BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:28357@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Protean Language Model & Water/Soil Discontent 水土不服 DTSTAMP:20261009T035249Z DTSTART:20261107T180000Z DTEND:20261108T010000Z DESCRIPTION:How do we define modification when living things are already co nstantly shaped\nby their environment? HSURAE brings this debate to life a t Mediamatic through\ntwo compelling works during Museumnight.\n\nIdeas ar ound place and placelessness are animated in the two works via the\nflower Helichrysum italicum\, aka Immortelle. This plant has long been prized fo r\nits anti-aging properties. Historically\, its value lies in its relatio nship to\nplace: wild blooms from Corsica yield different essential oil pr ofiles than\nthose from Croatia. Today\, biotech labs are changing that st ory by making it\ngenomically legible\, growing its cells in petri dishes\ , and using engineered E.\ncoli to produce its precious compounds without ever needing the plant or its\nsoil. In other words\, the plant is becomin g placeless.\nEnlarge\n[https://www.mediamatic.net/image/2026/10/6/she_doe s_not_speak_she_spills_02_credit_kathleen_pracht.jpg%28%29%2823A10963FF1CB 99EDED895448E69B2F9%29.jpg]\nhttps://www.mediamatic.net/en/page/393832/pro tean-language-by-hsurae-for-museum-night-2026-photo-credit\n\nProtean Lang uage by Hsurae for Museum Night 2026\,Photo credit Kathleen Pracht -\n[htt ps://www.mediamatic.net/image/2026/10/6/she_does_not_speak_she_spills_02_c redit_kathleen_pracht.jpg%28%29%2823A10963FF1CB99EDED895448E69B2F9%29.jpg] \n\n\n\n\nPROTEAN LANGUAGE MODEL\n\nExperience Protean Language Model\, a participatory performance exploring how\nhumanity’s obsession with immorta lity shapes technology. Human language is\npassed through an engineering p ipeline that is being used by the industry to\ncreate plant compounds via microbes. This involves inference through a protein\nlanguage model\, tran slating its outputs into vocal instructions.\n\nParticipatory performance\ n21:30–21:45\n23:30–23:45\n\nEnlarge\n[https://www.mediamatic.net/image/20 26/9/28/water_soil_discontent03_credit_walker_tufts.jpg%28%29%2840E9F6CDEC A152BCFFB462E0785AAFB1%29.jpg]\nhttps://www.mediamatic.net/en/page/393795/ water-soil-discontent---%C2%A9walker-tufts\n\nWater soil discontent - ©Wal ker Tufts -\n[https://www.mediamatic.net/image/2026/9/28/water_soil_discon tent03_credit_walker_tufts.jpg%28%29%2840E9F6CDECA152BCFFB462E0785AAFB1%29 .jpg]\n\n\n\n\nWATER/SOIL DISCONTENT 水土不服\n\nEver felt your body shift aft er traveling somewhere new? Water/Soil Discontent\n水土不服 transforms the sci ence of gut colonization into a live Museumnacht\nperformance and tasting installation. Blending biomedical research with\ntraditional Chinese medic ine and migration stories\, this immersive experience\napproaches these qu estions through the act of imbibing\, with a menu drawing on\nthe limeston e\, rain\, sea air and sunlight of immortelle’s environment.\n\nParticipat ory performance\n21:30–21:45\n23:30–23:45\n\nEnlarge\n[https://www.mediama tic.net/image/2026/9/28/hsu_rae_headshot.jpg%28%29%28EE3B893CD063FEBD7FE6D F3D0B80E65F%29.jpg]\nhttps://www.mediamatic.net/en/page/393793/hsu.rae.hea dshot---%C2%A9hsurae\n\nHsu.Rae.Headshot - ©HSURAE -\n[https://www.mediama tic.net/image/2026/9/28/hsu_rae_headshot.jpg%28%29%28EE3B893CD063FEBD7FE6D F3D0B80E65F%29.jpg]\n\n\nHSURAE [https://www.mediamatic.net/en/page/393792 /hsurae]\n\nInstead of working to reveal or accelerate\, they find small p leasures in the\nindeterminacy that latent space and latent knowledge offe rs. A sort of\nphotogrammetry of the universe from inside Plato’s cave. Th eir artistic medium\,\nlike their self\, is never pure object\, never pure subject\; ranging from hot\nglass to fibroblasts\, passports to fecal spo rts. Their current research\nentertains the irreducibility of artificial i ntelligence as an aesthetic\nquality. A quality that\, like latency\, resi sts total comprehension but invites\nspeculation.\n\n\nINFORMATION\n\nPerf ormance\n7 November 2026\n21:30–21:45 & 23:30–23:45\n\nMediamatic Sluisdeu renloods (Barn)\n\nPart of GMO: How far are you willing to mutate?\n[https ://www.mediamatic.net/en/gmo-how-far-are-you-willing-to-mutate] during\nMu seumnacht Amsterdam 2026.\n\nProtean Language Model is produced in partner ship with Bioart Society\, who have\ncommissioned and supported the work o f HSURAE and Laura Elidedt Rodriguez within\nthe framework of the Horizon Europe project deCYPher (2023–2027).\n\nQuestions? program@mediamatic.nl [ program@mediamatic.nl] URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/protean-language-model-and-watersoil-di scontent GEO:52.3765012;4.9132763 LOCATION:Mediamatic - Dijksgracht 6\, 1019 BS Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,eastern docklands,live,performance,plants,stor ies X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

