Art + Tech x Cosmos =
Concerts, talks, exhibitions and performances
Curated by Joasia Krysa, Nuno Crespo and Daniel Ribas
FEV - MAY 2026

The intersection of art and technology has been of interest across various points in history - from the invention of ancient tools and industrial machines to the emergence of cybernetics, the Internet, and the latest advancements in AI and quantum computing. Of particular interest is how new understandings, narratives, and knowledges emerge when art and technology converge - insights that neither can access alone, in singular form.

It is crucial to recognise, however, that technology is never a neutral force; it is always entangled with, and shaped by, the ways in which a culture understands its world and its lifeforms - its cosmos. This approach has become even more relevant in the current era of Artificial Intelligence to challenge the homogenizing force of Western technological universalism. Instead, it proposes  a pluralversal understanding grounded in  diverse cultural and metaphysical traditions, in other words technodiversity - the multiplicity of the technological imaginary, shaped by distinct cultural histories, myths, and worldviews.

Art + Tech x Cosmos = explores these ideas through multiple cultural perspectives and nonlinear narratives. Drawing on epistemologies derived from cosmotechnics, Afrofuturism, technofeminism and beyond, the programme explores how art and technology are entangled, how creative practices respond to the growing complexity of the world, and how diverse histories and futures converge to generate new forms. As the title suggests, the programme takes a cosmological approach, engaging with non-Western technological thought and shared multidimensional realities.

The programme brings together artists, creative technologists, curators, writers, and thinkers with contributions extending across several thematic constellations: from spiritual and the mythic, socio-technological infrastructures and (de)colonial logics, to speculative futures. Through these contributions, the programme explores the potential to reshape how we think about human and nonhuman creativity, how we experience the convergence of art and technology, and how their imaginative possibilities can inspire new cultural practices and worlds.

Biographical note Joasia Krysa

Joasia Krysa is a curator and Professor of Exhibition Research at Liverpool School of Art and Design, with an adjunct position at Liverpool Biennial. She served as Chief Curator of the 2nd Helsinki Biennial (2023) and co-curator of the 9th Liverpool Biennial (2016) and DOCUMENTA 13 (2012). Working at the intersection of art and technology, her curatorial work was presented at major international institutions including The Whitney Museum of American Art New York, KANAL Centre Pompidou Brussels, ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Helsinki Art Museum, and Tate Modern London. Recent publications include books Curating Intelligences: Reader on AI and Future Curating (London Open Humanities Press 2025) and Helsinki Biennial: New Directions May Emerge (Helsinki Art Museum 2023), a chapter in Bloomsbury Encyclopaedia of New Media Art (London 2025), and forthcoming The Routledge Companion to Art and Technology (London / New York 2027).