Performance Situation Room 2026: Artificial Intelligence between figure and background (lecture / showing)

In just five years, common-use artificial intelligence has invaded our thoughts, language, and relationship to images. It is still up for debate if the machines got more intelligent, or if the originality and creativity of the human mind have become more predictable. But the artificial neural networks prove durable, notwithstanding the intellectual property violations and pervasive surveillance systems they feed on.

Choreographers Michiel Vandevelde and Arkadi Zaides, who both use AI and algorithms in critical ways, will be at parallel residencies at STUK for the week of October 26. On 29 October 2026 they will open their doors to share the creation process. Dance and technology scholar Harmony Bench (Ohio State University/US), the author of Perpetual Motion: Dance, Digital Cultures, and the Common (2020), will prepare the groundwork for understanding how digitization and big data engage with choreography and the potential impact of AI on dance.

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