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DIZH bridge professorship
University of Zurich
Zurich University of the Arts
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It took some time, but now my essay «Images from Images: Generative AI and the Reconfiguration of the ‹Photographic›» is finally out in open access, as part of the latest issue of «Photography & Culture» www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Images from Images Generative AI and the Reconfiguration of the ‘Photographic’
AI image generators such as Midjourney, Dall-E or Stable Diffusion are able to perfectly simulate the appearance of photographic images, but they are no longer part of the history of optical media....
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November 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Ich freu mich sehr, dass ich im Zuge dieser wunderbaren Ringvorlesung am 27. November über Rechtsextremismus und Gaming sprechen darf. Also wenn ihr in Zürich seid, kommt doch vorbei!
Es geht weiter in der UZH-Ringvorlesung «Die globale Rechte»: Heute in einer Woche, ausnahmsweise an einem Donnerstag um 18:15h, wird meine grossartige Kollegin @kathrintrattner.bsky.social über «Rechtsextremismus und Gaming» sprechen – freue mich darauf und bin schon sehr gespannt!
Kathrin Trattner: «Rechtsextremismus und Gaming: Eine Feldskizze» - digital cultures and arts
Veranstaltungsort: Hörsaal KOL-H-312, Rämistrasse 71, 8001 Zürich Im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung «Kulturanalyse jetzt!» wird Kathrin Trattner am 27. November 2025 von 18:15 bis 20:00 zu Rechtsextremismus...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Es geht weiter in der UZH-Ringvorlesung «Die globale Rechte»: Heute in einer Woche, ausnahmsweise an einem Donnerstag um 18:15h, wird meine grossartige Kollegin @kathrintrattner.bsky.social über «Rechtsextremismus und Gaming» sprechen – freue mich darauf und bin schon sehr gespannt!
Kathrin Trattner: «Rechtsextremismus und Gaming: Eine Feldskizze» - digital cultures and arts
Veranstaltungsort: Hörsaal KOL-H-312, Rämistrasse 71, 8001 Zürich Im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung «Kulturanalyse jetzt!» wird Kathrin Trattner am 27. November 2025 von 18:15 bis 20:00 zu Rechtsextremismus...
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November 20, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Save the date: I am very excited to be part of this roundtable with some amazing colleagues — on February 16 at HU Berlin, Matteo Pasquinelli, @annanosthoff.bsky.social, @rainermuehlhoff.bsky.social and yours truly will discuss our perspectives on the «Critique of AI», moderated by Jacob Blumenfeld
Critique of AI - KTB
with Matteo Pasquinelli (Ca’ Foscari University Venice), Anna-Verena Nosthoff (Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg), Roland Meyer (University of Zurich), Rainer Mulhoff (University of Osnabrück...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Save the date: «Dis/playing Museums – Designing the Digital,» a panel discussion on December 11, accompanying the highly recommended exhibition «Museum of the Future» at the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, with Sarah Kenderdine, Alice Hertzog, Paquita Hoeck, and yours truly. Looking forward!
Dis/playing Museums - Designing the Digital | Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Willkommen im führenden Museum für Design und visuelle Kommunikation der Schweiz – an zwei Standorten in Zürich.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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«KI ist kein Fenster in die Vergangenheit, sondern rekombiniert bloß die Bilder, die wir uns bereits von der Vergangenheit gemacht haben – und die sind häufig voller Lücken, Fehler und Verzerrungen.» Mit Lena Dillenburg von «SPIEGEL Geschichte» durfte ich über pseudohistorischen #AISlop reden
(S+) KI-generierte Filme mit historischen Persönlichkeiten: Stalin klaut Pommes bei McDonald’s
Seit OpenAI die Video-KI Sora 2 veröffentlicht hat, fluten Clips mit »historischen« Figuren in absurden Situationen TikTok, Instagram und YouTube. Medienforscher Roland Meyer erklärt, warum das gefähr...
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November 15, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Heute in einer Woche an der Uni Zürich – bin schon sehr gespannt und freue mich auf Mortens Vorlesung zu «Faschismustheorie und Gesellschaftskritik»!
Kommenden Montag probiere ich in der Ringvorlesung Kulturanalyse jetzt! (moderiert von @bildoperationen.bsky.social) aus, ob der histor. Blick nicht auf den Faschismus sondern auf das Nachdenken über den Faschismus hilfreich für die Gegenwartsanalyse ist – ich freue mich auf die Diskussionen.
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Save the Date: «Links abbiegen II: Auswege aus dem Techkapitalismus», am 2. Dezember im Neubad Luzern, mit Maia Arson Crimew, Rahel Estermann und yours truly, moderiert von @ralbisser.bsky.social von der @woz.ch.
Freue mich sehr darauf!
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Links abbiegen II: Auswege aus dem Techkapitalismus
Wenn etwas wirklich neu ist an den autoritären Entwicklungen, dann sind es die digitale Propaganda und ihre Förderung durch die Techkonzerne aus dem Silicon Valley.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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Jetzt erschienen: «Plattformrealismus. Eine Ästhetik des Generischen». In: Bruhn, Matthias und Weinstock, Katharina (Hrsg.): Generativität. Begriffe des digitalen Bildes, Bd. 6 epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de/126478/
Plattformrealismus
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October 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Ich habe für @republik.ch über Kirk geschrieben, die posthume Verzerrung seines politischen Projekts und seine entstehende Hagiographie. Mit Einordnungen von @bildoperationen.bsky.social zur Bildsprache von KI-produziertem Märtyrer-Content, @antheabutler.bsky.social und @bradleyonishi.bsky.social.
Charlie Kirk: Der «Märtyrer», der die Rache befeuert
In den USA wird der christliche Nationalismus zu einem Kampf­mittel gegen die Opposition.
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October 14, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Das war ein tolles Panel auf einer grossartigen Tagung – ganz herzlichen Dank an @annanosthoff.bsky.social & @fmaschewski.bsky.social für die Einladung & ein special shout out an @adriandaub.bsky.social, der sich in bewundernswerter Wachheit aus der tiefsten kalifornischen Nacht zugeschaltet hat
Ich freue mich sehr auf die Gegen/Moderne-Konferenz im Oktober @unibas.ch. In unserem (m. @fmaschewski.bsky.social) Panel mit @bildoperationen.bsky.social & @adriandaub.bsky.social wird es u.a. um Technikfaschismus und rechte Meme-Politik gehen. Anmeldungen: bis zum 28.9. gegenmoderne.unibas.ch/de/
October 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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I am still processing the many impressions, insights and ideas that emerged from our conference. Many heartfelt thanks to all the speakers for their inspiring contributions and the intensive discussion—it was great to welcome you all to Zurich, and I hope we'll be able to continue the conversation!
From 02–04 October 2025, our conference «React & Respond. Image Cultures under Platform Capitalism» will take place in Zurich.