How do we define modification when living t hings are already constantly shaped by their environment? HSURAE brings th is debate to life at Mediamatic through two compelling works during Museum night.

Ideas around place and placelessness are animated in the two works via the flower Helichrysum italicum, aka Immortelle. This plant has long been prized for its anti-aging properties. Histori cally, its value lies in its relationship to place: wild blooms from Corsi ca yield different essential oil profiles than those from Croatia. Today, biotech labs are changing that story by making it genomically legible, gro wing its cells in petri dishes, and using engineered E. coli to produce it s precious compounds without ever needing the plant or its soil. In other words, the plant is becoming placeless.
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Protean Lan guage by Hsurae for Museum Night 2026,Photo credit Kathleen Pracht - < /p>

Protean Language Model

Experience P rotean Language Model, a participatory performance exploring how huma nity’s obsession with immortality shapes technology. Human language is pas sed through an engineering pipeline that is being used by the industry to create plant compounds via microbes. This involves inference through a pro tein language model, translating its outputs into vocal instructions.

Participatory performance
21:30–21:45
23:30–23:4 5

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Water soil dis content - ©Walker Tufts -

Water/Soil Discontent 水土不服

Ever felt your body shift after traveling somewhere new ? Water/Soil Discontent 水土不服 transforms the science of g ut colonization into a live Museumnacht performance and tasting installati on. Blending biomedical research with traditional Chinese medicine and mig ration stories, this immersive experience approaches these questions throu gh the act of imbibing, with a menu drawing on the limestone, rain, sea ai r and sunlight of immortelle’s environment.

Participatory p erformance
21:30–21:45
23:30–23:45

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Hsu.Rae.Headshot - ©HSURAE -

HSURAE

Instead of working to reveal or accelerate, they find small pleasures in the indeterminacy that latent space and latent kno wledge offers. A sort of photogrammetry of the universe from inside Plato’ s cave. Their artistic medium, like their self, is never pure object, neve r pure subject; ranging from hot glass to fibroblasts, passports to fecal sports. Their current research entertains the irreducibility of artificial intelligence as an aesthetic quality. A quality that, like latency, resis ts total comprehension but invites speculation.

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7 November 2026
21:30–21:45 & 23:30– 23:45

Mediamatic Sluisdeurenloods (Barn)

Pa rt of GMO: How far are you willing to mutate? during Museumnacht A msterdam 2026.

Protean Language Model is produced in part nership with Bioart Society, who have commissioned and supported the work of HSURAE and Laura Elidedt Rodriguez within the framework of the Horizon Europe project deCYPher (2023–2027).

Questions? program@mediamatic.nl

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