This summer school approaches AI not only as a technology, but as a structure of power—one that captures, models, predicts, and shapes human behaviour.
Here, you will experiment with modularity as a thinking system and a way to model how contemporary power operates and how it might be resisted.
Over this week, you will:
- Develop new tactics of invisibility and resistance.
- Explore how to become unpredictable, unclassifiable, or unlearnable.
- Translate ideas into diagrams, texts, sounds, and speculative systems.
- Design cognitive machines and conceptual interventions.
The summer school is not about coding or technical mastery. It is about creative thinking. No prior technical knowledge is required.
Dates
June 15-19, 2026
Location
Castello del Valentino, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Participants
We welcome applications from students with a background in design, architecture, computer science, artistic practices or related fields (Master students, PhD, or equivalent) and an interest in AI, speculative design, or the interaction with technologies in socio-technical systems.
2 CFUs will be awarded to participants.
How to apply
Please fill in the form available at https://forms.gle/YYjMLWgstiVo6gji9 by May 29, 2026.
Selected candidates will be notified on June 6, 2026.
Participation Fee
50 € to cover materials and meals.
We will reserve 10% of the available spots free of charge to increase the participation for people currently facing financial difficulties.
Organizing Team
- Vladan Joler, Artist and Professor, New Media Department, Academy of Arts - Novi Sad
- Maria Luce Lupetti, Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture and Design, PoliTo
- Alessandro Ianniello, Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture and Design, PoliTo
- Elena Falomo, PhD Candidate, Department of Architecture and Design, PoliTo
with support of the POEL team.