Simon Speiser, a Berlin based artist talks about blending virtual reality and ancestral folklore, weaving science fiction with non-western conceptions of technology and believing in storytelling as a tool in the fight against dystopian thinking. The episode is hosted by Ondřej Trhoň.
Learn more about Simon Speiser’s work: http://www.simonspeiser.de/, https://www.instagram.com/ciriguaya/
Follow Ondřej Trhoň: https://www.instagram.com/ondrejtrhon/, https://ondrejtrhon.cz/
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This episode is created as part of Ondřej Trhoň’s residency with Projekt Atol and Šum journal in Ljubljana. The residency is organized within the ARIA / More-Than-Planet project and supported by the Slovenian Ministry of Culture and the City of Ljubljana – Department for Culture, and co-funded by the European Union as part of the Creative Europe framework. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or EACEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
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