New Signals in Arts Technologies - A Lumen Seminar Programme

8 November 2025
- 8 November 2025
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What are the new signals shaping the future of art and technology? Kunstsilo and the Lumen Prize invite you to a unique seminar exploring the urgent questions of our time – from eco-data and digital memory to authorship in the age of AI. Each talk is rooted in real artistic practices, drawn from this year’s Lumen finalists.

Kunstsilo will host a curated seminar programme of three artist-led panel discussions, inspired by the themes identified in The Liminal Review, :New Signals in Arts Technologies, the Lumen Prize’s inaugural trend report, launched this autumn in partnership with Sónar+D and supported by Onassis ONX. Developed from over 2,200 submissions to the 2025 Prize, the report identified three critical thematic signals which now serve as the conceptual backbone of the weekend’s talks, panels, and commissioned artworks.

While full speaker details will be announced closer to the date, each session will explore topics drawn directly from the 2025 finalist pool:

  • Living Facades – Eco-Data, Growth & the Anthropocene How artists are using live data, invasive species, and ecological metaphors to make visible the invisible consequences of environmental change.
  • Signals from the Future – Launching The Liminal Review A deep dive into the 2025 trend report and the role of digital art in shaping posthuman rituals, speculative memory, and machinic mythologies.
  • Owning the Machine – IP & Authorship in the Age of AI A conversation on evolving notions of authorship, curatorial stewardship, and the legal futures of non-human collaboration.

The seminar will be in english.

About The Lumen Prize

Founded in 2012, The Lumen Prize is the leading global award for art created with technology. Celebrating innovation at the intersection of art, science, and emerging media, Lumen champions artists working across machine learning, immersive environments, interactivity, and computation.

Now in its fourteenth year, Lumen has built a global ecosystem that includes an international jury, cross-sector partnerships, and a growing network of artists whose work defines the future of visual culture.

Past winners include Refik Anadol, Sougwen Chung, Mario Klingemann, CNDSD, and Casey Reas. Collaborations with institutions such as the Sotheby’s, V&A, M+ Hong Kong, Centre PHI, and the Whitney support Lumen’s year-round exhibitions, commissions, and public programs.

In September 2025, Lumen will launch The Liminal Review, its first trend publication mapping critical shifts in arts and technology.

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