Adrian Notz

From draft to model to exhibition — opening today at Stapferhaus: Translating Cutting-Edge Research into Clinical Practice; 1–12 April 2026 @stapferhaus — Personalized Health and Related Technologies (PHRT) supported researchers across the ETH Domain @ethzurich and helped foster collaboration in personalized health research. — Developed the full design system and creative direction for the exhibition — made possible by an incredibly strong and inspiring team 🔥 — Thank you Dani Vonder Mühll, Adrian Notz @adriannotz , Christina Schmidlin and Marc Gehri @gehri_inspirational_spaces — what a collaboration 💯✨❤️ #Empa #EPFL #ETH #PSI #PaulScherrerInstitut

#moutainday #mars by #fritzzorn Sentence read when the picture was taken: «Every wealthy Zurich resident eventually suffers a heart attack and a stomach ulcer; it’s just that nothing sensible comes to their mind about it. It seems one only realizes that something is rotten in the state of Denmark (and in other European countries as well) once the illness has grown worse. But where I believe I see the flaw in my upbringing most clearly is in the fictional and dogmatic construction of a perfect and unblemished world; in this respect, the world of my youth generally resembles the world of all those who, like me, grew up not only on the right side but also on the “right” side of Lake Zurich—on the so-called “Gold Coast,” in the bourgeois society of Zurich, Switzerland, Europe, or, if you will, the so-called free West.» 📖 recommended by @theaterbasel bought @buchhandlungsec52 📸by @tiziano_derme

Ist KI ein Partner, eine Konkurrentin – oder einfach ein neues Werkzeug? Wenn Du das herausfinden und tiefer in das Thema eintauchen möchtest, empfehlen wir unsere begleiteten Ausstellungstouren durch "After the Algorithm". Gemeinsam mit Expert:innen entdeckst Du Kunstwerke und Forschungsprojekte, die KI erklären, hinterfragen und erfahrbar machen. Begleitet von: Adrian Notz (Kurator & Dozent) Arif Kornweitz (ZHdK, Leiter MA "art:ificial studies") Felix Stalder (ZHdK, Professor MA "art:ificial studies") Fiona Könz (ETH AI Center, Managerin AI for School) Norma Eggenberger (ZHdK, Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin BA Art Education) Kein technisches Vorwissen nötig – nur Neugier. 👣 Begleitete Touren während der gesamten Ausstellung 🗣 Sprache: Deutsch 📆 20.–29. März 2026 | Zürich 📍 @kulturhaus_helferei 🎟️ Zeiten & Infos: www.atafestival.io oder Link in Bio *** Is AI a partner, a competitor – or simply a new tool? If you’d like to explore this question and dive deeper into the topic, join one of our guided exhibition tours through "After the Algorithm". Together with experts, you’ll discover artworks and research projects that explain, question and make AI tangible. Hosted by: Adrian Notz (Curator & Lecturer) Arif Kornweitz (ZHdK, Head of MA "art:ificial studies") Felix Stalder (ZHdK, Professor MA "art:ificial studies") Fiona Könz (ETH AI Center, Manager AI for School) Norma Eggenberger (ZHdK, Research Associate BA Art Education) No technical background required – just curiosity. 👣 Guided tours throughout the exhibition 🗣 Event language: German 📆 March 20–29, 2026 | Zurich 📍 @kulturhaus_helferei 🎟️ Slots & Infos: www.atafestival.io or link in bio #guidedtours #afterthealgorithm #atafestival #aiart

In dialogue with Prof. Eleni Chatzi and the ETH Structural Mechanics and Monitoring research team, together with @adriannotz , we transformed measurements of invisible structural movements into sound—an installation that makes the unseen audible. From this interplay of research and art emerged a concert at @kunsthallezurich as part of AAA Experiments, as well as The Stack, a project developed for the Beijing Art and Technology Biennale (BATB), whose overarching theme was „Earthwise“ curated by Fei Jun and Naiyi Wang (October 26, 2024 – February 23, 2025), alongside a one-month research residency in China supported by @prohelvetia

