In/Human Infrastructures was a three-day symposium, exhibition and screening programme organised by Xeno Futurism and Gossamer Fog at Alt_R in Deptford, London, from 22 to 24 May 2026. Developed around Xeno Futurism’s second issue, Technologies of Domination, it brought artists, theorists and technologists together to examine the networked and computational systems shaping contemporary life, including surveillance, platform capitalism, machine learning and artificial intelligence. The daytime exhibition and screenings ran alongside evening talks and performances, creating a shared space to consider how these infrastructures might be contested or repurposed.
Curated by Elliott Higgs with Xeno Futurism. Organised by Xeno Futurism and Gossamer Fog. Hosted at Alt_R, Deptford.
PARHAM GHALAMDAR — EXHIBITION AND TALK
Angels Don’t Die in Multiplayer (2025), a short AI-generated video essay, screened before Ghalamdar’s 25-minute talk, “From AI War Propaganda to the Pink Rifle Parade,” on the final evening. The film and talk considered how conflict is seen and mediated through digital images, game environments and artificial intelligence, including the circulation of AI-generated imagery around the June 2025 Twelve-Day War and the pink military parades of April 2026.
SYMPOSIUM CONTRIBUTORS
Systems of Control (22 May): Uzu Lim, Lucia Rebolino, Harry Halpin, Steve Goodman and Sam Griffin.
Entangled Agencies (23 May): Betti Marenko, Nella Piatek and Melissa Schwarz, Sonia Bernac and Zein Majali.
Counter Protocols (24 May): Parham Ghalamdar, Wassim Z. Alsindi, Maggie Roberts and Kat Macdonald.
EXHIBITION ARTISTS
Mika Ben Amar, Brennan Wojtyla, Craig Boagey, David Dees, Lina Deng, Sarah Friend, Parham Ghalamdar, Geoffrey Lillemon, Dylan Serventi and Suzanne Treister.
SCREENING PROGRAMME
0rphan Drift, Ruba Al-Sweel, Zach Blas, Nella Piatek and Melissa Schwarz, Yuri Pattison, Zein Majali, Maggie Roberts and Suzanne Treister.
TALK AND PUBLICATION
Ghalamdar’s talk was later compressed and edited into an essay for Xeno Futurism: “Kenotaphion of the War Image: Gender, Hyperstition, and Mirror Propaganda in the 12-Day War Image Circuit.” The published text develops the presentation’s questions about gender, propaganda and the unstable status of images in wartime.
Read the edited transcript: https://xenofuturismmagazine.com/Kenotaphion-of-the-War-Image-By-Parham-Ghalamdar
EVENT
In/Human Infrastructures: Counter Protocols
London, 22–24 May 2026
Screened work: Angels Don’t Die in Multiplayer (2025)
Talk: “From AI War Propaganda to the Pink Rifle Parade” (25 minutes)
Participation: exhibition, screening and talk
