Conversation with Albert-László Barabási and Teresa Retzer

Albert-László Barabási (physicist, network scientist) with Teresa Retzer (curator at ZKM)

Albert-László Barabási, founder of the Barabási Lab, explains how the innovative and interdisciplinary field of network science enables the analysis of various cultural and social phenomena. Invisible, hidden connections and constantly repeating patterns within nature, society, language, and culture can not only be explored but also made visible. Barabási's network approach promises to deliver a comprehensive, universal method that will illuminate many phenomena with scientific precision. In Spring 2021 the Barabási Lab will present networks in a variety of visual forms that have emerged within research projects over the last 20 years at the ZKM | Karlsruhe.

This festival was organized by the ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe and the Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe

Concept & Idea
Jan Boelen & Peter Weibel mit Sarah Donderer & Teresa Retzer

Coordination
Sarah Donderer, Laura Morcillo (HfG Filmcrew), Teresa Retzer, Vera Sacchetti, Philipp Ziegler

Project Assistance
Annina Guntli, Laura C. Schmidt

Main Moderation
Barbara Kiolbassa, Julien McHardy

Moderation Panel Discussions
Ariana Dongus, Sabine Faller, Anett Holzheid, Michael Käthler, Lena Reitschuster, Vera Sacchetti

Technical Management & Direction
Moritz Büchner

Camera & Editing
Johannes Bauer, Benjamin Breitkopf, Moritz Büchner, Mustafa Emin Büyükcoskun, Pauline Cemeris, Jule Heinzmann, Alejandra Miranda Janus, Andy Koch, Xenia Leidig, Peter Müller, Olga Öhler, Sophie Reißfelder, Quirin Thalhammer, Victor van Wetten, Christina Zartmann

Driving the Human Visual Identity
Atelier Yukiko, Berlin

Graphic Design
Felix Plachtzik

Communication & Social Media
Lena Becker, Luisa Cossu, Sarah Donderer, Alexandra Hermann, Juliane Hohlbaum, Sabine Jäger, Nikola Joetze, Greta Kallsen, Jessica Menger, Beate Münzenmaier, Teresa Retzer, Inês Revés, Vera Sacchetti, Laura C. Schmidt, Lena Schneider, Dominika Szope, Johannes Wiesel

Zoom Host
Clara Runge

Photographies
Uli Deck, Felix Grünschloß

Music
Yannick Schütte

Make-Up
Sotirios Noutsos

Special Thanks to
Nikola Joetze, Anna Maganuco, Freo Majer, Daria Mille, Martina Schraudner, Jan Speckenbach, Desiree Weiler