Martin Dörr
Martin Dörr (b.1990, Pirmasens) is a german artist, working conceptually in the field of sculpture, media and in­stal­­la­tion. In mostly site specific in­stal­lations, he procedurally investigates and intervenes in analogue and digitally extended locations and their underlying systems. Spaces, visitors, material and data should become part of a transformative physical and social reconfig­uration process, asking for alternative narratives in a technologized, networked habitat.
Martin Dörr

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LATENT ENTITY - BODY WITHOUT NARRATOR (27.02. - 30.03.25)

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>>> LATENT ENTITY is an experimental art project that brings a digital lifeform to life – powered by the sleep of people worldwide. It explores how the unconscious bodily activity during sleep can influence the behavior and development of a digital character. The character acts as an autonomous digital being shaped by sleep, exploring the symbiosis of human and technology in contemporary capitalist sleep systems.

>> LOOKING FOR (10-15) PERFORMERS WORLDWIDE*
*with natural sleep hours between 14:00–18:00 CET or 18:00–22:00 CET (e.g. from Asia, Australia...)

>> LOOKING FOR PARTNERS

ABOUT

Martin Dörr
Martin Dörr

THE PROJECT
Latent Entity is an experimental and participatory digital life form whose existence and behavior are linked to the sleep of various human performers worldwide. The sleep activity of the globally based performers, their individual sleep cycles and stages in different time zones influence the development of a digital character in real time, which is based on bacterial clusters in which early day-night rhythms have been demonstrated. Using the game engine Unity and AI, the character is simulated and brought to life in an audiovisual installation.

EXHIBITION EXPERIENCE
In the exhibition Body without Narrator, the digital organism will be visible as a projection within a spatial installation, accompanied by a sleep-inducing ambient soundscape generated by the character’s activity. Visitors are immersed in an encounter with a being created and sustained by human sleep.

TIME & LOCATION
February 27 – March 30, 2025, Saasfee*Pavillon (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).
During this period, 10–15 performers worldwide will sustain the digital entity through their sleep, influencing its behavior and development.

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HOW TO PARTICIPATE
JOIN THE SLEEP CLUSTER FROM HOME

>>>by joining Latent Entity you become part of a global experiment where your sleep brings a unique digital lifeform to life. As you rest, your sleep patterns, alongside those of other participants around the world, will automatically fuel the development of an evolving digital being. Through your sleep phases and cycles, you'll shape and transform this entity in real time, making your unconscious sleep-activity an integral part of an experimental sleep-driven, collective digital creation.

Martin Dörr

<Passive Income? Make money while you sleep>

REQUIREMENTS
Joining is simple and requires only a few basics:

1. An Android phone
To track your sleep, you’ll need an Android smartphone.

2. The app "Sleep as Android"
This app will help us collect your sleep data. We’ll provide installation and setup support, as well as a license for the app’s Pro version.

3. A sleep-tracking wearable
If you already own a compatible wearable (e.g., fitness band or smartwatch), it can likely be paired with the app Sleep as Android. If you don’t own a wearable, we’ll provide you with one which will record and transmit your sleep data.

YOUR TASK
You won’t need to work actively on the project, just:

> Wear the wearable while you sleep.
> Keep your Android phone turned on during your sleep.

The digital character is a cluster of many small, interacting user entities. If you wish, you can come up with an anonymous name for your unique character, or choose an <alias> from a provided list. Your character will be active in the cluster under this name, adding a touch of your personality to the exhibition while keeping you and your data fully anonymous.

BENEFITS & COMPENSATION
Convenient & Simple: Just set up the app and wear the wearable.

With minimal effort, you can passively contribute to an innovative digital performance during your regular sleep hours and receive a compensation of €100 + Additional sponsorships from sleep-aid companies could potentially increase this compensation.

Long-term Participation Opportunity:
If the project is shown again in the future, you might have the chance to participate again—becoming part of the project’s lasting network.

<If you have questions or want to participate, just send a mail!>

Martin Dörr

UPON JOINING
WHAT HAPPENS DURING MY SLEEP?

Martin Dörr
Martin Dörr
Martin Dörr

UPON JOINING
You’ll start with a personal "seed" generated during your first sleep after registration. This seed is connected to your body’s activity and sleep states, growing and evolving in response to your individual sleep patterns. Over time, it develops a character shaped entirely by the unique rhythm of your rest.

