About
What to expect
HSURAE presents two works at Mediamatic during Museumnight as part of GMO: How far are you willing to mutate?.
- Protean Language Model is a participatory performance.
- It explores immortality and technology through language.
- Water/Soil Discontent is a performance and tasting.
- Blends biomedical research, Chinese medicine and migration stories.
- The works use the flower Helichrysum italicum (Immortelle).
- Performances run 21:30–21:45 and 23:30–23:45.
Questions
When does Protean Language Model & Water/Soil Discontent 水土不服 start and end?
Protean Language Model & Water/Soil Discontent 水土不服 runs Sunday, 8 November 2026, 19:00 until 02:00 the next morning.
Where is Protean Language Model & Water/Soil Discontent 水土不服?
Protean Language Model & Water/Soil Discontent 水土不服 takes place at Mediamatic, Dijksgracht 6, Amsterdam.
How do I register?
Use the registration link on the Mediamatic page: **mediamatic.net
What is Water/Soil Discontent?
A live Museumnacht performance and tasting installation.
Blends biomedical research with traditional Chinese medicine and migration stories.
The menu draws on limestone, rain, sea air and sunlight of immortelle’s environment.
What is Protean Language Model?
A participatory performance exploring how humanity’s obsession with immortality shapes technology.
Human language passes through an engineering pipeline used to create plant compounds via microbes.
It uses inference through a protein language model and vocal instructions.
Amsterdam
Getting there
Mediamatic, Dijksgracht 6, 1019 BS Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL
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