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					<div>\Exhibitions</div>
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				Beta is a new festival of art and technology critically engaging with the impact of emerging technologies on society. Taking Ireland’s role as a central node in today's wired world as a starting point, Beta will showcase and celebrate Ireland’s research and artistic communities through a combination of creativity, debate and experimentation. Beta allows members of the public to engage playfully and critically with new technologies essentially beta testing ethical issues facing society.
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				The 2024 edition of Beta will explore a range of themes relating to AI and the politics of
resistance in an algorithmic age. Through a programme of exhibitions, workshops and
talks, the festival will interrogate what kinds of powers reside in technology.
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				Highlights include two exhibitions: Unsettling the Algorithm: Seeds of Resistance
curated by Aisling Murray and Nora O’Murchú, featuring Basil Al Rawi, Firas Shehadeh
and Winnie Soon, and “Local Artist Networks” - an exhibition showing new works from
Aisling Phelan, Cailean Finn & Screen Service.
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				The festival's dynamic programme of talks and workshops will return this year and
includes keynotes from Kay Watson and Abebe Birhane. New to Beta for the 2024
festival are three collaborations; with Fire Station Artist’s Studio, who present “New
Obsolescence: Critical Media Conversations”, an Assembly on Art and AI with members
of the AI Advisory Council, and with IMMA.
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				Performances includes the award winning NOIRE XR performance and live activations
of artworks by selected artists.
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