A COLLECTIVE CLUSTER
Latent Entity is a dynamic cluster of all participant characters—interacting, clustering, and evolving together. Each individual character contributes to the collective, shaping and transforming the behavior of this shared sleep organism.

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AFTER THE EXHIBITION
DOCUMENTATION & PUBLICATION

After the exhibition in Frankfurt, a publication will be created. Besides texts and images of the character, willing participants/performers will be anonymously portraied (using their <alias>) in unique handmade outfits, displaying their individual player name and logos of differenent sleep aid sponsors a.o.

Participation is optional, only if you want to. And if you wish, you can also be credited by your real name in the publication.

 

 

Who are the cultivators, sustainers, regulators of our sleep? In history and today?

Martin Dörr
Martin Dörr

AN ECOSYSTEM OF SLEEP
Individual sleep—and thus the structure and behavior of "Latent Entity"—emerges each day as the result of negotiations within a complex network of human and non-human actors. It is a delicate, relational phenomenon that arises anew each day from the interactions, relationships, negotiations, and conflicts among countless actors and their interdependencies, shaped by a multitude of shifting physical, material, economic, narrative, and socio-cultural structures.

COMPANION PUBLICATION (2023)
The publication documents the prototyping of the digital organism, situates it within a multidimensional narrative that spans historical and contemporary sleep structures, and speculatively extends it—both systemically and materially—within the context of Michel Serres' transformative-parasitic framework.

An artistic, interdisciplinary research project in single-bed format (22 x 9 cm), published in 2023. Softcover with relief varnish, Swiss binding, 224 pages.

SUPPORT THE PROJECT
BECOME A PARTNER

To bring this project to life, I am seeking sponsors and partners willing to support the project through financial or material contributions.


EXAMPLES
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
Contributions help to secure the fee for the performers as well as production costs and the costs of the technical infrastructure.

INNOVATIVE TEXTILES
Materials for the performers' handmade outfits that contribute functionally and aesthetically to the performance.

SLEEP-AID PRODUCTS
Products for sleep optimization that can be used by the perfor mers during the exhibition and thus contribute to improving their individual sleep and therefore the activity of the digital being.

OUTFIT BRANDING POSITIONS

<The Performers' Outfits: A Unique Branding Opportunity>

A key element of the exhibition and performance is the specially designed clothing for the performers, created in collaboration with designer >Kathrin Baumgartner. These custom-sewn textiles, inspired by “hooded blankets”, will be printed with visual and thematic elements from an existing >publication and expanded with brand logos from sleep-aid market players who contribute to and shape human sleep worldwide. Similar to professional sports attire, the performers' outfits are designed to optimize their activity–sleep–and give visual prominence to their supporters.

YOUR BENEFITS

Your brand will be integrated in a unique way and gain several advantages through partnership:

VISIBILITY
Your logo will be placed prominently on the outfits of the globally active performers and, if applicable, mentioned in accompanying communication materials/social media.

INNOVATIVE CONTEXT
Positioning your brand in a forward-looking context that combines sleep and technology in a creative and innovative way.

EXCLUSIVE TARGET GROUP APPROACH
The exhibition appeals to international art lovers, technology enthusiasts and innovators - a target group with a potential affinity for your brand.

LONG-TERM PRESENCE
Following the exhibition, a publication will be produced, featuring performers in their outfits and acknowledging sponsors - this offers a lasting presence for your brand beyond the duration of the exhibition.

<For more information about the sponsoring options, if you want to support or just say hi, feel free to contact me any time!>

CONTACT
MARTIN DÖRR

I look forward to connecting with you, please feel free to reach out at any time!
"(っ- ‸ - ς)ᶻ 𝗓 𐰁

>MAIL
contact@martindoerr.de
>TEL.
(+49) 157 55916339
>WEBSITE
www.martindoerr.de
>IG 
@martin_doerr


ABOUT Martin Dörr is a Berlin-based artist working in digital media, performance and installation. His work explores the interface between humanity, technology and consciousness. He has exhibited internationally and received numerous awards and grants, including the Deutschlandstipendium. He holds a degree in Fine Arts (with distinction, University of Art and Design Offenbach) and an M.A. in System/Game Design (with distinction, University of Applied Sciences Berlin). He also studied at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, China on a DDA scholarship.

