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XR and AI for Berlin’s Independent Art and Cultural Scene
IUNO offers EU-funded services in the fields of extended reality (XR) and artificial intelligence (AI). The main group is Berlin’s independent creative professionals. Workshops, artistic fellowships, and events strengthen future-oriented skills, foster exchange and connection. Together with artistic fellows, IUNO contributes to the social discourse on AI with interactive XR experiences.
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Warm thank-you to all participants!Networking Event on 19.06.2026 about Intelligent and Immersive Technologies in Art and Culture
Despite the heat, on 19 June 2026 we were joined by some fantastic guests from Berlin’s independent art and culture scene, who asked questions and sparked discussions. Outstanding speakers, workshop leaders and advisory specialists also contributed to a high-qualitative exchange of reflections and ideas.
We found the event to be a very enriching combination of sound theory and practice, of critical thinking and ideas for the future, and of ‘hands-on’ activities and theoretical reflection.
Jury Decision Open Call 2026
Warm invitation to Jinran Ha who convinced the jury with her intriguing XR project 𝙊𝙥𝙖𝙦𝙪𝙚 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙚 – 𝘼𝙡𝙜𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝙄𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙈𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚, which critiques the biased Westernized gaze and the erasion of marginalized narratives through AI technologies.
What happens when AI tries to visualize a non-white, female deity of care that has no fixed image? »Opaque Interface« investigates the structural biases of machine vision through the figure of Samsin Halmi, the Korean goddess of life and birth. By repurposing extended reality (XR) technology, the project constructs a spatialized resistance where digital entities withhold their transparent legibility as a visitor approaches. This project enacts Édouard Glissant’s »Right to Opacity«, transforming the XR experience into a speculative space of care that reclaims marginalized narratives from being captured by the algorithmic gaze.
Jinran Ha is a Berlin-based visual artist and interaction designer. Her research-driven practice spans installation, performance, and digital media, investigating structural exclusions within technological systems through the lenses of migrant feminism, decolonial solidarity, and techno-mythological inquiry. Recent projects engage generative AI, archival research, and spatial interaction as tools for critical artistic practice. She is currently a board member of District * School without Center, a queer feminist art and cultural association in Berlin.