This mini-symposium will be structured around short presentations (20 minutes each) followed by an extended discussion with the audience. Contributions will come from Olya Kudina, Nicolas Malevé, Yj Erden, Freya van den Boom. Moderated by Imane B. K.

Together we will ask:

• How do AI systems redistribute agency, visibility, and power?
• How do AI systems impact our ethical and political futures?

For artists, researchers, students, and others working at the intersection of art, politics, and technology, this symposium provides a space to critically reflect on how AI entangles with politics and power, and to explore how creative practices can respond to or resist its impact.

Join us in thinking through AI not only as a technical tool, but as a political and cultural force that reshapes our ways of seeing, knowing, imagining and relating to each other.

The image was generated with AI: an algorithmic imagination of togetherness, inviting us to reflect on its political and ethical implications.

Register via petra.vanbrabandt@kdg.be

Who is who?

Olya Kudina
Assistant Professor in Ethics/Philosophy of Technology at TU Delft. Her research explores how AI and digital technologies shape moral values and democratic life, drawing on pragmatism and phenomenology. She co-directs the AI DeMoS Lab and works on responsible AI design, NLP/ASR ethics, and digital phenotyping in mental health.

Nicolas Malevé
Brussels- and Barcelona-based artist, programmer, and data activist. His work examines algorithms, archives, and visual culture through art and critical computation. He collaborates with Constant, a Brussels-based collective for art and media culture, and researches datasets and computer vision.

Yj Erden
Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Twente. She researches ethics and epistemology of AI and neurotechnologies, with interests in identity, memory, and the philosophy of mind. Her work spans neuroprosthetics, AI in health, and responsible innovation.

Freya van den Boom
Researcher in law, ethics, and governance of AI at the University of Antwerp and tutor in Digital Cultures (MA) at Sint Lucas Antwerpen. She focuses on liability, transparency, human rights, and speculative legal futures for humans and non-humans alike. Her background combines law, sociology, ethics, and interdisciplinary policy practice.

Imane Benyecif Khoutoul
Tutor in the Digital MA program at Sint Lucas Antwerpen and project developer at Constant, a Brussels-based collective working on art and media culture. She explores digital visual culture through critical and creative practices.