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The second Slow AI symposium Sharing Practices takes place at Framer Framed, Amsterdam, on 13 November 2026 from 11:00 to 17:30. It reflects on the first year of Material Playgrounds.

What to expect

The second edition of the Slow AI symposium Sharing Practices highlights practices and methods from Material Playgrounds and puts them in dialogue with social, cultural and research narratives.

The programme reflects on the first year of the Slow AI research project and includes presentations by Marissa Lee Benedict, Persijn Broersen, Margit Lukács, Sara Pezzolesi, David Rueter and Natalia Stanusch in conversation with Janine Armin, Carlo De Gaetano, Mariana Fernández Mora, Idil Galip, Inte Gloerich, Sabine Niederer, Barbara Visser and Dan Xu.

  • 11:00 welcome
  • 11:20 Block 1
  • 11:45 Block 2
  • 13:05 lunch
  • 14:05 Block 3
  • 15:25 break
  • 15:40 Block 4
  • 17:00 drinks

Questions

When does Symposium: Slow AI - Sharing Practices start and end?

Symposium: Slow AI - Sharing Practices runs Friday, 13 November 2026, 10:00 until 17:30.

Where is Symposium: Slow AI - Sharing Practices?

Symposium: Slow AI - Sharing Practices takes place at Framer Framed, Oranje-Vrijstaatkade 71, Amsterdam.

How do I sign up?

Sign up via the Microsoft Forms link:

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What is the programme?

11:00 Welcome by Inte Gloerich and Mariana Fernández Mora

11:20 Block 1: Natalia Stanusch; respondents Idil Galip and Inte Gloerich; chair Sabine Niederer

11:45 Block 2: Persijn Broersen and Margit Lukács; respondent Carlo De Gaetano; chair Mariana Fernández Mora

13:05 Lunch

14:05 Block 3: Sara Pezolessi; respondents Dan Xu and Mariana Fernández Mora; chair Janine Armin

15:25 Break

15:40 Block 4: Marissa Lee Benedict and David Rueter; respondent Barbara Visser; chair Inte Gloerich

17:00 Drinks

What is the symposium about?

It reflects on the first year of the Slow AI research project and its Material Playgrounds sessions.

The sessions explored divination, somatics, sound and storytelling.

The programme considers AI as a cultural and relational object, not an inevitable force or a tool to be optimised.

It includes memes, immortal jellyfish and small AI models as tools for storytelling, co-creation and archival exploration.

Amsterdam

Getting there

Framer Framed, Oranje-Vrijstaatkade 71, 1093 KS Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL

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