20:00 / Pixels, Noise and Blenders Gene Kogan Gene Kogan is an artist and programmer who is interested in generative systems, emerging technology, and artificial intelligence. He writes code for live music, performance, and visual art. He is a contributor to numerous open-source software projects, and leads workshops and demonstrations on topics related to code and art. Gene is currently developing ml4a, a free book about machine learning for artists. He is a contributor to openFrameworks and Processing, an adjunct professor at ITP-NYU and Bennington College, and a former artist-in-residence at The School for Poetic Computation and Eyebeam. Recent works applying deep learning research to visual and sound art, and an introduction to ml4a.github.io, a free, online book about ML for artists

21:00 / On Hybridity Margherita Pevere Margherita Pevere is a visual artist and PhD candidate at AaltoUniversity / Biofilia Laboratory in Helsinki. Her artistic practice features a unique combination of of both human and non-human matter:she grows bacterial cultures, manipulates paper and photographic film, collects organic relics, captures ephemeral lights with digital video and plans to store a digitized collection of memories on bacterial genome. She is member of the Finnish Bioart Society and collaborates with Berlin DIYbio group BioTinkering e.V.. Most recent exhibitions include the Article Biennial – i/o lab, Stavanger (NO), curated by Hege Tapio and Nora Vaage; the Dutch Design Week – BioArt Laboratories, Eindhoven, curated by Jalila Essaidi; State Festival, Kühlhaus Berlin, curated by Daniela Silvestrin. What role does hybridity play in art practices that mediate biological and technological materials? What can hybridity tell us about relationships, disruption, violence, and regeneration? What are its implications at an aesthetic, relational, and political level?