#mountainday . . #liberalismanditsdiscontents by @francis.fukuyama Sentence read when the picture was taken: «I am writing this book in a period when liberalism has faced numerous critiques and challenges, and appears to many people as an old and worn-out ideology that fails to answer the challenges of the times. This is hardly the first time it has been criticized. No sooner did liberalism become a living ideology in the wake of the French Revolution than it was attacked by Romantic critics who considered it to be based on a calculating and sterile worldview. It was further attacked by nationalists who, by the time of the First World War, had swept the field, and by the communists who opposed them. Outside of Europe, liberal doctrines sank roots in some societies like India, but were quickly challenged by nationalist, Marxist, and religious movements. Nonetheless, liberalism survived these challenges and became the dominant organizing principle of much of world politics by the end of the twentieth century. Its durability reflects the fact that it has practical, moral, and economic justifications that appeal to many people, especially after they have been exhausted by the violent struggles engendered by alternative political systems. It is not, as Vladimir Putin suggested, an “obsolete” doctrine, but one that continues to be necessary in our present diverse and interconnected world. It is for that reason that it is necessary to restate the justifications for liberal politics, but also to articulate the reasons that many people today find it wanting.» p. xii #liberalism #endofhistory #endoffuture 📸 by @sirbeyelerbyx 📖 recommended by @francis.fukuyama bought @literaturfestivalzuerich

#mountainday #novacene by #jameslovelock Sentence read when the picture was taken: «Cities are also natural in that they seem to follow the development of insect colonies. There are obvious similarities between the tower of a termite nest and the tall blocks of offices and flats that spring up in our contemporary cities. At first, I found this depressing. These human nests, like the termites' towers, are often admirable architectural and engineering constructions. But the price for each termite seems huge. The individual worker who once lived freely on the plains now spends a lifetime gathering mud, mixing it with shit and sticking the smelly bundle into gaps in the walls of the nest or anywhere their in-built programme instructs. Is something akin to this egalitarian paradise a model of future urban life? Passing a contemporary office tower, it is hard to ignore the termite analogy - in glass boxes everybody is doing exactly the same thing, not mixing shit but staring at computer screens.» p. 50/51 #cyborg #ai #artificalintelligence #consciousness #agi #asi #antropocene #evolution #hyperintelligence . 📖 recommended by #giulialanzillotta bought @buchhandlungsec52 📸 by @annsteady3000

#mountainday . . #theministryforthefuture by #kimstanleyrobinson . Sentence read when the picture was taken: «There turned out to be a lot of water under the Thwaites, as predicted. Bigger and bigger summer pools of meltwater on the surface had run down moulins, which are like vertical rivers that run down cracks in the ice. That water bottoms out on the bedrock and then lubricates the slide of the ice over it, until the ice is like riding down a water slide. The glaciers are therefore becoming more like rivers than ice fields, flowing almost as fast as some flat-country rivers, but with a hundred times more water in them than the Amazon, or even more. And the water in the Amazon was rain the week before, but the ice in Antarctica has been perched up there for the last five million years at least. So we’re going to see sea level rise, big time. So if we could pump that subglacial water out from under the glacier, the ice. would thump back down onto bedrock and slow down to the grind-it-out speed that used to be normal. After that we would keep pumping subglacial water out, and the ice would stay grounded on the bedrock, and it would stay at its old speed, deform viscously, shatter in crevasse fields, all the usual behaviors, and at the old speeds. Thus the plan.» pp 120/121. #ministry #future #climate #crisis #heatwave #glacier #flood #blackwing . . . 📸by @annsteady3000 📖recommended by @bruno_moreschi @luma_arles bought @buchhandlungsec52

#mountainday . . #thetimemachine #diezeitmaschine by #hgwells . Sentence read when the picture was taken: «And at this point I must confess that during my time in the real future I learned very little about sewers, telegraphs, transportation and similar amenities. In some visions and utopias of times to come that I have read, there are reams of details about buildings, social facilities and so on. However, while such details are easy to have when the whole world exists only in the imagination, they are completely inaccessible to an actual traveler in the midst of such realities as I found.» page 58. #scifi #timetraveler #waroftheworlds #1895 . . . 📸 by @lily_04m 📖recommended by @patrickmaisano bought @buchhandlungsec52

