HU / A Reclaiming Technology Sessions egy eseménysorozat, amelynek célja annak közös vizsgálata, hogyan működik a technológia, amelyet gyakran semleges eszközként érzékelünk, a társadalmi és nemi előítéletek fenntartásában, miközben manipulálja a mindennapi élet megélt idejének ritmusát, és ezáltal csökkenti a kritikus reflexióra és az inkluzív részvételre való lehetőségeket.

EN / Reclaiming Technology Sessions is an event series dedicated to collectively examining how technology, often perceived as a neutral tool, perpetuates social and gender biases while manipulating the pace of everyday lived time, consequently diminishing opportunities for critical reflection and inclusive participation.

Date: February 15, 2025 (Saturday)
Time: 15:00 – 19:00
Venue: Adaptér, Bercsényi utca 10, 1111 Budapest 
( https://adapterujbuda.hu/en/home/ )
Programme:
15:00: GIRL AI: Playful Subversion with AI & Design Workshop by Dominika Čupková
17:30: Design, Time and Agency Public talk with Dominika Čupková and Emese Thamó, moderated by Silvia Binda
18:30: What is time to a computer ? Live Coding Lecture by Silvia Binda

GIRL AI: Playful Subversion with AI & Design
Workshop by Dominika Čupková
Vulnerabilities are flaws in a computer system that weaken the overall security of the system. In this workshop, we will explore the types of vulnerabilities that women and other long-ostracized and silenced groups encounter in the digital environment. Can we collectively generate ideas for a livable future and transform our vulnerabilities into resilience? How can we fight against digital inequality and initiate social changes? What is bias in artificial intelligence? Can feminist and queer practices influence the future of technologies? During the workshop, we will playfully ideate in groups a product that, with the help of AI, reflects or addresses some of these issues from the perspective of the interdependence of activism and aesthetics. The workshop is intended for curious individuals of various genders, backgrounds, and industries.
No prior knowledge is required. Online registration is needed.
Max. number of participants: 20

Registration:

Design, Time and Agency
Public Talk with Dominika Čupková and Emese Thamó, moderated by Silvia Binda Heiserova.
We invited the interdisciplinary designer Dominika Čupková and the mathematician and product designer Emese Thamó to reflect on topics related to the design of technologies, design of acceleration, how the power to design is distributed and feminist perspectives on design.

What is time to a computer ?
Live Coding Lecture by Silvia Binda Heiserova
This Live Coding audiovisual lecture reflects on the gap between the perception of time by humans and what time represents at the level of computational processes. Using the terminal emulator as an explorative tool for entering the problematics, the lecture scrutinizes different layers of computer-time definitions and concepts, tracing the digitalized time back to hardware tools, companies and their representatives.

About Silvia Binda Heiserova:
Silvia Binda Heiserova is a visual and multimedia artist, researcher, and creative coder. Her multidisciplinary artistic practice explores power relations in the digital era from a gender perspective. She applies an analytical and critical point of view to subvert stereotypical and biased gender representations, both visually and linguistically, in social and virtual spaces. Silvia earned her Doctoral Degree in Fine Arts: Practice and Research from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, where she was part of the Art and Gender research group. She holds an MFA in Artistic Creation with a focus on Painting and Contemporary Artistic Practice, as well as an MFA in Visual and Multimedia Arts from the same institution. Silvia is the founder of offDAC, a multidisciplinary decentralized artistic community dedicated to researching the intersection of feminism, art, and technology.
More info:
https://www.silviabinda.com
https://www.instagram.com/silvia_binda_heiserova/

About Dominika Čupková:
Dominika Čupková is an interdisciplinary designer connecting the dots between AI, art, design and tech with experience in PR, marketing and research. Currently a visiting doctoral researcher at the Interactive Technologies Institute and the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of Lisbon, Portugal. She is affiliated with the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, where she explores what happens at the intersection of AI and design through a feminist lens. She is also a part of the global community AIxDESIGN, where she leads communications, and she co-founded the Ladies, Wine & Design Slovakia initiative. Through various initiatives, she strives to bring forth alternative narratives with the aim of envisioning and creating a fairer and more inclusive AI.
More info:
https://thedominica.notion.site/
https://www.instagram.com/thedominica/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominika-cupkova/

About Emese Thamó:
Emese Thamó merges technology, art, and design to create innovative, user-centered solutions. With a Mathematics degree from the University of Cambridge, she has conducted research on AI explainability and safety at the University of Liverpool and applied AI in medical contexts at the Hungarian Institute for Computer Science and Control, as well as Pacmed B.V. in the Netherlands. Her professional journey spans roles as a software developer in the space industry, a consultant in banking and construction, and a lecturer at the Hungarian Centre for Social Sciences. She is now completing her product design studies at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) and has interned at MindRove, a company specializing in biosensors. Emese’s multifaceted background enables her to approach challenges with a unique blend of technical expertise and creative vision. Notable achievements include designing the “Hanna Szenes” mural on Frankel Leó Street and leading the award-winning PlantSail project.

About Reclaiming Technology:
Reclaiming Technology is a practice-based research project initiated by Silvia Binda Heiserova as a resident artist of the EU Digital Deal Residencies programme hosted by Pro Progressione. By demystifying, explaining and debating technology, the project aims to question androcentric narratives around technologies and empower women to critically engage with technologies. Finally, it aspires to bring answers to the question: What could be a feminist approach to technology and how to practice it ?
Co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

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