Computers all the Way Down at Conversations with Computers, Linz

I’ll be part of Conversations with Computers, a 2-day symposium organized by the net-culture initiative servus.at in cooperation with the University of Art and Design Linz. The symposium addresses contemporary artistic research in the field of AI, focusing on new languages that emerge between humans and machines, but also how work and communication are facilitated through technological means.

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Politics of the Machines: Rogue Research

In an intervention at the international conference Politics of the Machines: Rogue Research, students of KISD and HS Augsburg present work that critically deals with machine learning and artificial intelligence. The presentation titled “Training to Deal with Otherness” is the result of the work in three study programs dealing with design and/of technology: the Integrated Design BA and MA program of KISD, the Code & Context program of TH Köln, and the Hybrid Things Lab of Hochschule Augsburg.

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Designing Reafference at Designano – The Aesthetics of Imperceptibility

As part of the symposium Designano – The Aesthetics of Imperceptibility at IMéRA (L’institut d’études avancées d’Aix-Marseille), I will speak about Perceiving Imperceptibility / Designing Reafference. The talk will be part of a conversation of design and nano-materials and the paradoxical nature of nano-objects and their performativity across scales, organized by Tincuta Heinzel.

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