Hosted by ArtReview, Le Random and Digital Original, this conference brings together artists, curators, theorists, and technologists to examine the expanding field of generative art and artificial intelligence. As creative tools evolve and machine learning becomes embedded in artistic practice, the day explores how these shifts are redefining authorship, agency, aesthetics, and cultural memory.

Through panel discussions and critical conversations, the programme traces the emergence of AI within contemporary art discourse—from the ethical and legal challenges of creative authorship to the parallel histories told by institutions, collectors, and artists shaping this field in real time.

Schedule

09:30 - 10:00
Door Open with Coffee & Croissant

10:00 - 10:05
Opening Remarks: thefunnyguys, Co-Founder, Le Random (Belgium)

10:10 - 11:25
Responding to Deep Learning, hosted by Le Random
Deep learning art is often associated with prompting, flattened to unflattering tropes that it’s easy, instant and vapid. Yet for over 10 years artists have responded to various deep learning technologies with sensitivity and patient contemplation. This talk celebrates the diversity of conceptual and technical practices that have defined the budding form.
Moderator: Peter Bauman, Editor-in-Chief, Le Random (United States/Portugal)
- Feileacan Kirkbride McCormick, Artist, Entangled Others (Portugal)
- Sofia Crespo, Artist, Entangled Others (Portugal)
- Sougwen Chung, Artist and Researcher (Canada)

11:30 - 12:00
Conversation with Patrick Tresset
This one-on-one conversation between a pioneering artist and a digital art curator explores intersections of machine creativity, human emotion, and curatorial practice in the context of generative and AI-based art. Through shared reflections, the session reveals how artists and curators are building new frameworks to understand and exhibit computational aesthetics.
Speakers:
- Patrick Tresset, Artist - Researcher, Ateliers Tresset (Belgium)
- Eleonora Brizi, Digital Art Curator, 100 Collectors (Italy)

12:00 - 12:30
Coffee Break

12:30 - 12:45
From Artist Studio to Wallet: New Infrastructure for Digital Art
The infrastructure of today’s digital art market can’t keep up with its rapid changes. Global platforms often fail to meet the needs of niche artists and individually developed projects. This forces artists and curators to adapt their concepts to predefined interfaces—when it should be the other way around. The future of digital art sales lies in creator-led storefronts, individually tailored. This presentation explores what that future could look like by combining relevant technologies with the proven logic of the traditional art market.
- Anna Filippova, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Original (Ukraine/Spain)
- Yulia Berdiiarova, Head of Business Development, Digital Original (Ukraine/Spain)

12:50 - 14:00
Creative Authorship, hosted by ArtReview
The rise of generative AI has blurred the lines between human and machine creativity. This panel explores the evolving concept of authorship in AI-generated works, ethical concerns around attribution, and how creatives can navigate this shifting landscape while retaining artistic agency.
Moderator: JJ Charlesworth, art critic and editor, ArtReview (United Kingdom)
Speakers:
- Hito Steyerl, Filmmaker & writer (Germany)
- Simon Denny, artist, HFBK Hamburg (Germany/New Zealand)

14:05 - 14:30
Conversation
Analivia Cordeiro, artist (Brazil)
Margit Rosen, Head of Collections, Archives & Research , ZKM (Germany)

14:30 - 15:40
Screening: Waldemar Cordeiro. Exact Phantasy

15:40 - 16:00
Networking