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ABOUT   JOIN THE CLUSTER   SUPPORT  CONTACT

LATENT ENTITY - BODY WITHOUT NARRATOR

(27.02. - 30.03.25)

>>> LATENT ENTITY is an experimental art project that brings a digital lifeform to life – powered by the sleep of people worldwide. It explores how the unconscious bodily activity during sleep can influence the behavior and development of a digital character. The character acts as an autonomous digital being shaped by sleep, exploring the symbiosis of human and technology in contemporary capitalist sleep systems.

>>LOOKING FOR (10-15) PERFORMERS WORLDWIDE*
*with natural sleep hours between 14:00–18:00 CET or 18:00–22:00 CET (e.g. from Asia, Australia...)

>>LOOKING FOR PARTNERS

ABOUT

Martin Dörr

THE PROJECT
Latent Entity is an experimental and participatory digital life form whose existence and behavior are linked to the sleep of various human performers worldwide. The sleep activity of the globally based performers, their individual sleep cycles and stages in different time zones influence the development of a digital character in real time, which is based on bacterial clusters in which early day-night rhythms have been demonstrated. Using the game engine Unity and AI, the character is simulated and brought to life in an audiovisual installation.

<VIDEO

EXHIBITION EXPERIENCE
In the exhibition Body without Narrator, the digital organism will be visible as a projection within a spatial installation, accompanied by a sleep-inducing ambient soundscape generated by the character’s activity. Visitors are immersed in an encounter with a being created and sustained by human sleep.

Martin Dörr

TIME & LOCATION
February 27 – March 30, 2025, Saasfee*Pavillon (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).
During this period, 10–15 performers worldwide will sustain the digital entity through their sleep, influencing its behavior and development.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE
JOIN THE SLEEP CLUSTER FROM HOME

>>>by joining Latent Entity you become part of a global experiment where your sleep brings a unique digital lifeform to life. As you rest, your sleep patterns, alongside those of other participants around the world, will automatically fuel the development of an evolving digital being. Through your sleep phases and cycles, you'll shape and transform this entity in real time, making your unconscious sleep-activity an integral part of an experimental sleep-driven, collective digital creation.

<Passive Income? Make money while you sleep>

Martin Dörr

REQUIREMENTS
Joining is simple and requires only a few basics:

1. An Android phone
To track your sleep, you’ll need an Android smartphone.

2. The app "Sleep as Android"
This app will help us collect your sleep data. We’ll provide installation and setup support, as well as a license for the app’s Pro version.

3. A sleep-tracking wearable
If you already own a compatible wearable (e.g., fitness band or smartwatch), it can likely be paired with the app Sleep as Android. If you don’t own a wearable, we’ll provide you with one which will record and transmit your sleep data.

Martin Dörr

YOUR TASK
You won’t need to work actively on the project, just:

> Wear the wearable while you sleep.
> Keep your Android phone turned on during your sleep.

The digital character is a cluster of many small, interacting user entities. If you wish, you can come up with an anonymous name for your unique character, or choose an <alias> from a provided list. Your character will be active in the cluster under this name, adding a touch of your personality to the exhibition while keeping you and your data fully anonymous.

Martin Dörr

BENEFITS & COMPENSATION
Convenient & Simple: Just set up the app and wear the wearable.

With minimal effort, you can passively contribute to an innovative digital performance during your regular sleep hours and receive a compensation of €100 + Additional sponsorships from sleep-aid companies could potentially increase this compensation.

Long-term Participation Opportunity:
If the project is shown again in the future, you might have the chance to participate again—becoming part of the project’s lasting network.

<If you have questions or want to participate,
just send a mail!>

Martin Dörr

AFTER JOINING
WHAT HAPPENS DURING MY SLEEP?

You’ll start with a personal "seed" generated during your first sleep after registration. This seed is connected to your body’s activity and sleep states, growing and evolving in response to your individual sleep patterns. Over time, it develops a character shaped entirely by the unique rhythm of your rest.

Martin Dörr

Latent Entity is a dynamic cluster of all participant characters—interacting, clustering, and evolving together. Each individual character contributes to the collective, shaping and transforming the behavior of this shared sleep organism in realtime.

