Ana-Cartography and its Provocations

Ana-Cartography (...None of the Above) brings together recent work of artists and researchers from AI Design Labs (Royal College of Art, London) in two related fields of inquiry: alternative manifestations and interpretations of artificial and distributed intelligence systems, and the roles that narrative plays in the design and critique of AI and algorithmic decision-making systems.

Artists
Sonia Bernac, Jonathan Boyd, Johnny Golding, Jeremy Keenan, Matt Lewis, Manu Luksch, Mukul Patel, Maggie Roberts, Tom Simmons, Dario Srbic, Shira Wachsmann, John Wild

Events and Workshops
A program of co-art/design sprints and discursive workshops offers provocations and opportunities for interplay with both the artists’ practices, and the weave of the broader algorithmised environment. No booking is needed, and the events and workshops are free to attend.

Provocations Day 1
Friday, 8 September 1.00pm – 4.00pm
Chaired by Johnny Golding (philosopher/poeisis)
Provocateurs: Jane and Louise Wilson (Faking the Fakes- getting beyond identity, artists/filmmakers/profs at Newcastle); Ling Tan and Usman Haque, (Umbrellium; architects/designers re-wilding the public through Ai); Martin Reinhart (engineer/ artist and inventor TX transform, Angewandte and and Tanja Traxler (experimental physicist, topologies of matter and Ai)

Provocations Day 2
Saturday, 9 September 1.00pm – 4.00pm
Chaired by John Wild (artist/sonic intelligence/mycellium futures)
Provocateurs: Mozilla.ai, Sam Griffin (Future Casts [web3/net blockchain]), Elliott Higgs (Memetics and Hyperstitions. Curator, Tate Modern) and George Simms (Collaborating with AI, networked intelligence. Plymouth Uni)