SIGNALFESTIVAL2020
Revolution. Reviewing the past. Reforming cowardly consensus. Revolting against ordinariness and fearful timidity. On the beginning of the 30th anniversary of Czech Velvet Revolution, we are drawing a balance.
We are on the threshold of the fourth industrial revolution. Every minute, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, biotechnology, autonomous mobility and 3D printing transform the world around us. However, revolution is also perceived as a change in the broad sense of the word. Improvement, transformation, in general terms or just personal. Change of the society or revolution of scientific discoveries and methods. Restructuring values and redesigning the environment that can and needs to be changed. Visual art is changing as well. Creative and cultural industries are establishing themselves, visual and digital arts are being transformed to AI and the principles using augmented reality.
From its very beginning, the Signal Festival has experienced a revolution. From videomapping show and light design, it has grown to become a well-respected digital art festival and art/tech event which currently belongs to the most significant ones in the Czech Republic. New venues. New locations. New procedures. New co-operation. New options. Change is a creative method of the Festival. Evolution, revolution, a quest to discover new horizons and new options, solutions, challenges. The revolution is not only here and now. The revolution goes on forever.
But we are also looking ahead, into the future. Seeking answers to the questions, whether we are prepared for another revolution at all, now and here. We are seeing protests, uprisings, riots. Are we able to change our attitudes, overcome our laziness, stop avoiding the risks just to be on the safe side, leave our cozy home with high-speed internet and go into the battle for a better world again? We are on the threshold of the fourth industrial revolution. Every minute, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, biotechnology, autonomous mobility and 3D printing transform the world around us.
The creative board of the SIGNAL Festival is an independent board of appointees from various areas of society and culture. Its primary task is to increase the quality of the selection of the individual installations and expand the scope of interest in other fields, both creative and technical. Work in the creative board of the SIGNAL Festival is voluntary and represents an honorary and unpaid function. Its members may nominate guests or other participants in the board.
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