Location : Art Talks Area, Luxembourg Art Week
Language : French
Guest speakers :
Ada Ackerman (art historian and a research fellow at the CNRS, THALIM, Paris)
Vincent Crapon (co-founder and curator of Elektron)
Françoise Poos (co-founder, artistic and scientific director of Elektron)
Moderator: Loïc Millot (holds a doctorate in Arts and Humanities and works as a cultural programmer and critic)
This discussion brings together the perspectives of three curators recently involved in exhibition projects dealing with artificial intelligence.
On one side, the duo formed by Françoise Poos and Vincent Crapon within the Elektron platform, curators of the exhibition Hybrid Futures: Rhizomes, Meshworks and Alter-Ecologies, presented this summer in Esch-sur-Alzette (15 May–26 July 2025); on the other, Ada Ackerman, co-curator of the exhibition Le Monde selon l’IA at Jeu de Paume in Paris (11 April–21 September 2025).
This conversation will explore the curatorial approaches underpinning these projects, as well as a selection of works that represent their respective methodologies. The discussion will also touch upon the prospects of AI use in the artistic field, such as the restoration of digital artworks and fresh reinterpretations of cultural heritage.
Biographies
Ada Ackerman is an art historian by training and a research fellow at the CNRS (THALIM, Paris). She also works as a curator of exhibitions, including Golem ! Avatars d’une légende d’argile (Museum of Jewish Art and History, Paris, 2017); L’Oeil extatique. Eisenstein, cinéaste à la croisée des arts (Centre Pompidou-Metz, 2019); Mirabil-IA (Centre des Arts, Enghien-les-Bains, 2024); and The World According to AI (Jeu de Paume, 2025).
Vincent Crapon is co-founder and curator of Elektron. He was Head of the Digital Arts Exhibition Programme for Esch2022, European Capital of Culture, and has also worked as curator and curatorial assistant at MUDAM Luxembourg and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Lyon. He has collaborated with numerous museums and institutions, including ZKM | Centre for Art and Media Karlsruhe, HEK Basel, Ars Electronica in Linz, Casino Luxembourg, Museum Brandhorst in Munich, and the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris.
Loïc Millot holds a doctorate in Arts and Humanities and works as a cultural programmer and critic.
Françoise Poos is Artistic and Scientific Director of Elektron. She holds a PhD in Visual Culture. She was Programme Director for Esch2022, European Capital of Culture, and is currently Chair of the Board of the Centre Culturel de Rencontre Abbaye de Neumünster, whose mission is to foster intercultural dialogue and support diversity through the arts. She has also served as Chair of the Edward Steichen Award Luxembourg for contemporary art since 2004.
