Sensing Quantum Symposium
A global move to quantum-led technologies is already underway. What fundamental questions does this raise?
Organisations around the world are racing to harness the potential of quantum technologies, with sectors including AI, computing and communications set to be transformed. LAS Art Foundation brings together experts in the field to address fundamental questions about the rise of quantum technologies and to explore the implications and possibilities they open up.
Join scientists, philosophers, artists and writers in person including Shamira Ahmed, Puneet Anantha Murthy, Rosa Barba, Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian, Tommaso Calarco, Elies Gil-Fuster, Libby Heaney, Elham Kashefi, Michael Lebert, Minh Duc Pham, Michael Rauter, Tobias Rees, Bereneice Sephton, Hito Steyerl and Günseli Yalçınkaya as well as Hartmut Neven, Chiara Marletto and Laure Prouvost (via video), for a day of panel discussions on Saturday 25 October, from 10:00 – 18:00 at silent green’s Betonhalle in Berlin.
LAS Art Foundation presents this symposium as part of its ongoing Sensing Quantum programme, launched in February 2025 with Laure Prouvost: WE FELT A STAR DYING and the Sound Lab, featuring works by Kara-Lis Coverdale, Marco Donnarumma, and Aïsha Devi. It continues with a publication and a second commissioned installation in Berlin in January 2026.
Agenda
09:30 – Entry
10:00 – Start of the symposium
10:10 – Welcome and Introduction to Sensing Quantum
10:40 – Laure Prouvost (online) in conversation with Tobias Rees
11:20 – From Teleportation to Imaging: Entanglement in Action with Bereneice Sephton and Michael Lebert, moderated by Carly Whitefield
12:05 – Rosa Barba: Charge (2025), Excerpt
12:20 – Rosa Barba in conversation with Puneet Anantha Murthy
12:50 – Lunch break and screening of Laure Prouvost’s quantum experiments
13:45 – Live performance of Uncertain Noise
Composition: Michael Rauter; Cello: Rosa Barba, Michael Rauter; Vocals: Minh Duc Pham
14:05 – Chiara Marletto: Beyond Quantum Computation: The Science of Can and Can’t (online)
14:50 – Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian in conversation with Günseli Yalçınkaya
15:25 – Who Owns the Quantum Future? Governance, Responsibility and Access — Tommaso Calarco & Shamira Ahmed, moderated by Hito Steyerl
16:15 – Libby Heaney: Becoming Slime/Quantum Feeling
16:50 – Quantum × AI: Shaping What’s Next — Hartmut Neven (online) & Elham Kashefi, moderated by Elies Gil-Fuster
17:40 – Pierre Huyghe’s Turn to Quantum: Reflections from His R&D Collaborators — Tommaso Calarco & Tobias Rees, moderated by Bettina Kames
18:00 – Closing remarks, End of event
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