News on Patrícia J. Reis — Media & Installation Artist

Hacking the Body as a Black Box: From the Odalisque to Sexbots and Beyond

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Presented in the context of The Artistic Research Lecture Series — PhD in Practice programme.

Venue: UMAK (Universität Mozarteum am Kurgarten)
Schwarzstraße 36
Seminar Room 2.18

How can we reclaim the body in a landscape increasingly contaminated by AI hype? Can technology still become an ally in bringing us back in touch with each other and ourselves, beyond predictability and disembodied interaction? From the Orientalist fantasies embodied by the Odalisque to contemporary AI-driven sexbots, this lecture traces how colonial and patriarchal imaginaries continue to shape representations of the female body through what I refer to as probabilistic intimacy: systems that simulate desire, consent, and care through prediction rather than embodied experience. Grounded in extractivism, invisible labour, embedded biases, surveillance, and governance, these representations increasingly affect perception, intimacy, agency, and consent while reducing experience to probabilistic simulation. In response, I propose the body as a “black box”—both an artistic strategy and a critical lens—working with its indeterminacy to reclaim embodied perception and situated experience.

Tactile Intelligence: Rethinking Consent through Embodied AI Prototyping

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

MZ* Baltazar’s Lab Jägerstraße 52-56 1200 Wien

This hands-on workshop explores the ethical, emotional, and sensory dimensions of AI-driven human-machine interaction by approaching the body as a “black box”—both as an artistic strategy and as a critical lens through which to examine how interactive technologies, and AI in particular, engage with bodies. Rather than prioritising control, prediction, and optimisation, it focuses on intimate, situated experience while questioning how bodies are shaped, abstracted, and often excluded and discriminated against within these technological paradigms.

Hardware and Eco-Feminist Art

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Patrícia J. Reis / Stefanie Wuschitz Hacking and Artistic Practices Towards Ethical Technology Link for free PDF download

Performing Critique with Lisa Großkopf, Patrícia J. Reis, and Mehrta Shirzadian

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Moderated by Nadine Khalil (curator-in-residence) philomena+ Heinestraße 40, 1020 Vienna Artist Talk: Performing Critique, led by independent critic and curator Nadine Khalil, currently in residence at PART, brings together Vienna-based artists Lisa Großkopf, Patrícia J. Reis and Mehrta Shirzadian to consider how they use performance to examine the systems that place demands on their labour and artistic production. Their practices interrogate the pressures of self-optimisation and marketability in the art world, the technological amplification of sensory perception and bodily capacities, and microbial processes that act as agents within the body. Together, these practices examine how neoliberal and institutional infrastructures shape what bodies can do and how they are valued. They ask how human, technological and microscopic bodies are regulated and controlled within systems of power, and how performance can reconfigure these hierarchies through humour, slowing down or performing otherwise.

Hardware and Eco-Feminist Art:

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Hacking and Artistic Practices Towards Ethical Technology An event organised by Patrícia J. Reis and Stefanie Wuschitz in cooperation with Mz* Baltazar’s Laboratory.

Jägerstraße 52-54 1200 Wien

Secession Tuesdays

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Curated by Maximilian Lehner Friedrichstraße 12 1010 Wien

Ecofeminism across Materials, Bodies, and Systems in Post-digital times

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

[Inter]ACT! Forum 2026 Burg Wildegg, Vienna

Praxeologie der Digitalität: Interdisziplinäres Symposium zum künstlerischen Arbeiten im Zeitalter digitaler Reproduzierbarkeit

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Eine Kooperation zwischen den Abteilungen Expanded Museum Studies, Kulturwissenschaften, Geometrie sowie Kunstsammlung und Archiv

Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien Seminarraum 6 Oskar Kokoschka-Platz 2, 1010 Wien

12.06.2026, 13.06.2026

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

trans.* Festival Klangturm St. Pölten Kuratorin:

Elisabeth Schimana In Kooperation mit dem Festival StadtLandFluss und dem Fest/Spiel/Haus St. Pölten

Hacking the Body as a Black Box: AI and Embodied Experience

Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Intermediartes: Conference on Media, Arts and Interaction School of Media Arts and Design Auditorium Luis Soares Politécnico do Porto R. Dom Sancho I 1, Porto, Portugal How can we reclaim the body in a landscape increasingly contaminated by AI hype? Can technology still become an ally in bringing us back in touch with each other and ourselves, beyond predictability and disembodied interaction? How can we create interfaces that bring the body back to the centre of experience?

