| iii Presents | With Mark Meeuwenoord, Matteo Marangoni, Marije Baalman and Ahnjili ZhuParris. |
| Duration | 60 min |
Artificial Kinship panel discussion
Join us for an inspiring conversation about Artificial Kinship within Webs of Intelligence.
At the start of the evening, a panel of artist–engineers will explore alternative perspectives on artificial intelligence, looking beyond today’s dominant large language models. Together, they investigate how we can understand and shape the relationships between artificial, human, and non-human intelligences. How might these connections enrich our shared experience, rather than reduce it?
This discussion also marks the kickoff of a two-year artistic research project by iii, in collaboration with Avans Hogeschool, Breda Robotics, and CZ, supported by Regieorgaan SIA.
A conversation between Mark Meeuwenoord, Matteo Marangoni, Marije Baalman, and Ahnjili ZhuParris.
After the discussion, stay with us for an evening of performances, videos, and installations exploring the intricate bonds between humans and technology, curated by Sanneke Huisman.
During the evening, a new edition of the iii Blueprint series, Blueprint #4: Shadow Puppet?, will be launched, and you get to chance to experience the performance ‘Shadow Puppet?’ by Mariska de Groot and Dieter Vandoren. Read more here.
Admission is free, but space is limited, reserve your spot!
You can also get a combi ticket for both the panel programme and the full evening event here.
Mark Meeuwenoord is senior lecturer and researcher Robotics and Art at the Avans University of Applied Sciences in Breda, the Netherlands.
He is a member of Polymorf, is a media artist and musician whose practice ranges from music and sound design to multisensory social design and artistic research. His work incorporates critical philosophical thinking as much as everyday hands on and practical solutions facilitating a more than human condition. His work focuses on engaging audiences in fully embodied immersive experiences and creating multi-sensory strategies for story and experience design.
Matteo Marangoni is an artist and community organiser interested in sonic rituals, DIY media and applied utopianism.
In his art practice he focuses on creating sensory experiences that connect sound, space, image and the body. His performances and installations present physical processes, sensory phenomena and machines in ways that are both musical and theatrical. He works combine DIY electronics, digital systems, robotics, architectural spaces, humans and other life forms. With these elements he composes poetic rituals addressing the space between subject and object, nature and technology, materiality and transcendence, the absurd, curiosity, invention and contemplation
Marije Baalman is an artist and researcher/developer working in the field of interactive sound and light art, based in Amsterdam. She makes music and music-theatre performances, occasionally works with dancers and makes installations.
Topics that she addresses with her work are the nature of interaction between and entanglement of humans and technology, the influence of algorithms on society and the human experience, and environmental change.
Ahnjili Zhuparris, PhD (NL, USA), is an AI engineer and AI artist, working between New York and the Netherlands. As an AI engineer, Ahnjili develops AI applications for the medical and cosmetic industry. Ahnjili’s academic research centers around the development of biomarkers for monitoring mental and physical wellbeing using machine learning and smartphones and wearables data. Ahnjili’s artistic research and science communication efforts are dedicated to raising awareness about A.I. and algorithmic violence, which encompasses the violence that may arise from or be justified by automated decision-making systems. Through her work, Ahnjili aims to educate the public and promote discussions about the ethical implications of these technologies in our society.
This event is presented by iii and Korzo with financial support from Creative Industries Fund NL, The Municipality of The Hague and Regieorgaan SIA.
Club Korzo