The workshop, led by Mark Cinkevich, introduces participants to open-source tools for investigating digital infrastructures. Through a combination of theoretical insight and hands-on exercises, attendees will learn to trace how their personal data moves through networks - from points of capture to sites of storage and processing. By mapping these pathways, the session reveals the often-hidden mechanisms through which everyday data circulation sustains broader systems of surveillance and control.

Following the workshop, Aron Lodi will present his current research and artistic practice, leading into a collective reading of selected fiction and non-fiction texts. This session will open up discussion around key themes such as data sovereignty, surveillance, digital imperialism, and the politics of the body and data.

The programme concludes with a presentation by cultural theorist Olga Goriunova, who will introduce her forthcoming book, Ideal Subjects: The Abstract People of AI. The book explores how AI systems fabricate abstract representations of human identity - fictional yet influential figures that shape everything from algorithmic governance to digital labor and online behavior.

The event is fully booked, and registration is now closed.

Programme

14:00 - 15:30 - Workshop with Mark Cinkevich on Open-source tools for investigating digital infrastructures
15:30 - 15:45 - Coffee break
15:45 - 16:30 - Aron Lodi's and Mark Cinkevich's introduction into theircontemporary art practices
16:30 - 16:45- Coffee break
16:45 - 17:45- Presentation of new Olga Goriunova’s publication Ideal Subjects: The Abstract People of AI
17:45 - 18:30 - Performative reading by Aron Lodi

For the workshop with Mark Cinkevich, you need to bring your computer.