Imagining Alternative Archives
Algorithmic systems are rapidly transforming how we produce and interact with our cultural memories and collective knowledge. As our present actions and the accumulated records of our past increasingly become training data for predictive and generative models, pressing questions arise regarding transparency, accessibility, and collective ownership. Building on insights from the transdisciplinary symposium and exhibition project “Reclaiming Data: Art and Memory in the Age of Digital Archives”, this talk examines the role of contemporary art and artistic research in prototyping and negotiating alternative futures and best practices for digital archiving and equitable AI use.
Marc Pfaff (he/his) is an interdisciplinary researcher and currently guest professor for the interdisciplinary master’s programme Design and Computation between TU Berlin and UdK Berlin. He did his PhD in Art and Media Studies at KHM Köln and TH Köln with a media historical investigation on the genealogy of designing as a civilisational technique. Recent areas of focus of Marc’s research and teaching include media techniques in art and design, technologies of knowledge production, and the critical analysis of AI and the digital technological condition.
Jonny-Bix Bongers (he/his) is a Berlin-based curator with a background in theatre and cultural studies, working at the intersection of digital art, performance, and futures thinking. He has curated programs for institutions such as HEK Basel, the Goethe-Institut, and the Münchner Kammerspiele, and currently teaches storytelling and transformation at the Berlin School of Economics and Law. His current work explores digital art as a way of assembling perspectives—curating the space between authorship, collaboration, and shared infrastructures.
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