Date:
9.12.24
Monday
Hour: 18:30

The Hackuarium: Strange Loops | Neta Moses

The 'Hackuarium,' the digital art and poetry lab situated in the lobby of the Michael Sela Auditorium, begins this year's exhibition program with a video work by media artist and computer scientist, Neta Moses.
Based in Jerusalem, Moses is a celebrated graduate of the multidisciplinary program in computer science and screen arts at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design. She is currently at a long-term artist residency at the Artists' Studios in Jerusalem while also contributing to neuro-research of decision-making processes at Tel Aviv University.
Netta’s works include video installations, performance, short films and lecture performances. She has gained recognition in exhibitions and film festivals both in Israel and internationally. Her short film “How To Be Alone” won the Experimental Cinema and Video Art competition at the Jerusalem Film Festival (2021). 
She was awarded the CLEVER scholarship for creative leadership from the EU, and the scholarship for excellence in video-art studies from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation. Her solo exhibition “Tears Become Rain” was recently on show this year at the Artists’ Studio gallery in Jerusalem.
The launch event will feature a joint viewing and conversation between the artist and the project curator, poet Alex Ben-Ari. 
Duration: approximately 45 minutes. 
Admission is free.
 

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5.5
Monday
Hour: 20:00

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Yair Assulin will be speaking about quantum computing with Prof. Roee Ozeri, a physicist in the Department of Physics of Complex Systems at the Weizmann Institute of Science who researches cold atoms used to develop a universal quantum computer and for precision measurements (among other things). He also serves as Vice President for Resource Development and Communications. We will explore what quantum computing truly means, how close we are to its realization, and the significance of a non-binary world that lets us solve previously inaccessible problems, as well as highlight the opportunities, challenges, and questions it creates and the broader implications of this technological revolution. 

 

The discussion will be held in Hebrew  

Brave New World, Aldous Huxley’s 1932 futuristic novel, presents a chilling satirical vision of a utopian future in which humans are reproduced artificially and their emotions are sterilized through drugs so they will passively serve the government. In this world, war and disease have been eradicated at the cost of individuality, art, family, and love. The novel is considered one of the most influential futuristic masterpieces of the 20th century, coining terms that have become integral to socio-political discourse.
Today, at the dawn of the third millennium, we are living in a “Brave New World” filled with unimaginable advancements but also fear and danger. A world where “space” and “time” are fundamentally different from what we once knew; a world of new human consciousness. The Weizmann Institute is one of the places where this great era is developing, both through research and action. In a series of conversations, Yair Assulin will ask pioneering researchers in some of today’s most revolutionary fields (quantum computing, artificial intelligence, and evolution) to explore the major questions emerging from the various fields of research, the enormously relevant connection between science and the humanities in this era, and the new humanity emerging before our eyes.

 



Sponsored by the Braginsky Center for the Interface between Science and Humanities, with participation from the audience.
 

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