Across three locations and with contributions by scholars and artists, the conference will analyze today's economies of networked image cultures.

Program & Registration:
International Conference: «React & Respond. Image Cultures under Platform Capitalism»
Bringing together scholars and artists from a range of fields and backgrounds, the international conference «React & Respond» aims to map and analyze these contemporary economies of networked image cu...
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October 6, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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From 02–04 October 2025, our conference «React & Respond. Image Cultures under Platform Capitalism» will take place in Zurich.

Across three locations and with contributions by scholars and artists, the conference will analyze today's economies of networked image cultures.

Program & Registration:
International Conference: «React & Respond. Image Cultures under Platform Capitalism»
Bringing together scholars and artists from a range of fields and backgrounds, the international conference «React & Respond» aims to map and analyze these contemporary economies of networked image cu...
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September 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Save the Date! So excited to announce our first conference of @digitalculturesandarts.ch, in collaboration with Kino Xenix, Fotomuseum Winterthur & @zkk-zurich.bsky.social - join us in Zurich in October!
From 02–04 October 2025, our conference «React & Respond. Image Cultures under Platform Capitalism» will take place in Zurich.

Across three locations and with contributions by scholars and artists, the conference will analyze today's economies of networked image cultures.

Program & Registration:
International Conference: «React & Respond. Image Cultures under Platform Capitalism»
Bringing together scholars and artists from a range of fields and backgrounds, the international conference «React & Respond» aims to map and analyze these contemporary economies of networked image cu...
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September 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Looking forward to this first conference by @digitalculturesandarts.ch! Please join us in Zurich at the beginning of October -->
From 02–04 October 2025, our conference «React & Respond. Image Cultures under Platform Capitalism» will take place in Zurich.

Across three locations and with contributions by scholars and artists, the conference will analyze today's economies of networked image cultures.

