* PIKSEL09 workshop series
* Free and Open Creative Technology workshops
In connection with the Piksel09 festival we are offering in total 12 electronic and software workshops. All the workshops are free to attend, but for the hardware workshops we need to charge material costs.
Arougate is an installation that involves the environnement of the space he is invited to hunt in.
Arougate is a digital beast who hunts information, tracks it, feeds on it, and generally reacts to it. Arougate behaves like a wolf when he eats his ‘preys’ ; no one can disturb him without consequence; the combination of a machinic system with the poetic-modelisation of animal reactions creates an uncontrollable noise activity in a specific place.
Arougate is composed of audio, video, data sensor extensions which enable him to hunt in any situation; the bestial mechanism operates fast interactions on the hunted information which is then divided into two layers: the digestive mechanism of the beast’s digital belly and his swift reaction to hunting in a dangerous steppe. The outcome of these interactions is redistributed in space with the help of video & audio signals, spatialized by different devices (speakers, TV radios, wall projection…etc).
When people invade the digital den, they enter simultaneously the beast’s belly and mind, or rather, a strong chaotic mixture of wires (electrical, networked, metal…etc), speakers, machines (nuxbox), radios and others unexpected objects, where vibrations (light and air) come to crash!
Today in Oslo at the First Supper Symposium. Starting at 14:30. See you there! Maite Cajaraville and Gisle Frøysland (PIKSEL) will present their talk ‘Unmasking the Algorithm: Critical Art in the Age of AI’ at Kunsternes hus kino 12.06. More info and ticket link in event 🔗
The June newsletter is out featuring: - The installation "Solar4Rain" by NSA, Maite Cajaraville, and Gisle Frøysland in Bergen, exploring ethical energy and cooperation. - Piksel will join the seminar "100% human? – Art, activism and generative AI" in Oslo with a presentation on critical AI and art. - The 23rd Piksel Festival is set for November 20-23 in Bergen. - Piksel expands to Mastodon and Bluesky. https://piksel.no/?na=view&id=72
Huge thanks ❤ to everyone who came out for the opening of Solar4Rain: an atmospheric PUNK symbiosis! 🌧☀️The exhibition is now live and welcomes all curious minds from Thursday to Sunday, 12:00–17:00.Can we send rain to Spain and get the sun back to Bergen? 🌦Step into this atmospheric PUNK narrative and imagine a future that flows differently. https://piksel.no/2025/05/12/solar4rain-an-atmospheric-punk-symbiosis #Solar4Rain #PunkSymbiosis #SpeculativeFutures #SciFiEcology #ArtExhibition #BergenArtScene @Pikselfest @maitecaj @h220
🌟 Piksel is excited to welcome you to the opening of Piksel Fest Spill on Friday, May 23, at Studio 207, Bergen, 18h — where Solar4Rain will begin to unfold, evolve, and grow over the coming weeks.Created by the Norwegian-based collective NSA, with artists Maite Cajaraville and Gisle Frøysland.Save the date! #Solar4Rain #AtmosphericPunk #SpeculativeFutures #PikselFestSpill https://piksel.no/2025/05/12/solar4rain-an-atmospheric-punk-symbiosis @Studio207@Pikselfest @maitecaj @220hex
We’re excited to share some positive news: thanks to your support, we’ve secured in funding from the city about one-third of what we usually received before cuts, which has allowed us to regain our operational footing. This is an important milestone, and we’re truly grateful for your solidarity. Thank you for believing in Piksel and our mission. Let’s keep working together to build a vibrant future for art, technology, and society. Warm regards, The Piksel Team https://chng.it/hGQKNgV99F