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Perfect for…

People who are bored of the same old AI discourses. 

Why’s it interesting?

Sometimes it feels like the human side of our relationship with technology has been forgotten. Artist, researcher and performer Marije Baalman is a welcome correction to narratives that treat technology as something that exists separately from ourselves. Her work - which covers music (both digital and analogue), performance, livecoding, and theatre - emphasises the complex entanglement between man and machine.  

A member of the Instrument Inventors (iii) platform and artist-run Amsterdam space Grond, as well as an active member of the open source community, she champions community-driven creative work as an antidote to a capitalist world. 

At Sónar+D 2025 we’ve tasked her with applying her human-first approach to the thorny subject of AI. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear what one of the most unique, creative and curious minds around thinks about the technology that’s defining the decade. 

You’ll like this if you like…

Ghosts in the machine, cybernetics, interactive design, livecoding, performance as a medium for education, DIY culture, conceptual thinking