Culture 2.0

This year, Culture 2.0 events were focused on the relationships and interengagement between culture, the urban environment and technology. Invited international experts shared their experience with the practical applications of artificial intelligence and discussed video art, crypto art and storytelling, collaborations and other new cultural phenomena.

In 2020, the Open Lectures pursued a main theme that focused on the development of societies and technology, and the change that the latter brought to all spheres of life and creativity. The various event formats included discussions, lectures, public talks and battles on cultural topics.

Experts from different countries will discuss the influence of technological progress on development of music culture, in particular, electronic music, and will present their unique projects. Representatives of the museum community will talk about the changing priorities in their work, and the consequences of museums trying to attract larger audiences by becoming accessible recreation venues. Together with the invited participants we will discuss the phenomenon of modern culture, ways of creative self-expression, characteristic for representatives of the new generation, digital technologies, and their influence on arts. We will also try to predict future scenarios of cultural development.

In 2019, the events were connected by the idea that technological innovation, such as the artificial intelligence, roboticised mechanisms or neural networks are not only able to make our lives easier but will help to redefine our creative abilities. The program of the Lecture Series was subdivided into four thematic blocks: the influence of the digital on culture, theatre in today’s world, design, and the place of city residents in the creative economy, emotions and urbanistics.

Algorithms, neural networks, robotic art, science art, computer games as a cultural phenomenon, the future of libraries, mobile cinema – these and many other topics were at the center of lively discussions in 2018. A separate block of lectures was dedicated to cinema: speakers included famous directors and screenwriters Paolo Genovese, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, as well as legendary film theorists and critics Marco Mueller and Franco Montini.