CYBER EVERYTHING
Film screening and discussion. Guests: Markus Gabriel, Shimon Dotan and Netaya Anbar (producers of CYBER EVERYTHING), moderated by Gert Scobel
This winter semester, the Mercator Lecture for AI in the Human Context is taking on a new form. Filmmakers Shimon Dotan and Netaya Anbar will present their new documentary CYBER EVERYTHING (US 2023, ARTE F). As part of the Desirable AI project, the two have been guests at the Center for Science and Thought in Bonn for three months.
In cooperation with the long-standing film series Kinosophie (organization: Leonie Kornel, Team N), the film will be screened publicily in the original English version on 15 December 2023 at 7pm at the Bonner Kinemathek (in Brotfabrik, Kreuzstraße 16, Bonn-Beuel). After the screening, we cordially invite you to a joint discussion with philosopher Markus Gabriel and the two filmmakers Shimon Dotan and Netaya Anbar, moderated by journalist and philosopher Gert Scobel.
The documentary CYBER EVERYTHING sheds light on the various facets of our world in the age of technology and the digital. Without taking a clearly dystopian or utopian tone, the film presents corresponding historical developments, cultural differences and diverse contemporary assessments of the current situation, including voices from the fields of science, economics, politics, art and activism. Despite the high complexity of the subject matter, the film develops along a clear thread: The fragile position of the human being between control and loss of control.
When: December 15, 2023, 7pm
Where: Bonner Kinemathek - Cinema at Brotfabrik. Kreuzstraße 16, 53225 Bonn-Beuel
Admission is free, but limited; tickets are available at the box office
Contact: c-schaefer@uni-bonn.de
Desirable Digitalisation: Rethinking AI for Just and Sustainable Futures
Das Projekt "Desirable Digitalisation: Rethinking AI for Just and Sustainable Futures" ist ein gemeinsames Forschungsprogramm der Universitäten Cambridge und Bonn, das von der Stiftung Mercator gefördert wird. Es erforscht, wie KI (künstliche Intelligenz) und andere digitale Technologien durch Konzepte des Humanen beeinflusst werden und wie sie verantwortungsvoll, sozial gerecht und ökologisch nachhaltig gestaltet werden können.
Shimon Dotan and Netaya Anbar are award-winning filmmaker with numerous films to their credit, fiction and documentary.
Shimon teaches Political Cinema and Visual Thinking at New York University Graduate School of Journalism, is a recipient of a New York Public Library Cullman Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship, and is a fellow of the New York Institute for the Humanities. Shimon was born in Romania, grew up in Israel, and now lives and works in New York City. His films were screened and won awards in multiple film festivals, including New York FF, Berlin, Chicago, Sundance, Montreal, Toronto, Jerusalem, Melbourne, and more. Shimon’s films have aspired to bridge ideas and ideologies with visual storytelling. To this end, he often collaborates with leading scholars and practitioners from various disciplines. Shimon’s latest film is a documentary titled Cyber Everything (2023) for arte France.
Netaya teaches film editing at New York University Graduate School of Journalism. Netaya was born in Montreal, grew up in California, Mexico and Israel. She studied Fine Arts at The Art Institute of Chicago and did a Masters degree in Filmmaking at The London International Film School. In 1992 Netaya and partner Shimon Dotan founded Cinequest Films in Montreal, Canada. Under Cinequest Films Netaya produced and edited multiple feature films. In 1995 she moved to New York City where she continues her work as a filmmaker.