Former The Conference speaker Deb Chachra returns to Malmö for a workshop that will give participants tools to critically consider both the hype and the contention around emerging computationally intensive technologies like AI.

About the workshop

As creative practitioners, we are called on to consider what we make: the tools and materials we use and the goals we pursue. This workshop aims to transform the participants’ understanding of the material and the digital world, showing how they are linked to each other through energy usage and the needs and capabilities of our bodies.

Drawing on examples from contemporary art, architecture, industrial design, and engineering, it will give participants tools to critically consider both the hype and the contention around emerging computationally intensive technologies like AI. They will leave the workshop with a deeper, actionable understanding of energy and materials, enabling them to make more nuanced and informed decisions in their creative practice and in their communities.

For whom

The workshop is aimed at professional creators/artists and requires that you be employed by or represent a registered company based in Skåne.

Practicalities

• Location: Media Evolution, Stora Varvsgatan 6A, Malmö
• Event Date: Oct 16, 09:00-12:00 (Coffee and registration from 08:30)
• Language: This workshop will be held in english

• Price: Free, make sure to register to save a spot!

Please note: Before your seat is secured, you need to sign a so-called "de minimis form", which we then send to the European Social Fund for approval and registration. We will send the form to you shortly after you've registered. Your registration is only binding after you have confirmed your place with a signed certificate. After completing the course, we will ask you to confirm your participation in the course.

Workshop leader

Deb Chachra, PhD, is the author of How Infrastructure Works: Inside the Systems That Shape Our World (Riverhead/Torva, 2023), and she writes, thinks, builds, and speaks widely on themes of technology and society.

As one of the earliest faculty at Olin College, Dr. Chachra has been deeply engaged in all aspects of undergraduate engineering education, including the design of learning experiences and programs, as well as educational research. Dr. Chachra’s technical background is in engineering physics and materials science, with a focus on biological systems; prior to joining the faculty of Olin College, she was a postdoctoral associate at MIT.

The workshop is part of the Learn, Create, Engage project that helps develop competence and strengthen people who work within the cultural and creative industries in Skåne, by offering free courses and much more. Funded by the European Social Fund.