ABOUT THE FESTIVAL

On May 1-3, 2025, AIxDESIGN Festival: On Slow AI transformed Loods6, in Amsterdam, into a playground for rethinking AI beyond mainstream tech-driven views.

Imagine a cosy space for deconstructing mainstream AI stories, dreaming up new ones, and figuring out how to make them real.

The 3-day festival was a fever dream of interactive talks, hands-on workshops, a playful art exhibition, and a film screening.

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SPEAKERS + ARTISTS

We're grateful to have gathered the smartest, warmest, fuzziest bunch of (y)our favorite AI researchers and artists in the field to reflect, question, and reimagine what AI means for the rest of us:

Abdelrahman Hassan / Anna Rose Kerr / Anne Fehres / Caroline Sinders / Clarote / Computational Mama / Cristóbal Ascencio / Dominika Čupková / Emma Crabtree / Eryk Salvaggio / Fabian Mosele / Gaston Welisch / Gijs de Boer / Gustavo Nogueira de Menezes / Hanna Barakat / internet teapot / Janet Turra / Janire Goikoetxea / Jazmin Morris / Judith Veenkamp / Justin Pickard / Leo Scarin / Lex Fefegha / Luke Conroy / Maria Costa Graell / Marbles the Cat / Matt Webb / Moises Ramirez / Nadia Nadesan / Natalia Stanusch / Ola Bonati / Paulina Casas / Sophie Nadel / Soyun Park / Thiago Britto / Valeria Castillo / Vera van der Burg / Vytas Jankauskas / Zeina Saleem.

Thank you all for being part of this wild and beautiful ride!

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THE DREAM TEAM

These are the brains and bodies that made the festival happen and made our wildest dreams manifest:

Nadia Piet (Creative Lead)

Ploipailin Flynn (Operations Lead)

Sofia Vieira (Production Lead)

Ana Marques (Design Lead)

Studio Gerritsen/Bart (Spatial Design Lead)

Elena Zaghis (Live Content Lead)

Dominika Čupková (Social Media Support)

April Chu (Visual Identity)

& the incredible team of volunteers!

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AFTER CARE + DOCUMENTATION

Still curious about the lineup? Sad you missed the festival? Or want to revisit that session you loved?

You can still explore the full lineup, timetable, program, and session details from all three days of the AIxDESIGN Festival: On Slow AI 2025.

COMING SOON → Session recordings + materials, pictures, highlight reels, and a Slow AI zine created at the festival with internet teapot.

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MADE POSSIBLE BY

🎪 AIxDESIGN Festival: On Slow AI wouldn’t have been possible without the support of Stimuleringsfonds Creative Industries, Elisava School of Design and Engineering, The Netherland-American Foundation, Institute of Sound & Vision, het Cultuurfonds, Jagt Zwolsman Fonds, Loods6, and our lovely Community Supporters.

Did you have a beautiful time at the festival? Or got value out of it one way or another? Consider becoming a 🥐 AIxDESIGN Community Supporter yourself (for as little as €5 / month) to help us keep the lights on & make more future work possible!