Invisibility & Resistance | A summer school on AI, control and tactical opacity
This summer school approaches AI not only as a technology, but as a structure of power—one that captures, models, predicts, and shapes human behaviour.
Here, you will experiment with modularity as a thinking system and a way to model how contemporary power operates and how it might be resisted.
Over this week, you will:
• Develop new tactics of invisibility and resistance.
• Explore how to become unpredictable, unclassifiable, or unlearnable.
• Translate ideas into diagrams, texts, sounds, and speculative systems.
• Design cognitive machines and conceptual interventions.
The summer school is not about coding or technical mastery. It is about creative thinking. No prior technical knowledge is required.
Participants
We welcome applications from people with a background in design, architecture, computer science, artistic practices or related fields (Master students, PhD, or equivalent) and an interest in AI, speculative design, or the interaction with technologies in socio-technical systems.
2 CFUs will be awarded to participants.
Participation Fee
50 € to cover materials and meals.
We will reserve 10% of the available spots free of charge to increase the participation for people currently facing financial difficulties.
Application process
The application period will close on 29/05/2026. Selected candidates will be notified on 06/06/2026.
Organisers
- Vladan Joler, Artist and Professor, New Media Department, Academy of Arts - Novi Sad
- Maria Luce Lupetti, Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture and Design, PoliTo
- Alessandro Ianniello, Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture and Design, PoliTo
- Elena Falomo, PhD Candidate, Department of Architecture and Design, PoliTo
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