon Geist (DE) \u2022\u00a0MURW\/Floris van Bergeijk (NL) \u2022 Myriam Gourfink (FR) \u2022 Natalia Papaeva (RU\/NL) \u2022\u00a0Nicol\u00e1s Varchausky (AR) \u2022 Nimish Biloria (IN\/NL) \u2022 Nir Nadler (IL\/ NL) \u2022 Ping-Hsiang Chen (TW\/UK) \u2022 Pete Harden (UK\/NL) \u2022\u00a0Pieter van Engelen (NL) \u2022\u00a0Phill Toffer (NL) \u2022\u00a0Raviv Ganchrow (US\/NL) \u2022\u00a0Rita G\u00f3bi (RS\/HU) \u2022 Ryuji Yamaguchi (JP\/JO) \u2022\u00a0Sabina Hyoju Ahn (KR\/AT) \u2022 Satoru Sugihara (JP\/US) \u2022 Sheng-Fen Nik Chien (TW) \u2022 Shih Wei-Chieh (TW) \u2022 Snackbar Smaakversterker Soundsystem (DE\/NL) \u2022\u00a0Stefan ZMK (NL) \u2022\u00a0Stelios Manousakis (GR\/NL) \u2022 Stephanie Pan (US\/NL) \u2022 Thanos Polymeneas Liontiris (GR\/UK) \u2022 The Constitute (DE) \u2022\u00a0The Society for Non-Trivial Pursuits<\/em> (DE) \u2022\u00a0Tivon Rice (US\/NL) \u2022 Utopian Body (IT\/CH) \u2022 Valentina Lacmanovi\u0107 (FR\/HR\/NL) \u2022 Vitaly Medvedev (RU\/NL) \u2022\u00a0Weihaw Wang (TW\/UK\/JP) \u2022 Yolanda Uriz Elizalde (ES\/NL) \u2022 Yu-Chuan Tseng (TW) \u2022 Zed Yung-Chieh Huang (TW) \u2022 Zois Loumakis (GR\/NL) \u2022\u00a0Zoot Derks (NL) \u2022\u00a0^ studio (RU\/DE\/CH)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Modern Body Festival 2014-2016 Catalogue<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Below you can browse through images of our events between 2014-2016.<\/p>\n\n\n