Open Call

In the Fog of the Digital: AI and Neural-Digital Entanglement in Cognitive Capitalism | SFSIA Berlin | June 29–July 4, 2026

Saas-Fee Summer Institute of Art

No Funding
Berlin, Germany

Eligibility

Applications for SFSIA 2025 Paris are open to students, practitioners and scholars from the fields of art (including video, photography, installation and multimedia), art history, science and technology studies, philosophy, design, architecture, critical theory, cultural studies, film and media studies, and beyond.

Number of Participants

The number of participants is dependent on interest, but is typically capped at around twenty to ensure an intensive and constructive learning experience based on conversational exchange.

Deadline

Selection Results (Announcement Dates)

Duration

June 29, 2026 - July 04, 2026

Costs

  • €1,250.00 program fee (one-time)

Meals

No meals

Languages

English

Program Description

For its sixteenth iteration (and fifth in Berlin), Saas-Fee Summer Institute of Art 2026, “In the Fog of the Digital: AI and the Neural-Digital Entanglement in Cognitive Capitalism,” will focus on the effects of the acceleration of digital technologies (especially AI) on the process of individuation of the contemporary subject and its repercussions for thought and understanding, as well as artistic and aesthetic countermoves. Faculty includes Nora Al-Badri, Ruth Anderwald + Leonhard Grond, Kader Attia, David W. Bates, Grégory Chatonsky, Sergio Edelsztein, Claire Fontaine, Agnieszka Kurant, Liz Magic Laser, Yuk Hui, Anna Longo, David Joselit, Warren Neidich (founder/director), Matteo Pasquinelli, Martha Schwendener, and Antonio Somaini.

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