Art in Silico returns for 2026!
April 12-17, 2026
Art in Silico is currently accepting submissions of physical and digital art, electronic, instrumental and experimental music, writings, and other works adjacent to the sciences, computers, technology, science fiction, AI, mathematics, or providing commentary on those topics, for a juried art show with physical, online and projected components. Artists everywhere are invited!
Submit by April 12, 2026
*Sponsored by the Michigan Tech Institute of Computing and Cybersystems
Art in Silico Schedule
Monday, April 13
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM - Workshops
- Workshops in Rekhi Hall, Room 112
- Dr. Shane Oberloier (Coming soon)
- Dr. Evan Lucas (Introduction to Strudel)
Tuesday, April 14
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM - Heat Death of Art
Keynote Talk - Juan Ossa - Zoom (click here for link)
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM - OPUS COPE Film Event + Q&A
Documentary Screening - Fisher Hall, Room 135 - David Cope was commissioned to write an opera in the 1980's when he suffered a major composer's block, sparking interest in a computing partner named EMI, Experiments in Musical Intelligence, that could generate compelling works in the style of classical music composers. The subject of great controversy, EMI could compose Bach chorales, Mozart sonatas, and Chopin mazurkas at the stroke of a key, challenging audiences to reimagine what it means to be creative. Featuring excerpts from the completed opera, the algorithmic composer shares his lifelong findings on the nature of creativity. - opcopefilm.com
*Food and Refreshments Provided
Wednesday, April 15
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM - Data Sonification Demo
Musical Demo - Great Lakes Research Center, Room 202 - Very Pleasing Orchestration of Library [Data] is a collaborative data sonification project between Michigan Tech’s Library and the Visual and Performing Arts Department. This piece was created as a pilot digital scholarship project for Love Data Week 2026, and installed with visualizations in the Library’s Opie Reading Room from February 9th to February 14th, 2026, and will now come to Art in Silico!
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM - AI In Society (Panel)
Panel on the ethics of AI and it's influence on creativity - Fisher Hall, Room 138 - Details coming soon!
*Food and Refreshments Provided
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM - AI In Society (Keynote)
Keynote Talk - Fisher Hall, Room 138 - The Algorithm Wasn't Built For Us - Keynote talk from local author and researcher Karen Colbert, about her book on AI in society and education
*Food and Refreshments Provided
Thursday, April 16
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM - Art in Silico Historical Computational Art Demo
Displays/Demos - Rekhi Hall, Room 101 - Interactive display of some historic computational art, featuring a retro Atari gaming system and more
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM - Reception at the Orpheum Theatre in Hancock
Art Show, Music, Sci-Fi, Pop-Up Vendors - Juried art show and live music. Starring electronic musicians Tarek Sabbar (Madison, WI) and Haunted Ghost (Calumet, MI) + sci-fi readings + tables by Kitschy Spirit Records, Black Ice Comics & Books.
*Food and Refreshments Provided
Friday, April 17
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM - Singing Math
Keynote Talk - Dr. Andrew Fiss - Fisher Hall, Room 130
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM - Wendy Carlos-type Musical Scales
Keynote Talk - Dr. Andrew V. Sills - Fisher Hall, Room 130
Art in Silico is a computational art exhibition and event series that examines the expressive world of creative computation and the confluence of technology and art, connecting circuit board to canvas.
As technology pervades our existence, forming new universes—metaverses—in which we can live, act, and perceive, the spaces between the conventional science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines and the creative arts have shrunk to the infinitesimal. Art in Silico celebrates the continuum of arts and STEM, seeking to hack your mind and STEAM your brain to experience a world in which data are compelling, evocative, provocative, ugly, beautiful, and appealing.
