... land*scapes

17.11.2025
Wesley Goatley

This talk will explore the ethics of AI in art practice in the age of algorithmic capitalism and the climate crisis.  It will discuss the technical and political aspects of AI, as well as demonstrating alternative practices with and about these technologies that center human creativity as well as social and climate justice.

Wesley Goatley is a critical artist and researcher based in London, UK. His artwork and research exposes the relations between the AI industry, the climate crisis, and the social impacts of digital technology.
He has given talks and keynotes on his practice and research at events such as Global Art Forum Singapore and Milan Design Week, and his artworks have been shown at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, Eyebeam in New York, Berghain in Berlin, and The Nam June Paik Art Center in Seoul.

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land*scapes are memory – they forget neither colonialism nor the climate crisis, and they will also remember AI. Soil samples are not the only evidence of how human ideas and activities shape landscapes. If we learn to read them, we see more than forests, seas, mountains and idyllic nature. They are the result of attributions, interventions and power relations – and bear traces of colonialism, extractivism and ecological destruction. At the same time, they open up spaces for resistance, regeneration, care, diversity and creativity. They tell of borders and resistance, of care and displacement.

In our winter lecture series, we encounter one of these landscapes and artistic perspectives on climate justice each week. Methods and practices show how landscapes are shaped by language, perspectives and boundaries – and how different perceptions arise depending on the angle of view. How do we shape landscapes and how do they shape us? What needs to change in order to preserve the foundations of life? And what role can art play in this?

We invite you to become part of these land*scapes: to listen to them, feel them and change them creatively. Together, we will create a winter landscape full of knowledge, experiences and encounters across the degree programmes. The event will conclude with a cosy hot drink.

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demnächst:
24.11. contamination*scapes - mit Sonne unter Tage
01.12. hybrid *scapes - mit Elly Clarke
08.12. material*scapes - mit bc architects
15.12. learn"scapes - mit new visions
12.01. care *scapes - mit Emma Holton
19.01. sound*scapes - mit Klanglandschaften
26.01. final *scapes session