Machinic Encounters
Thursday, August 21, 2025
12:00 pm_5:00 pm
Monument-National
85$
Day Pass price, excl. fees & taxesMachine Agencies Research Group presents Machinic Encounters, an exhibition exploring experiences with machines that exceed the hegemonic interaction rituals, and try to invoke awe and wonder so as to remedy the disenchantment of contemporary technological life. These research-creation works delve into the thresholds of human-machine encounters, moving away from the normative assumption that machine learning / artificial intelligence technologies are neutral instruments for human utility, by centering on vibrant and ambiguous interactions with them.
By foregrounding encounter, tension, and mutual transformation, we ask: what kinds of relations become possible—or impossible—in our myriad encounters with machines? What happens when machines do not chase utility, but glitch, reflect, and converse? The projects repurpose existing systems to varied ends: for divination and introspection, as provocateurs about immigration policy and propaganda, or even, as collaborators and lifelong friends.
This residency and exhibition is sponsored by Milieux Institute, Applied AI Institute, and Hexagram Network.
Featuring :
- The space between two things is a portal – Catherine Lejeune
- Archive of Belonging – George Kerasias
- Florilegi/o – Lydia Graveline et Louis Barbier
- Anarchival Reanimation of a swarmscape – Mike Cassidy et Kristian North
- The Feeling of Thought – Natalie Pavlik et Jihane Mossalim
- Artificial Stupidity – An Interactive Dreaming Machine for Protest – Poki Chan et Karim Nafiz
- Technical direction by François Lespinasse, Kamyar Karimi
- Curation by Ceyda Yolgörmez (Abundant Intelligences)
Catherine LejeuneCA/QC
Université du Québec à Montréal
Machinic Encounters
21 Aug
Performs at 12:00 pm_5:00 pm Montréal time
George KerasiasCA/QC
Machine Agencies
Machinic Encounters
21 Aug
Performs at 12:00 pm_5:00 pm Montréal time
Lydia GravelineCA/QC
Machinic Encounters
21 Aug
Performs at 12:00 pm_5:00 pm Montréal time
Louis BarbierCA/QC
Machine Agencies
Machinic Encounters
21 Aug
Performs at 12:00 pm_5:00 pm Montréal time
Mike CassidyUS/CA
Machine Agencies
Machinic Encounters
21 Aug
Performs at 12:00 pm_5:00 pm Montréal time
Kristian NorthCA/QC
Machinic Encounters
21 Aug
Performs at 12:00 pm_5:00 pm Montréal time
Nata PavlikCA/QC
Machine Agencies
Machinic Encounters
21 Aug
Performs at 12:00 pm_5:00 pm Montréal time
Jihane MossalimCA/QC
Machine Agencies
Machinic Encounters
21 Aug
Performs at 12:00 pm_5:00 pm Montréal time
Poki ChanCA/QC
Machine Agencies
Machinic Encounters
21 Aug
Performs at 12:00 pm_5:00 pm Montréal time
Karim NafizCA/QC
Machine Agencies
Machinic Encounters
21 Aug
Performs at 12:00 pm_5:00 pm Montréal time
François LespinasseCA/QC
Machine Agencies
Machinic Encounters
21 Aug
Performs at 12:00 pm_5:00 pm Montréal time
Kamyar KarimiCA
Machine Agencies
Machinic Encounters
21 Aug
Performs at 12:00 pm_5:00 pm Montréal time
Ceyda YolgörmezCA
Abundant Intelligences
Machinic Encounters
21 Aug
Performs at 12:00 pm_5:00 pm Montréal time
Thursday, August 21, 2025
1:15 pm_1:30 pm
