“strange attractors […1,000 years]” by Sandra Crisp LG selected for Simultan Festival XIX 2024.
Simultan Festival XIX 2024 “Desire For the Useless”
Hosted at MX Corneliu Miklosi Museum, Timișoara, Romania
3 – 6 October 2024
Thanks to video curators: Florin Fâra, Marina Oprea, Luiza Alecsandru. Huba Antal and Sergiu Sas.
The 19th edition of the SIMULTAN Festival is set to continue its exploration of the relationship between art, technology and society, through different artistic methods and practices.
The four day program presents video art, installations and live events where some of the themes and methods are: stylistic eclecticism, the relationship between man and automation, recycling or ecological themes, improvisational music in alternative or obsolete technical conditions, digital lyricism, fusion of acoustic and electronic instruments, expanded cinema.
As the festival continues to deepen its inquiry into the relationship between technology and humanity, Desire for the Useless serves as a contemplative theme.
In a world where simulations often replace reality, the line between useful and useless becomes blurred. Uselessness reveals the constructed nature of perceptions, prompting us to reconsider what we consider real or valuable. […]
The desire for the useless is not about pursuing uselessness. Rather, it’s about finding meaning in the seemingly impractical through creativity, critical thinking, and insight. Think of desire as energy, not a void. When desire is free from the constraints of utility, it becomes a force that drives us towards new ideas and expressions, showing us that the useless has its own productivity.
