Gluon presents New Metabolism, a two-day symposium exploring the interactions of humans and machines. Part of the European Digital Deal—a three-year Creative Europe initiative—this event brings together over 15 European cultural organizations and 20 artists to examine how to be human in the ages of machines.
The program features inspiring talks, panel discussions, workshops, and social events, highlighting technologies like AI, machine learning, blockchain, and algorithmic processing.
Places are limited, please contact info@gluon.be for more information or registration: https://forms.gle/gKHBpZDGBpbNtRKdA
Program day 1: Zebrastraat, Ghent (23.04 I 10 am — 5 pm)
Keynote 1: Jas Brooks, phd researcher University of Chicago Chemical Interfaces: Art, smell and conscientiousness
Keynote 2: Thierry Dufrêne, Art historian & curator, introduction to Intelligence, it’s automatic: from surrealism to AI
Expo visits Intelligence is Automatic and Sensory Interfaces by Peter de Cupere
Program day 2: Tour à Plomb, Brussels (24.04 I 9 am — 4.30 pm)
Panel 1: Al, Trust & Believe moderated by Federico Bomba (Director at Sineglossa) with artists Martyna Marciniak, Pierre-Christophe Gam, dmstfctn
Panel 2: Al, Food, Work & Ethics moderated by Lucas Evers (Head of Make Programme & Lead Open Wetlab at Waag) with artists Špela Petrič, Penelope Cain, Genomic Gastronomy.
Panel 3: Al, Brains, Love & Life moderated by Lucía García (Director iMAL) with artists Noemi Iglesias Barrios, Ariane Loze, Charlotte Jarvis
Workshops
Workshop 1: Triple Bill: Telepoetry, Meme therapy and Emoji translator by Mayte Gómez Molina & Carlos Alcántara
Workshop 2: Brainwaves by Dr. Andrej Savić
Workshop 3: Inside HackForDemocracy25A by Hugo Loureiro & Joana Miranda – BMA
Opening The Falling City at Gluon (5pm)
The Falling City is a solo exhibition by Noemi Iglesias that critically examines the growing role of AI technology in surveillance and control. In collaboration with Gluon, the League for Human Rights, and the Knowledge Centre for Data & Society, Iglesias developed an artistic AI system that does not enforce control but instead detects affective relationships between people.
Program day 3: Art Brussels, Brussels Expo (25.04 I 2pm)
Within the context of Art Brussels, Gluon is happy to invite you to the artist talk of David Claerbout talking about his experiences and visions on art and technology with his project the The Wood Carver & The Forest realised during a residency at Gluon within the framework of S+T+ARTS In The City project and with the support of Proximus, The National Lottery, Innoviris and the European Commission
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
For registration: https://forms.gle/gKHBpZDGBpbNtRKdA
