Data in Artistic Practice: Errors, Glitches, and Consequences

Join us for an online Data in Artistic Practice: Errors, Glitches, and Consequences talk on September 10, 2025, at 19:00 Kyiv time / 18:00 CET, featuring a discussion with the collectives RYBN.ORG and Sfera, as well as Ukrainian lawyer and researcher Artem Taranowski.

As digital algorithms grow in complexity, they begin to mimic human behavior—including the capacity for error. The Sfera collective, in developing their latest project, has been exploring the fascinating theme of mistakes and their unexpected consequences. For this event, they've invited their expert mentors from RYBN and Ukrainian lawyer and researcher Artem Taranowski to explore the unexpected outcomes of artistic practices. Together, they'll discuss the advantages and disadvantages of these creative errors and the ethical considerations that surround them.

About the Participants

RYBN.ORG (1999) is a Paris- and Marseille-based artist collective that investigates the complex interplay between technology and economics. Their work explores topics ranging from high-frequency trading and market algorithms to digital labor and intellectual property.

Sfera is a research-driven collective composed of Sylvia Rybak, Marco Winter, and Ula Sowa Przybylska. Their work, which spans digital art, media theory, and immersive production, critically examines social and economic structures, speculative aesthetics, and technological mediation.

Artem Taranowski is a practicing lawyer and Computer Science-data-AI enthusiast turned researcher. Works at intersection of law, science, and technology, occasionally venturing into the realm of art. Focuses on rethinking of how we live our lives and do what we do in the realms of AI. Believes that the future is not set—there is no fate but what we make for ourselves, suspecting that in an insane world AI may well be the sanest choice.

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This event is part of DATAS (2025-26), an assembly dedicated to amplifying the voices of Central and Eastern Europe and the Southern Caucasus, reflecting on the relationship between the self, technology, and power. Produced in partnership with Goethe-Institut (Germany), Izolyatsia (Ukraine), MeetFactory (Czech Republic), Projekt Atol (Slovenia) and Tallinn Art Hall (Estonia).

Co-funded by the European Union as part of the Creative Europe framework and the New Democracy Fund / Danish Cultural Institute. Views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or EACEA.