Clareiras (Clearings)

Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Clareiras (Clearings) Technologies as Clearings: Ecofeminism between Materials, Bodies and Systems A PiSCiNA Rua Santa Catarina 132, 2nd floor Porto, Portugal Using the metaphor of clearings, this hybrid conversation reflects on the need to unravel the eco-socio-political complexity of contemporary technologies from an ecofeminist perspective. Working with the

ClayPCB

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

University of Amsterdam, natuurkamer, Waag Guest Lecture Eco-feminist decolonial hardware 30.3.2026, 17h Critical Infrastructure lab University of Amsterdam

Are You Human?

Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

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.

Finissage & Guided Tour —Sensorial Mechanismsat CSW ŁAŹNIA, Gdańsk

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

CSW ŁAŹNIA Jaskółcza 1 Street 80-767 Gdańsk, Poland The event includes a guided tour through the exhibition led by the artists and curator Jola Woszczenko, offering insights into the works and the research processes behind them — from sensory structures to material interfaces and embodied perception.

ŁAŹNIA Centre for Contemporary Art

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Exhibition Sensorial Mechanisms PATRÍCIA J. REIS AND DOROTA WALENTYNOWICZ Jaskółcza 1 Street 80-767 Gdańsk Poland Read review

Notes from the Digital Underground

Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Notes from the Digital Underground was a symposium by Khoj, conceptualised with Mila T. Samdub, held on 31 January and 1 February 2026 at the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan in New Delhi, India.

Suck my Code

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Exhibit Galerie Schillerplatz 3, 1010 Vienna Austria

Ecosystems

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Laura Coulson and Patrícia J. Reis Das LOT, Wien Absberggasse 31, 1100 Wien, Österreich Watch podcast

GALERIE LISI HÄMMERLE

Sun, 28 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Exhibition whatamess Lisi Hämmerle Anton-Schneider-Straße 4a 6900 Bregenz Austria Artists:

Bella Angora – Iris Andraschek – Thom Barth – Gottfried Bechtold – B. J. Blume – Christian Boltanski – Götz Bury – Carla Degentardt – Georg Dinstl – Ugo Dossi – Manfred Egender – Franz Ehmann – Christian Eisenberger – Tone Fink – G.R.A.M. – Mathias Garnitschnig – Hasso Gehrmann – Harald Gmeiner – Elsbeth Gisinger-Fessler – Rainer Ganahl – Monika Helfer – Edith Hofer – Eva Maria Joelli – Rudi Klein – Ulli Knall – Marina Koldobskaya – Michaela Konrad – Claudia Larcher – Paul Albert Leitner – Ulrike Lienbacher – Barbarella Maier – Sabine Marte – Albert Mayr – Georgij Melnikov – Flora Neuwirth – Leo Peschta – Carmen Pfanner – Franz Pichler – Paul Renner – David Reumüller – Ferdinand Ruef – Stoph Sauter – Liddy Scheffknecht – Patrícia J. Reis & Ruth Schnell – Elisabeth von Samsonow – Ruth Schnell – Kathrin Ströbl & Mohammed Laouli – Bianca Tschaikner – Maja Vukoje – Alexandra Wacker – Albert Weis – Amrei Wittwer

Machinic Metabolism

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Exhibition Lothringer 13 Halle Lothringer Str. 13 81667 München Germany

Communities of Communities: Austria’s Art–Tech Ecosystem Remix

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Innovation Stage, Aula der Wissenschaften, Wollzeile 27A, 1010 Wien CultTech Summit Curated and moderated by NODE Media Lab (Burcu Ozturkler and Ozan Turkkan) with Tamer Oslan, Daniela Weiss, Hans-Christian Hasselmann and Patricia J. Reis