CURRENT PROTOTYPE TRAILER

Martin Dörr
Martin Dörr

A COLLECTIVE GROWING CLUSTER

DOCUMENTATION
& PUBLICATION
After the exhibition in Frankfurt, a publication will be created. Besides texts and images of the character, willing participants/performers will be anonymously portraied (using their <alias>) in unique and handmade outfits, displaying their individual player name and logos of differenent sleep aid sponsors a.o.

Participation is optional, only if you want to. And if you wish, you can also be credited by your real name in the publication.

Martin Dörr
Martin Dörr

PUBLICATION EXCERPTS

Martin Dörr

Who are the cultivators, sustainers, regulators of our sleep? In history and today?

AN ECOSYSTEM OF SLEEP
Individual sleep—and thus the structure and behavior of "Latent Entity"—emerges each day as the result of negotiations within a complex network of human and non-human actors. It is a delicate, relational phenomenon that arises anew each day from the interactions, relationships, negotiations, and conflicts among countless actors and their interdependencies, shaped by a multitude of shifting physical, material, economic, narrative, and socio-cultural structures.

COMPANION PUBLICATION (2023)
The publication documents the prototyping of the digital organism, situates it within a multidimensional narrative that spans historical and contemporary sleep structures, and speculatively extends it—both systemically and materially—within the context of Michel Serres' transformative-parasitic framework.

An artistic, interdisciplinary research project in single-bed format (22 x 9 cm), published in 2023. Softcover with relief varnish, Swiss binding, 224 pages.

Martin Dörr

SUPPORT THE PROJECT
BECOME A PARTNER

To bring this project to life, I am seeking sponsors and partners willing to support the project through financial or material contributions.


EXAMPLES
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
Contributions help to secure the fee for the performers as well as production costs and the costs of the technical infrastructure.

INNOVATIVE TEXTILES
Materials for the performers' handmade outfits that contribute functionally and aesthetically to the performance.

SLEEP-AID PRODUCTS
Products for sleep optimization that can be used by the performers and thus contribute to improving their individual sleep and therefore the activity of the digital being.

<The Performers' Outfits: A Unique Branding Opportunity>

A key element of the exhibition and performance is the specially designed clothing for the performers, created in collaboration with designer >Kathrin Baumgartner. These custom-sewn textiles, inspired by “hooded blankets”, will be printed with visual and thematic elements from an existing >publication and expanded with brand logos from sleep-aid market players who contribute to and shape human sleep worldwide. Similar to professional sports attire, the performers' outfits are designed to optimize their activity–sleep–and give visual prominence to their supporters.

OUTFIT BRANDING POSITIONS

BENEFITS

Your brand will be integrated in a unique way and gain several advantages through partnership:

VISIBILITY
Your logo will be placed prominently on the outfits of the globally active performers and, if applicable, mentioned in accompanying communication materials/social media.

INNOVATIVE CONTEXT
Positioning your brand in a forward-looking context that combines sleep and technology in a creative and innovative way.

EXCLUSIVE TARGET GROUP APPROACH
The exhibition appeals to international art lovers, technology enthusiasts and innovators - a target group with a potential affinity for your brand.

LONG-TERM PRESENCE
Following the exhibition, a publication will be produced, featuring performers in their outfits and acknowledging sponsors - this offers a lasting presence for your brand beyond the duration of the exhibition.

<For more information about the sponsoring options, if you want to support or just say hi, feel free to contact me any time!>

CONTACT
MARTIN DÖRR

I look forward to connecting with you, please feel free to reach out at any time!
"(っ- ‸ - ς)ᶻ 𝗓 𐰁


>MAIL
contact@martindoerr.de
>TEL.
(+49) 157 55916339
>WEBSITE
www.martindoerr.de
>IG 
@martin_doerr


ABOUT Martin Dörr is a Berlin-based artist working in digital media, performance and installation. His work explores the interface between humanity, technology and consciousness. He has exhibited internationally and received numerous awards and grants, including the Deutschlandstipendium. He holds a degree in Fine Arts (with distinction, University of Art and Design Offenbach) and an M.A. in System/Game Design (with distinction, University of Applied Sciences Berlin). He also studied at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, China on a DDA scholarship.

Martin Dörr

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