Stuttgart’s 304.426 registered cars form the basis for a future narrative portraying a climate-positive future. In-depth critical research into motor cities, drawing on theories of new materialism (Donna Haraway, Bruno Latour, Gilles Deleuze) is further developed into processes of transformation and conception.
What would a post-futuristic future look like and how would it
change our environment?
With the aid of machine learning, an artificial body of memory
is formed, which drawing on artefacts gives rise to new
possibilities that we, having grown up surrounded by car ads
and traffic noise, are no longer able to imagine. In a continuous
process, AI images and artefacts are shown, to
create videos superimposed with car-free roads during lockdown.
The research deals with the history of the automobile and its
meaning for society (futurism), industrial infrastructures and
(alternative) conceptions of the future.
The works are part of an alternative concept to current narratives of an industry-friendly future. Using machine learning, speculative sculptures are created, which are displayed in a video. A post-futuristic future emerges, presented as an audiovisual installation.
The project Post Motor City S was supported by Stiftung Kunstfonds through the special support programme Neustart Kultur.