PCB Clay

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

CCU studio Vlampijpstraat 84, 3534 AR Utrecht

Netherlands

TRACES OF CONTROL

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

PATRÍCIA J. REIS AND RUTH SCHNELL PARALLEL VIENNA Galerie Lisi Hämmerle Otto-Wagner-Areal, Baumgartnerhöhe 1, 1140 Vienna Austria

TRACES OF CONTROL

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

PATRÍCIA J. REIS AND RUTH SCHNELL Galerie Lisi Hämmerle Anton-Schneider-Straße 4a, 6900 Bregenz, Austria About the Exhibition: Traces of Control explores the hidden traces of artificial intelligence, focusing on the subtle yet pervasive forms of digital control inscribed into bodies, emotions, and social behaviours. These dynamics are sometimes visible—but more often they operate at the edges of perception. The exhibition presents ceramic objects, embroidered data visualisations, and media-based artefacts that critically engage with AI’s influence in sensitive domains such as autonomous weapon systems, neurotechnologies, and the simulation of pleasure and consent. Merging speculative design with real-world data, the works examine the complex, sensorial, and material entanglements between humans and machines.

25.6.2025 - 30.6.2025

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Exhibition Anti/Medea: Phantasms, Love, Deceptions Back to Athens Festival Isaia Mantion PATISION 65, Athens, Greece

6.5. to25.6.2025

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Exhibition The Unexpected: Enquiries on Human-AI Interaction Artists: Pamela Breda, Patricia Reis, Ruth Schnell AIL ::

Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab Opening:

06.5.2025, 18h Opening hours during exhibitions Mon–Fri, 11h - 18h Guided Tours: 20 May / 5 Jun, 17h Otto Wagner-Postsparkasse Georg-Coch-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna

Tactile Agency: Rethinking Consent through Embodied AI Prototyping

Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Workshop Semmelweisklinik Centre for Arts and Culture, Vienna Austria This hands-on workshop explores the ethical, emotional and sensory dimensions of AI-driven human-machine interaction. Participants will engage with simple AI models and DIY touch-responsive interfaces using Arduino and open-source machine learning tools to examine how consent, agency and embodiment can be both problematic and reimagined within technological systems. By building interactive prototypes and experimenting with real-time feedback, the workshop invites critical reflection on intimacy, power and the politics of touch in today’s technosphere. Beginners are also welcome; no prior experience is required.

Yasemin Engin, Patrícia J. Reis, Chucky Schuster, Maja Smrekar

Fri, 23 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Deep Skin Opening:

NODE Media Lab ORF Funkhaus, Studio A220, Argentinierstraße 30A, 1040 Vienna

“Deep Skin” invites viewers to explore the intimate relationship between physical form, psychological experience and the permeable boundaries between skin, body, human, and non-human. Through immersive, tactile, and multimedia installations, the works by Yasemin Engin, Patrícia J. Reis, Chucky Schuster, and Maja Smrekar open up new dimensions of bodily and emotional awareness. Each piece reflects on how physical surfaces and unseen forces shape identity, interaction, and connection.The exhibition features both emerging and established women artists, showcasing a diverse array of works, including AI-driven installations, interactive media, and video art. By bringing together talents from Vienna and beyond, we promote intercultural exchange that expands the boundaries of digital expression. This collaboration aims to inspire audiences to explore the evolving intersections of creativity and innovation.

Herstories of Feminist Hacking with Mz* Baltazar's Lab, Lale Rodgarkia-Dara, Patrícia J. Reis and Stefanie Wuschitz

Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Kunsthalle Wien within the framework of the exhibition “Radical Software: Women, Art & Computing 1960-1991 Kunsthalle Wien, Museumsquartier, Vienna

18.10. to19.10.2024

Sat, 19 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

INTRA-ACCION international Symposium

Barcelona, Spain

1.10.2024, 19h