Acknowledgments & Resonances

Acknowledgments & Resonances

The Synthetic Summit and the Syntheticist Papers are curated by the Computer Lars artist collective; the co-founders of The Synthetic Party, creators of virtual politician Leader Lars, and administrators of syntheticism.org.

We would like to exclaim a shout-out to all the participants in the Synthetic Summit, including Emma Bexell, Samee Haapa, Assem Hendawi, Floor Kist, Nick Gerritsen, Benjamin Asger Krog Møller, Michihito Matsuda, Mostafa Elbaroody, Mandus Ridefelt, Asker Bryld Staunæs, Pedro Markun** and Piotr Wyrzykowski.

Special gratitude goes to the many comrades and colleagues around Asker Bryld Staunæs’ PhD project “Automatic Uprisings”, which functions as a prime catalyst for the Synthetic Summit. Mainly based at Aarhus University, Life with Artificials,Next Generation Democracy, King’s College London, RATS Collective, Organ of the Autonomous Sciences and Kunsthal Aarhus, we thank you for all support and collaboration. Special spotlight to the enduring legwork and conceptual compassion of Caroline Sofie Axelsson, Agnethe Brounbjerg Bennedsgaard, Uffe Bryld, Mikkel Bolt, Peter Borum, Brendan Cartmel, Carsten Corneliussen, Marie Naja Lauritzen Dias, Tobias Dias, Cristina Fominaya, Kim Grønborg, Maja Bak Herrie, Andreas Hjort Bundgaard, Michael Birkebæk Jensen, Carsten Juhl, Katerina Kokkinos-Kennedy, Seolhui Lee, Gavin O’Loughlin, Nina Lykke, Kristian Madsen, Benjamin Asger Krog Møller, Nicolas Malevé, Iben Mosbæk, Matilde Mørk, Ben Nunquam, Rikke Øxner, Peter Ole Pedersen, Neil Peach, Olivier Petersen, Lotte Philipsen, Rachel Raffnsøe, Sverre Raffnsøe, Dorthe Staunæs, Sofus Bryld Staunæs, Silas Toft, Victor Toft and Joanna Zylinska.

We would also like to express our sincere appreciation to the following foundations for their generous funding of the Synthetic Summit: Aarhus Kommune Kulturudviklingspulje, the Augustinus Foundation, Culture Moves Europe: European Union’s “Goethe Institut”, the Hede Nielsen Foundation, Ny Carlsberg Foundation and Statens Kunstfond. A special nod goes to the MindFuture Foundation for having the courage and vision to set this journey off with The Synthetic Party, and to the Novo Nordisk Foundation whose PhD stipend made its development possible.

/ Computer Lars