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Špela Petrič is a Slovenian new media artist with a background in the natural sciences. Her artistic practice combines biomedia practices and performativity to enact strange relations between bodies that reveal the underpinnings of our (bio)technological societies and to propose alternatives.
Špela exhibits internationally and has received several awards, such as the White Aphroid (Slovenia), the Bioart and Design Award (Netherlands), and an Award of Distinction at Prix Ars Electronica (Austria).

Špela Petrič

How is advanced automation implemented in two seemingly disparate domains &#8211; agriculture and healthcare &#8211; that nevertheless share a common impetus, to care for bodies ?
Špela shares strategies of gaining access and communal knowledge production to better understand the hidden underbelly of our societies, no less political than what screams from our screens.

AI as Infrastructure, Automation as Care

La Bourse - Rops

Graduated in Elisava Barcelona, Superior School of Design &amp; Engineering, his works are focused on digital art and interactive installations.
He has been involved in numerous collaborations with a diverse range of artists, independent studios, and global corporations, working in areas such as web development, digital art, and scenography.
His one man studio specializes in consulting, designing, producing, and crafting projects that cover a wide array of subjects, including Machine Learning, UI/UX web experiences, stage lighting, data visualization, human-computer interaction, computer vision, augmented reality, and graphic design.
He is also currently an artist-in-residence at the Google Arts &amp; Culture Lab.

Martial Geoffre-Rouland

This session by Screen-Club design studio explores the co-creative journey between artists and technologists. 
Highlighting artistic collaborations, the talk examines both the creative vision and technical expertise that contribute to these projects. 
By featuring selected works, the discussion aims to spotlight the collaborative processes and know-how that bring these digital artworks to life.

Design, Engineering & Art : A Cycle of Creative and Technical Synergy

Delta

Valentina Peri is an independent curator, artist and author based in Paris.
Her work examines the role of technology in contemporary culture, with a focus on love and intimacy in the digital age, media histories and technologies in the anthropocene. She has curated exhibitions, published writing and given lectures on a broad range of topics in these areas.
Her traveling exhibition Data Dating about love in the Internet age has been presented in Paris, Tel Aviv, London, Brussels, Geneva and Brescia. In the context of this exhibition, she co-edited an essay collection published by Intellect : Data Dating. Love, Technology, Desire (2021).
In 2022, she started researching the phenomenon of Internet romance scams in West Africa, and published the book The New Romance Scammer’s Instructor, a collection of original messages from Ghanaian love scammers. She is currently working on a new book based on her research in Ivory Coast about &#8220;les brouteurs&#8221;, or love fraudsters.
She received a Fluxus Art Projects Grant in 2022 for her curatorial research on the history of dating : The Museum of Dating, presented in London in 2023. At this occasion, she wrote and directed the film Joan Ball. The Lady of Computer Dating.
Since 2021 she has collaborated as a curator with peer-to-space, an independent exhibition platform based in Berlin. From 2011-21, Valentina was associate director and curator at Galerie Charlot Paris – Tel Aviv, a contemporary art gallery focusing on new media art. Valentina Peri is also a co-founder of SALOON Paris, an international and diverse network of women identifying art professionals, part of the SALOON Network.

Valentina Peri

The conference Love, Lies and Romance Scam delves into the intriguing world of online dating and the realm of romance scams. Independent curator, artist, and author, Valentina Peri, will guide us through an exploration of love, intimacy, and deception in the digital age.
Valentina Peri has dedicated her career to examining the role of technology in contemporary culture, with a particular focus on love and intimacy in the digital age. Her thought-provoking traveling exhibition, Data Dating, showcases the profound impact of technology on romantic relationships. By challenging our perceptions of love, desire, and connection in the era of online dating and virtual interactions, Valentina offers fresh insights into the complex dynamics of modern romance.
In 2022, Valentina embarked on a groundbreaking research project centered around the phenomenon of Internet romance scams in West Africa. These scams, also known as online dating scams, involve individuals being tricked into believing they are in a romantic relationship with someone they met online. In reality, their supposed partner is a swindler using a fake identity to gain their trust and ultimately ask money from them. 
Valentina&#8217;s discoveries and firsthand experiences in Ghana are chronicled in her thought-provoking book, The New Romance Scammer&#8217;s Instructor, published in 2022. This insightful publication presents a collection of original messages from Ghanaian love scammers, shedding light on their deceptive practices. Valentina&#8217;s main focus is on exploring contemporary love language through digital tools and creating a bridge with the tradition of love letter-writing manuals from the 18th and 19th centuries. These manuals, known as The Lover’s Instructor in the UK, Secrétarie Galant in France, and Segretario Galante in Italy, offered guidance on composing love letters, providing examples, templates, and tips for lovers lacking linguistic prowess or imagination.
Continuing her research in 2023, Valentina ventured into Ivory Coast, a French-speaking country, where she collected romantic texts used by &#8220;les brouteurs&#8221; (scammers in Ivorian French) of the capital Abidjan and conducted interviews with a group of these romance fraudsters. 
She is currently working on a new book, resulting from the results gained during this fieldwork.
Valentina Peri&#8217;s expertise and firsthand research will provide unique insights into the fascinating realms of the complexities of love, deceit, and the digital landscape in the context of online dating.