CRISPR Chronicles - Chaewon Lee
Media Art Nexus, LED 15m by 2m, @Quek Jia Liang
The Living Screen Media Art Education, Ecological Storytelling & Media Architecture
Presented by Ina Conradi (A/P)
MEDIA ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE, MAB, BANGKOK 2025 BEYOND THE SCREENS : ECOLOGIES & MEMORIES IN DIGITAL PUBLIC SPACE
THE LIVING SCREEN
INA CONRADI
NTU ADM:
Where Art, Design & Tech Meet
NTU Singapore – global top university – • ADM – School of Art, Design & Media • Creative tech • Media arts •
Interdisciplinary practice
Image: The Hive is an advanced educational hub by top UK designer Thomas Heatherwick , the man behind the London Olympic Cauldron. It is a sustainable smart building with 56 newgeneration smart classrooms
THE LIVING SCREEN
A LIVING INTERFACE 15×2m LED wall (NTU Museum’s Campus Art Trail)
Public • Curatorial • Educational platform
Generative, data-driven, AI art A “screen ecosystem”
Ina conradi
The Living screen
MAN:
A Global Collaborative Network
• Partnerships across Europe & Asia • Ars Electronica, CAA, Bauhaus Weimar • Elbphilharmonie Hamburg • MEET Milan, UCLA Art|Sci, UNSW EPIC • Cross-border, crossplatform circulation
Ina conradi
The Living screen
Ina conradi
— ART + SCIENCE AT MAN
• On|Off 100101010 (14 research
institutions)
• Scientific imaging, data art, generative workflows • Fraunhofer MEVIS digital medicine residencies • Interdisciplinary method as curriculum
The Living screen
URBAN MEDIA EXCHANGES:
Hamburg,Ansbach, Ten Square
Ina conradi
ELMAN (Elbphilharmonie + MAN) Dual-site public screen exhibition Entangled Futures – climate-focused LED exchange Ten Square (Singapore’s 3D billboard)
THE LIVING SCREEN
INA CONRADI Recovery by Cem Ünaldi (Hochschule Ansbach
Going Green by Christian Scherzer and Shaina Milde
THE LIVING SCREEN
INA CONRADI
AI EDUCATION & CREATIVE FUTURES AT NTU
• Courses: Explorations in AI Generated Art, Art in the Age of the Creative Machine • Prompt battles, speculative worldbuilding • Student-led model training (future curriculum) • From prototypes → public screens
The Living screen
BOX BODY(UK)
THE LIVING SCREEN— AI & FILM TECHNIQUES FOR MEDIA ARCHITECTURE Artists: JJ Agcaoili & Xin Wen
Ina conradi
22×15 m 3D LED facade, Ten Square Singapore (ART-ACT Festival 2023) Interactive performance on a curved 3D billboard Film-based technique → instant anamorphic 3D (no complex 3D modelling) Explores urban isolation, pressure, and the “living screen” Connected to EMERGE:NCY (Piccadilly Lights, London) — Jury + Public Award
The Living screen
Ina conradi
CDSA FESTIVAL:
NTU’S CURATORIAL& EDUCATIONAL CONTRIBUTION
Co-curation with CAA & Public Art Lab 11 screens • 9 cities • 200+ submissions Themes: Ecology • Memory • Hybrid worlds
The Living screen
Ina conradi
The Living screen
Ina conradi
CONNECTING CLASSES & SEMINAR China Academy of Art Hangzhou
University Bauhaus Weimar
– Guest Lecture Yuelai Ruan
NTU ADM · Bauhaus University Weimar · China Academy of Art CDSAFestival 2024 — Europe · Singapore · China
The Living screen
Ina conradi
INTERNATIONAL CAMPUSDEBUT :
NTU SINGAPORE× CAA × BAUHAUSWEIMAR
@PostCity: From left to right standing: Shahma Abdulla, Hoe Jian Wei, Yuelai Ruan, Mark Chavez, Ina Conradi, Susa Pop, Sreeshna Sowmya, Carolina Gracia, Ayça Tugran, Kneeling: Spinor-Wu Jianbin, Kevin Blackistone
Festival Theme—PANIC: Systemic fragility, climate crisis, hybrid realities
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