{"id":27084,"date":"2026-05-05T10:59:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T08:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aluo.uni-lj.si\/objava\/tacticspractice-17-becoming-image-node-3\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T12:03:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T10:03:15","slug":"tacticspractice-17-becoming-image-node-3","status":"publish","type":"objava","link":"https:\/\/www.aluo.uni-lj.si\/en\/objava\/tacticspractice-17-becoming-image-node-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Tactics&#038;Practice #17: Becoming Image | Node #3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The 17th edition of Tactics&amp;Practice:\u00a0<a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/aksioma.org\/becomingimage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Becoming Image<\/a>,\u00a0<a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/aksioma.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aksioma<\/a>\u2019s discursive programme exploring contemporary investigative art, society and new technologies, that will take place from February to June 2026, in cooperation with\u00a0<a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kinosiska.si\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kino \u0160i\u0161ka<\/a> and Academy of Fine Arts and Design (UL ALUO), examines the recent transformation of digital images from representational surfaces into operational environments. All three workshops and the last lecture in this year\u2019s program take place at UL ALUO.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What does it mean to inhabit a computational world-turned-image? When photographs no longer capture but composite, when renders replace recordings, when machine vision dictates what is permitted, and when synthetic media generates realities untethered from any physical referent \u2013 how do we understand vision, identity and presence?<\/p>\n<p>The programme investigates how computational photography, machine vision, CGI and generative AI have fundamentally altered the ontological status of the image \u2013 no longer a window onto the world but a world unto itself.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Participants:\u00a0<\/strong>Alan Warburton, Felicity Hammond, Martyna Marciniak, Nina Davies, Rebecca Edwards, Sheung Yiu, Simone C Niquille, and others<\/p>\n<p><strong>Curator:\u00a0<\/strong>Marco De Mutiis<\/p>\n<p><strong>This year\u2019s edition comprises three program sections<\/strong>\u00a0consisting of exhibitions, lectures, workshops, and a symposium.\u00a0<strong>UL ALUO particularly recommends all three free workshops<\/strong>, as they will take place at the Video, Animation, and New Media (UL ALUO, Toba\u010dna 5) and are primarily intended for students of art and design.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The entire Tactics&amp;Practice #17 program:\u00a0<a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/aksioma.org\/becomingimage\/sl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/aksioma.org\/becomingimage\/sl\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Free entry, registration required:\u00a0<a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/pretix.eu\/aksioma\/becomingimage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/pretix.eu\/aksioma\/becomingimage\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>NODE #3<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>LECTURE<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Simone C Niquille: <a href=\"https:\/\/aksioma.org\/becomingimage\/artist-talks\/balloons-etc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Balloons etc.<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, 13 May 2026, 15.00\u201316.00<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>UL ALUO, Large lecture room, Erjav\u010deva 23, Ljubljana<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27080 size-fp-small\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aluo.uni-lj.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\ud835\udc35\ud835\udc4e\ud835\udc59\ud835\udc5c\ud835\udc5b\ud835\udc56-\ud835\udc56\ud835\udc61\ud835\udc51._TP-640x427.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aluo.uni-lj.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\ud835\udc35\ud835\udc4e\ud835\udc59\ud835\udc5c\ud835\udc5b\ud835\udc56-\ud835\udc56\ud835\udc61\ud835\udc51._TP-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.aluo.uni-lj.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\ud835\udc35\ud835\udc4e\ud835\udc59\ud835\udc5c\ud835\udc5b\ud835\udc56-\ud835\udc56\ud835\udc61\ud835\udc51._TP-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.aluo.uni-lj.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\ud835\udc35\ud835\udc4e\ud835\udc59\ud835\udc5c\ud835\udc5b\ud835\udc56-\ud835\udc56\ud835\udc61\ud835\udc51._TP-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.aluo.uni-lj.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\ud835\udc35\ud835\udc4e\ud835\udc59\ud835\udc5c\ud835\udc5b\ud835\udc56-\ud835\udc56\ud835\udc61\ud835\udc51._TP-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.aluo.uni-lj.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\ud835\udc35\ud835\udc4e\ud835\udc59\ud835\udc5c\ud835\udc5b\ud835\udc56-\ud835\udc56\ud835\udc61\ud835\udc51._TP-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.aluo.uni-lj.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\ud835\udc35\ud835\udc4e\ud835\udc59\ud835\udc5c\ud835\udc5b\ud835\udc56-\ud835\udc56\ud835\udc61\ud835\udc51._TP.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 639px) 98vw, (max-width: 1199px) 64vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Balloons etc.<\/em>\u00a0is a lecture that presents a research narrative following the construction of computer-generated images. Departing from a balloon, the lecture unfolds through inflated objects, blown-up JPEG images, projected textures and expanded expectations, while questioning the synthetic image\u2019s depiction of the world. The lecture draws from technical sources, popular culture and art history to puncture the promise of synthetic imagery to represent the world wholesale.