Mukul Patel and Manu Luksch co-direct Ambient Information Systems, an arts+film production company and sci-art lab for the conception and production of collaborative, interdisciplinary, and critical artworks, events, arts residencies and environments. Of particular interest are concrete, contemporary issues that arise at the interface of social and technical infrastructures: access to information, use of public domain, sustainable structures.
Works range from hybrid media and responsive environments to film, sound/light installation and theatre/performance. The establishment of participative processes, the creation of tools, research and activist archiving are signal features of recent projects.
About
Mukul Patel and Manu Luksch co-direct Ambient Information Systems, an arts+film production company and sci-art lab for the conception and production of collaborative, interdisciplinary, and critical artworks, events, arts residencies and environments. Of particular interest are concrete, contemporary issues that arise at the interface of social and technical infrastructures: access to information, use of public domain, sustainable structures.
Works range from hybrid media and responsive environments to film, sound/light installation and theatre/performance. The establishment of participative processes, the creation of tools, research and activist archiving are signal features of recent projects.
Art+Research
- Hear/Here to See
an audio guided walk around the political heart of London revealing some of the algorithmic systems that impinge upon our daily lives - Data Shadow Theatre
series of creative workshops that explored believes, hopes and fears around deployment of AI and related technologies - Capital pAIns
immersive installation on the hidden price of AI - AiDLAB
- AI in the Street
explores how everyday publics perceive and engage with AI at urban streets - Jargon Analytics
an experimental conversation format to question presumptions about keywords associated with predictive infrastructures - Liberties Rewired
A tech-info-bazaar curated by Manu Luksch & Jack Wolf - Predictive City ABC
an alphabet to scrutinise big tech's jargon
Art+Film Production
Established in 1999, Ambient Information Systems (AIS) produces exceptional, adventurous films that expand narrative form and reframe cinematic convention for the networked age. It delivers projects that not only innovate in process and material, but also are compassionate in their perspective and bold in political imagination.
more at film.ambienttv.net
The First Ten Years
Ambient Information Systems came into being as an intermedia hub and website, www.ambientTV.NET, in 1999, emerging out of founding artist-activist Manu Luksch’s interest in extending the medium of film using the Internet. Under her co-directorship with Mukul Patel, it has since developed into a crucible for wider critical, interdisciplinary practice that takes numerous forms – the devising of tools, the creation of frameworks, the instigation of processes.
Chlorophyll arts lab
Between 2000-2016, ambient.space was located in a former sweatshop building in London Fields. During this period of time, the artist-run venue was host of an experimental, expanded and emerging arts genre that scrutinised the properties of data networks and hybrid spaces. Led by Manu Luksch and Mukul Patel, emphasises process, collaboration and systems aesthetics and engages in an open-ended manner with its environment , open doors as a statement to
curatorial: performances, screenings, exhibitions
exchange: artists in residence
sharing: workshops, presentations
Contact
Contact: info@ambienttv.net
