#MerzmenschReview2025: I ran generative-AI workshops with Frankfurt City Library and several Frankfurt schools—open-source models (Stable Diffusion, FLUX) via ComfyUI, plus a hard rule: many images, one chosen and exhibited, the rest deleted.
The results were inspiring. Video @somebib.bsky.social
#MerzmenschReview2025: Taught at SRH Mobile University: I developed the module “Generative AI: Multimedia” (15 units, from early models to diffusion, video, and audio) and run a monthly seminar tracking current developments in generative AI.
#MerzmenschReview2025: Continuing my work with the Art & Art Theory faculty at @unicologne.bsky.social, I led workshops on artists using generative AI, focusing on “Affirmative Surrender of Control” and my practice in #reMERZ and #MERZmory.
#MerzmenschReview2025: Invited by Gianni Riotta, I led a seminar on AI and moving images at LUISS University in Rome. Brilliant, open-minded students and strong discussions—plus a look at Zeta LUISS as a clear example of how journalism can work with AI.
#MerzmenschReview2025: At Goethe University Frankfurt, I led two seminars—one block seminar on the history and current developments of generative AI with hands-on experimentation, and another at the Art Pedagogy Institute focused on open-source models and their aesthetics.
#MerzmenschReview2025: Block seminar on Generative AI at the @unicologne.bsky.social (Faculty of Art & Art Theory). We examined machine-based artistic practices, worked hands-on, and discussed intensely AI art & aesthetics, sustained by sharp, inquisitive student questions.
#MerzmenschReview2025: 6. KI Salon Kiel
At the Muthesius Kunsthochschule Kiel, I joined the AI Salon on “Parallel Worlds,” focusing on deepfakes and generative AI in political contexts. In a fishbowl discussion, I presented my satirical work on democratic erosion, NOT YOUR SONG.
#MerzmenschReview2025: Invited by the Lions Club of Rüsselsheim, I spoke about generative AI. The audience was open, engaged, and stayed attentive well beyond the planned time, asking precise questions and offering sharp observations. @lionsclubs.bsky.social
#MerzmenschReview2025: Sonophilia Foundation celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2025. I presented my works at the Max Reinhardt Library in Schloss Leopoldskron, Salzburg, and joined two panels: on machine creativity, and on education / knowledge. s.myselle, Merzmensch, Matthias Röder, Walter Werzowa
#MerzmenschReview2025: “Reenacting Dartmouth,” initiated by Alien Productions and the Austrian Institute for Media Archaeology, revisits AI’s origins. At the September 2025 prologue, I spoke about an approaching shift in how we think about AI and art.
#MerzmenschReview2025: I also took part in Democracy Week 2025, organized by the Frankfurt City Library—the same team behind our public ComfyUI workshops for ages 15–99—speaking about AI, art, and democracy.
#MerzmenschReview2025: At the @waterkant-festival.bsky.social in Kiel, I spoke about open-source creative tools—ethically trained models, data-respecting systems, and more resource-aware ways of working.
#MerzmenschReview2025: invited by @sassoftware.bsky.social in cooperation with the Städel Museum.
Talk: Agentic AI meets Art — connecting classical art with AI agents, drawing on examples like AARON, BOTTO, and FLYNN as nonhuman artistic actors.
#MerzmenschReview2025: Leolo Mastermind Conference @ Interalpen Hotel. Organized by Leolo IT, Airtool, and the IBM Watson x team.
I spoke on open-source models as creative enablers followed by sharp exchanges across disciplines, from AI agents to cybersecurity and art history
#MerzmenschReview2025: group exhibition “Wintermute / Neuromancer – Art in the Shell” in Wolkersdorf, Austria, initiated by alien productions.
Alongside my works, I gave a keynote on generative AI—tracing generative art from the 1960s to current aesthetic and conceptual shifts.
#MerzmenschReview2025
Europe Direct, initiative of @ec.europa.eu, is a key point of contact for questions about EU and for fostering digital literacy.
On March 19, 2025, I joined the online panel “Art and AI: Endless Creativity” with Dorothea Winter and Prof. Dr. Gernot Wolfram