Program & Registration:
International Conference: «React & Respond. Image Cultures under Platform Capitalism»
Bringing together scholars and artists from a range of fields and backgrounds, the international conference «React & Respond» aims to map and analyze these contemporary economies of networked image cu...
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September 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
From 02–04 October 2025, our conference «React & Respond. Image Cultures under Platform Capitalism» will take place in Zurich.

Across three locations and with contributions by scholars and artists, the conference will analyze today's economies of networked image cultures.

Program & Registration:
International Conference: «React & Respond. Image Cultures under Platform Capitalism»
Bringing together scholars and artists from a range of fields and backgrounds, the international conference «React & Respond» aims to map and analyze these contemporary economies of networked image cu...
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September 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Attractive job offer at the University of Zurich:

Lecturer Teaching position in Digital Methods for the Study of Visual Cultural Data, 100%, permanent position

Please share widely!

#DigitalHumanitie #JobAlert

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UZH: Lecturer Teaching
The Art History Department (Program Directorate) in collaboration of the departments of Film Studies, Archaeology, Media and Communication, and Educational Sciences of the University of Zurich is seek...
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July 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Looking very much forward to collaborating with my dear colleague @kathrintrattner.bsky.social on our joint research project «Synthetic Realities.»
Welcome to Zurich, dear Kathrin!
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Very happy to announce that next week, I'll be joining the University of Zürich as part of the URPP Digital Religion(s), working on the project "Synthetic Realities. Generative AI and Digital Visual Literacy" alongside @bildoperationen.bsky.social. Exciting!!
July 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Warum KI-Bilder nicht harmlos sind: In der neuen Folge von Schampar Digital sprechen wir mit @bildoperationen.bsky.social über die politischen, gesellschaftlichen & ethischen Spannungsfelder rund um KI-Bilder.

🎧 Ganze Folge anhören www.dizh.uzh.ch/2025/06/30/w...
und überall, wo es Podcasts gibt.
June 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Save the Date: «Scanning/Capturing», the first workshop in our series «Exploring and Designing Virtual Collections», a collaboration between @sfb1567.bsky.social, DSM Bremerhaven and @digitalculturesandarts.ch

July 7/8 at Ruhr University Bochum

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Work together: Scanning / Capturing. Exploring and Designing Virtual Collections (7./8.07.2025) – With Amandine Colson, Klaus Eickel, Nicola Lercari, Dominik Schrey, Bernhard Schurian, Roberta Flora S...
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June 12, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Save the date: On June 26, I'll be at the CHCI Annual Meeting in Berlin. Together with Wendy Chun @whkchun.bsky.social, Alberto Toscano @alfatau.bsky.social, Zahid R. Chaudhary @zahidrc.bsky.social & Paul Feigelfeld we'll discuss «Techno-Fascism and Democracy».

Very much looking forward to it!
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June 11, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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Come along tonight - to this evening with Antonio Somaini about AI, visual culture and "latent spaces".
In collaboration with @digitalculturesandarts.ch and the film department at the University of Zurich!
We are looking forward to an exciting evening with Antonio Somaini at Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich, where he will present «A Theory of Latent Spaces» on the 2nd of June at 7pm! The event is organized in cooperation with the @zkk-zurich.bsky.social and the Department of Film Studies (UZH)
Antonio Somaini: «AI and Visual Culture: A Theory of Latent Spaces» | ZHdK.ch
Vortrag / Vorlesung | 02.06.2025, 19:00 | Cabaret Voltaire, Spiegelgasse 1, 8001 Zurich
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June 2, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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We had a wonderful evening yesterday with @profgillian.bsky.social discussing smart cities, digital twins and the false promises of tech solutionism. Thank you so much, dear Gillian, for coming to Zurich and sharing so generously your research, insights and perspectives with us!
The city of Zurich has become a center for the digital platform economy. But what visions of urban life are embedded in the promises offered by tech companies? @profgillian.bsky.social will speak with @bildoperationen.bsky.social at ZKK Talk #3: May 20th, 6:15 PM, Cabaret Voltaire!
May 21, 2025 at 5:42 AM
We are looking forward to an exciting evening with Antonio Somaini at Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich, where he will present «A Theory of Latent Spaces» on the 2nd of June at 7pm! The event is organized in cooperation with the @zkk-zurich.bsky.social and the Department of Film Studies (UZH)
Antonio Somaini: «AI and Visual Culture: A Theory of Latent Spaces» | ZHdK.ch
Vortrag / Vorlesung | 02.06.2025, 19:00 | Cabaret Voltaire, Spiegelgasse 1, 8001 Zurich
www.zhdk.ch
May 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM