NSFW (Nikolaus' Song For the Week)

This week's song comes from Philipp Poisel and fits well with the November weather. He will perform at the Gasometer in Vienna in spring, on 09/05/2027. Eventim has more about the song and Wikipedia more about the "Weltzeituhr" on Alexanderplatz.

The video gives a lot of northern-Germany-in-winter vibes.

The World Clock plays an important role in Erasure's song 'Run to the Sun' (1994) as well.

Retrospect

Münster

The review of the Centre for Advanced Study “Access to Cultural Goods in Digital Change” was a great experience. It gave me in particular the opportunity to better understand how art historians work and think when confronted with digitalisation and AI. I was very impressed by the work done by the group and also by many individual contributions. And my (unfortunately very short) stay in Münster was nice too. I was stunned that even my hotel room had a cross on the wall and I made two short videos about some of my impressions, one of them in particular about the many churches.

KI Kompass

I was interviewed by KI Kompass.

Research Institute

We had a nice panel debate on AI governance at the research institute.

Angelika Gottweis wrote about it on LinkedIn.

#arsboni

I had a little chaotic, yet very interesting conversation with Michael Grupp from Bryter/Beamon.

Grupp has an interesting perspective on why he thinks that legal work will not disappear but rather grow due to AI.

Prospect

AI

It's interesting to see how the AI topic leaves the protected territory of specialised events and comes into broader view.

I will be in Salzburg on Monday for the Association of Court Appointed Experts,

will have a short online appearance for the Austrian Association of Muinicipalities on Wednesday

and will be in the Austrian School of Government on Friday

Look and Feel

„TRANCEcolonial. Performing Provenance – Art, Memory and Colonial Resonances“

Thanks to the kind support of the people in the Centre for Advanced Study "Access to Cultural Goods in Digital Change" I was able to visit the terrific installation by Hervé Youmbi in LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster, that was presented in context of the symposium „TRANCEcolonial. Performing Provenance – Art, Memory and Colonial Resonances“ even before the official opening.

Youmbi's installation is a very interesting reflection on the interplay between Western and African art, old and modern art, art and spirituality, on stolen African art, on masks and on transfer from classical art (in this case in particular Edvard Munch's The Scream) into popular culture (in particular the horror movie Scream). His masks are talking to one of the museum's oldest pieces - the "Bockhorster Triumphkreuz" from 1185 – 1200.

I’m not showing the installation here for copyright reasons, but here is at least the cross.

Have a wonderful week and take care of yourself!

Kind regards

Nikolaus (Forgó)