Tag: creative practice

We are delighted to announce that Felix Loftus will be joining Sus AI Futures as a recepient of one of our artist mini-residencies.

Felix Loftus is engaged in action-research centering around contemporary relationships to the land and commoning practices, with a particular focus on how digital and network technologies can contribute to contemporary commons. His practice involves creative computing and digital fabrication with a focus on embedded electronics, permacomputing, and network commons. He works as the Specialist Technician for Web and Creative Code at Central Saint Martins and as a freelance artist and technologist. He is currently contributing to discourse on permacomputing through the London Permacomputing Club and the international community of practice.

Felix’s project will explore the possibility of locally self-hosting LLMs on upcycled devices to support the ecological stewarding of an urban green space. Stay tuned for more!

We are so excited to welcome Jazmin Morris and Shruthi Venkat to the Sus AI Futures project as recipients of our mini-residencies. Watch this space for news of their projects as they develop! Jazmin and Shruthi join Yasmine Boudiaf, and we hope to be able to announce our fourth artist imminently.

Jazmin Morris is a freelance Creative Computing Artist and Educator. She uses open-source tools to create digital experiences that approach social-political issues; with a specific focus on the complexities of simulating culture and identity in cyberspace. Jazmin is a former academic and an associate lecturer at University of the Arts London. She dedicates a considerable portion of her practice to education, fostering critical creative questioning around computation and design. Jazmin still fantasises over web.1 and Super Mario 64.

Shruthi Venkat is a designer, researcher, and futurist working at the intersection of emerging technologies and society. Venkat’s work translates complex systems — like AI and quantum computing — into tangible, human-centered experiences that invite critical reflection and dialogue. With roots in art and a background in industrial design, Shruthi has always been drawn to the emotional and narrative potential of artifacts. Past projects span tangible data visualizations, speculative prototypes, and participatory workshops that explore how we shape technology and it shapes us.

We are thrilled to announce our first artist-in-residence, Yasmine Boudiaf. Yasmine is an Algerian creative technologist and researcher based in London. She is a research fellow at UAL’s Creative Computing Institute, a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and previously at the Ada Lovelace Institute. She was recognised as one of ‘100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics 2022’. Her projects interrogate the impact of new technologies on cultural life using anti-colonial approaches.

Yasmine’s project will sit at the intersection of generative AI, intangible heritage, and decolonial practice. It responds to the urgent need to rethink AI infrastructures that rely on extractive data practices, high carbon footprints, and cultural appropriation. The residency will investigate technical pipelines, participatory design and techno-rituals.