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aksioma.org\/becomingimage\/participants\/simone-c-niquille\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Simone C Niquille<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>is a designer and researcher whose work investigates how computation functions as a contemporary optical system. Working with vision technologies such as computer vision, 3D animation, computational photography, and synthetic training datasets, their practice examines how images no longer simply represent the world but actively organise perception, legibility, and reality itself.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>WORKSHOP<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Simone C Niquille: <a href=\"https:\/\/aksioma.org\/becomingimage\/workshops\/wawla\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WAWLA (What Are We Looking At)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, 13 May 2026, 17.00\u201320.00<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>UL ALUO, Video, Animation and New Media, Toba\u010dna 5, Ljubljana<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27082 size-fp-small\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aluo.uni-lj.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WAWLA_TP-640x427.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aluo.uni-lj.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WAWLA_TP-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.aluo.uni-lj.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WAWLA_TP-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.aluo.uni-lj.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WAWLA_TP-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.aluo.uni-lj.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WAWLA_TP-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.aluo.uni-lj.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WAWLA_TP-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.aluo.uni-lj.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WAWLA_TP.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 639px) 98vw, (max-width: 1199px) 64vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>WAWLA (What Are We Looking At)<\/em> is a workshop led by <strong>Simone C Niquille<\/strong> that dives into the world of computer vision, image training datasets and the invisible human labour that makes machines see. We will get familiar with the workflow of creating a computer vision model and the steps behind assembling and preparing an image training dataset while specifically focusing on image segmentation. Segmentation is crucial for computer vision as it \u201cpoints out\u201d the parts of an image that are of value to the system. At this stage of image processing, an image is visually separated into areas of information. By outlining an object of interest (a road sign, a deer, a face) or filling in a region of particular focus (the road, the tree, shadows), these marked segments ultimately inform the computer vision model\u2019s way of perceiving the world. What is and isn\u2019t segmented depends on various factors, from the technology\u2019s future application to cultural context, image resolution, operation language, subjective perception, and might differ from our own way of reading an image.<\/p>\n<p>During the workshop, participants will get introduced to different examples of image training datasets and the workflow of processing visual data through image segmentation tasks while being faced with the ethical, philosophical and political challenges of teaching systematic vision and deciding \u201cwhat is important to see\u201d. This workshop is deliberately non-technical. We will be working with paper and markers for accessibility and to make tangible the labour and compromises involved in creating technology that otherwise is obscured by innovation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Duration:<\/strong>\u00a03h<br \/>\nNo prior knowledge required.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Related events:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>SCREENING (part of the V-F-X Festival)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/aksioma.org\/becomingimage\/screenings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Becoming image screening<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, 12 May 2026, 17.00\u201318.30<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Slovenian Cinemateque, Miklo\u0161i\u010deva 28, Ljubljana<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>EXHIBITION<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Simone C Niquille: <a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/aksioma.org\/becomingimage\/exhibitions\/duckrabbit-tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">duckrabbit.tv<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>12 May\u201312 June (Opening: 12 May at 19.00)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Aksioma | Project Space, Komenskega 18, Ljubljana<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Artistic director: Janez Fakin Jan\u0161a<br \/>\nHead of production: Marcela Okreti\u010d<br \/>\nProduction assistant: Ema Maznik Anti\u0107<br \/>\nPromotion and social media management: Ne\u017ea Bukovec, Dominika Ma\u0161a Kozar, Sara Vatovec<br \/>\nWeb developer: Igor Kova\u010di\u0107<br \/>\nVisual identity: Federico Antonini<br \/>\nBumper: Lara Reichmann (video), Ga\u0161per Torkar (music)<\/p>\n<p>Coordination at Kino \u0160i\u0161ka: Jasna Jernej\u0161ek<br \/>\nTechnicians: Valter Udovi\u010di\u0107, Matej Marin\u010dek, Matev\u017e Fti\u010dar<\/p>\n<p><strong>Organised and produced by:<\/strong><br \/>\nAksioma \u2013 Institute for Contemporary Art, Ljubljana, 2026<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-173\" 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