12:30 - 13:45, de Brakke Grond (Grote Zaal)
Panel: Alex Scholz, Gaby Wijers, tbc

Festivals, especially those operating within digital culture, are not only platforms for artistic and technological experimentation and discourse, but also sites of knowledge production and exchange. Yet, the outputs of these events often remain fragmented and stored across various digital and physical spaces, vulnerable to practical challenges of documentation like lacking dedicated resources, missing knowledge as well as external factors such as shifting technological landscapes, corporate data monopolization, and the impermanence of social platforms. 

Many of these difficulties are not just experiences by festival makers but by artists working within these fields alike. How do we capture these fleeting, multi-sensory experiences of experimental art, music, and discourse? In what ways can we safeguard these digital spaces from disappearing into digital entropy?

14:15 - 15:00, de Brakke Grond (Grote Zaal)
Guests: Cortical & Navid Navab

Navid Navab - Artist Talk
How to work with wild, unpredictable processes, in which the character of materials and shifting states of matter have a central role? In his artist talk, art-scientist Navid Navab invites us into his world of alchemical, media-art installations which balance between musical instruments and scientific installations. His work orchestrates a sensory attunement to forms of life - organic and technological. In his talk he focuses specifically on his recent work Organism: In Turbulence, which has gained international acclaim and with which he will also perform at FIBER. Navab improvises with a 1910 Casavant pipe organ, which has been remodelled as a hugo electro-acoustic instrument. At de Brakke Grond he will share his making process, as well as how he got the opportunity to save an old organ from a church.

Ioana Vreme Moser - Form of Fluid Computer
What if computers were made of air and water instead of minerals and metal? In her talk, sound artist Ioana Vreme Moser unearths the long-forgotten field of fluidics - a mid-20th-century technology that uses jets of fluid to build logic circuits. Through poetic speculation and tactile experimentation, Ioana invites us to imagine new futures for machines, grounded in natural cycles rather than extractive speed. Sharing insights from her Fluidic Cookbook, she revives the sinuous shapes and histories of fluidic computing, from Persian water clocks to cold-war space tech, and reflects on what our machines could become if built with slowness and resilience in mind. A talk for those curious about alternative tech, speculative design, and hands-on forms of media archaeology.

15:15 - 16:00, de Brakke Grond (Grote Zaal)
Guests: Ioana Vreme Moser & Tharim Cornelisse

Tharim Cornelisse - Scaffolding the Megalith
How can we tweak our perception of the world so that it feels richer, stranger, more alive? In his talk Tharim Cornelisse takes us inside his visual universe, where abstract systems, CGI landscapes, and audiovisual installations become a way to ask: what else could reality be? With a playful and intuitive approach, Tharim shares visual experiments and conceptual building blocks developed over recent years. His talk will offer a glimpse behind the scenes of his generative practice and reveal how small artistic gestures can scaffold monumental feelings. Whether grounded in pixels or poetic thought, his work proposes subtle shifts that make the everyday a little more mythical.

Cortical - Artist Talk
In their talk, Cortical, the collaborative project of Sevi Iko Dømochevsky and Daniel Benza, opens up the process and principles behind their visceral A/V performances and sonic production. Navigating the thresholds between industrial sound, experimental noise, and club music, the duo will share how their distinct visual language and hyper-detailed CGI worlds grow alongside their musical compositions. Together, they construct speculative futures and post-human landscapes shaped by AI logic, chaos, and fractured rhythms. Expect insights into how narrative, collaboration, and world-building come together in their practice and how the club can act as a space for shared transformation, catharsis, and the wildest ends of audiovisual storytelling

17:30 - 18:45, de Brakke Grond (Grote Zaal)
Talks by: Stacy Alaimo (remote) and Josèfa Ntjam (in person) Moderation: Abdo Hassan

Wouldn't you agree that the name Earth is a rather odd name for our planet, considering that 2/3 is made up of oceans? While land-wildness has shrunk to between 2% and 3%, the deep oceans still hold many wild surprises and secrets. In her brand new book The Abyss Stares Back – Encounters with Deep-Sea Life acclaimed thinker and author Dr. Stacy Alaimo presents us the question: In an era of accelerating extinctions, what does it mean to discover thousands of new species in the deep sea? Artist Josèfa Ntjam lets us encounter abyssal and cosmic creatures, introducing a futuristic ancestrality while dealing with colonial histories.

Fri May 30 + Sat May 31 | de Brakke Grond
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Fri May 31 | de Brakke Grond
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