🎙️ Letzte Woche starteten wir die neue Gesprächsreihe «Let’s talk about» der Fachstelle Kunst der Schweizerischen Post in Basel – mit einem inspirierenden Austausch zum Thema ART & ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE zwischen @gaweda_kulbokaite und @giulia__bini , moderiert von @adriannotz Vielen Dank an alle, die dabei waren! 💛 Im Zentrum des Gesprächs standen Fragen zu Kreativität und dem Einsatz von KI als Werkzeug. Dorota Gawęda & Eglė Kulbokaitė gaben spannende Einblicke in ihre Zusammenarbeit und ihr Verständnis von Technologie als Teil des künstlerischen Prozesses. 🔜 Weiter geht’s am 5. September in Lugano: Marta Margnetti (@marta.a.margnetti ) im Gespräch mit Mara Travella (@____amaranta , @casaletteratura ), moderiert von Sibilla Panzeri (@instabilla__ , @kulturfolger & @spaziolampo ). Wir freuen uns auf euch! 🔗 Mehr Infos zur Reihe & zur Publikation via Link in Bio #Letstalkabout #KunstundKI #ArtAndTechnology #DorotaGawedaundEgleKulbokaite #KunstundSprache #MartaMargnetti #KunstundKlimakrise #AndriuDeplazes #SchweizerischePost #PostArtCollection #PublicArtDialogue #ContemporaryArtSwitzerland #ArtEvents2025 #SwissArt

#labvisitdays Just wrapped up visits to 13 labs across @ethzurich @epflcampus @paul.scherrer.institut @empa_materials_science for the early research phase of a touring exhibition on Personalised Health & Related Technologies (PHRT). Coming from the arts, stepping into these spaces was like stepping into the future — mind-blowing science, massive machines, and brilliant minds working to redefine healthcare. Endless thanks for your time, insights, and patience — this journey is just beginning! 💡🧬🧠✨ #phrt #healthtech #futureofhealthcare #scienceandart #ethzurich #epfl #empa #psi #personalisedhealth #behindthescenes #exhibitionresearch #ethdomain 📝 by chatGPT

#mountainday . . . #thevegetarian by #hankang Sentence read when the picture was taken: «‘Take off your clothes, he said in a low voice. She was standing staring blankly at the white poplars outside the window. The afternoon sunlight shone desolate on the white sheet. She didn’t turn round. Thinking she hadn’t heard him, he was on the point of repeating himself when she raised her arms and pulled her sweater up over her head. The white T-shirt she had on underneath came off next, exposing her naked back; so she wasn’t wearing a bra. She slipped off her old jeans and revealed her two white buttocks. He held his breath and examined them. Above were the pair of dimpled hollows commonly called ‚the angel’s smile‘ The birthmark was thumb-sized, imprinted on the upper left buttock. How could such a thing still be there after all these years? It didn’t make any sense. Its pale blue-green resembled that of a faint bruise, but it was clearly a Mongolian mark. It called to mind something ancient, something pre-evolutionary, or else perhaps a mark of photosynthesis, and he realized to his surprise that there was nothing at all sexual about it; it was more vegetal than sexual.» p 82ff . 📸 by and 📖 borrowed from @annsteady3000 Photobomb by @simonwerdelis

#mountainday #thelivingbrain by #wgreywalter . Sentence read when the picture was taken: «The way in which the pattern of alpha rhythms is altered or suppressed by imposed mental or visual patterns can be followed in EEG recording; it can be watched with greater dramatic effect in the toposcope where the dominant pattern can be seen taking possession of the visual projection and association areas. (See Figure 6.) When flicker is used, the display given by the toposcope comes near to being a moving picture of a mind possessed in quite another way. The correspondence between the extent and complexity of the evoked responses on the one hand, and the hallucinations of the subject on the other, is striking. The more vivid and bizarre the experience of the subject, the farther from the visual areas are the evoked responses, and the more peculiar their form and geometry.» p.111. #flicker #dreammachine #briongysin #williamburroughs #psychedelic #goa . 📖from an exhibition I did with @davidjwoodard @mr.christiankracht #maanandsheela