Are You Human?

Notes from the Digital Underground

Goethe-Institut New Delhi, India Bringing together artists, scholars, and technologists, Notes from the Digital Underground convened critical conversations on bodies, machines, and publics to unpack the complexities of networked life in a digitally uneven India. Through shared inquiry and dialogue, the symposium reflects on the contradictions and possibilities of the digital present, while imagining ways of living—and working—otherwise.

Speakers:

Chris Salter, Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Nishant Shah, Maya Indira Ganesh, Micaela Mantegna, Aarti Sunder, Mila T Samdub, Padmini Ray Murray, Ritam Sengupta, Vladan Joler, Ali Akbar Mehta, Bishakha Datta, Escher Tsai, Shabani Hassanwalia, Snigdha Poonam, Aditi Surie, David Brazier, Shuddhabrata,, Sengupta, Tara Kelton, Yatharth, Dan McQuillan, José Antonio Magalhães, Patrícia J. Reis, Stefanie Wuschitz, Puneet Jain

Exhibition 30.1.2026 - 28.2.2026 Khoj Studios Khoj International Artists’ Association S-17, Khirkee Extension, New Delhi—110017 (Opposite Select Citywalk, near Sai Baba Mandir) In an age shaped by technology, Are You Human reflects on the impact of evolving technologies on the self, society, and the planet.

Bringing together works by artists from India and across the world, the exhibition explores how bodies become sites of data production and how interfaces encode bias, while also imagining new possibilities for a more inclusive and empathetic future.

Participating artists: Anisha Baid (India) Ben Andrews and Emma Roberts (Australia) Cyanne van den Houten (The Netherlands) Dimension Plus (Taiwan) Mochu (India) Nayantara Ranganathan and Manuel Beltrán (India) Patrícia J Reis and Stefanie Wuschitz (Portugal and Austria) Playfool and Tomo Kihara (United Kingdom and Japan) Simple Noodle Art (Taiwan) Swarna Manjari (India) Tactical Tech (Germany) Zein Majali (UK)