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Harald M. Ludwig @haraldludwig.bsky.social · 2d

Another successful day @alife2025.bsky.social is over. We even got a chance to visit the gorgeous new ALife Institute here in Kyoto!

#ALIFE2025

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George Musser @georgemusser.com · 2d

Here's a depressing solution to the Fermi Paradox: In a hostile Galaxy, we won't ever see aliens because, if we did, we'd be dead already, mused Georgii Karelin of @oistedu.bsky.social at #ALIFE2025. ⚙️🧫

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Hiroki Sayama @hirokisayama.bsky.social · 6h

Final day of #ALIFE2025
I will be busy chairing the Physical ALife session

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Hiroki Sayama @hirokisayama.bsky.social · 1d

Now #ALIFE2025 keynote panel on open-endedness and plurality, by Ken Stanley, David Ha, Audrey Tang and Mizuki Oka

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Hiroki Sayama @hirokisayama.bsky.social · 4d

#ALIFE2025 #TONAL2025 satellite

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Hiroki Sayama @hirokisayama.bsky.social · 2d

#ALIFE2025 Cellular Automata session
Marko Cvjetko explores behavior space of Flow Lenia

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ALIFE Conference 2025 @alife2025.bsky.social · 1d

With their backing, our after-hours gathering will be richer fueling conversation, connection, & creative synergy beyond the formal sessions.

Thank you, Inovexus, for helping us bridge the energy of innovation and celebration!

#ALIFE #AfterParty #Inovexus #StartupCommunity

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ALIFE Conference 2025 @alife2025.bsky.social · 1d

We’re excited to have Inovexus as the official After-Party Partner for #ALIFE2025

Inovexus is a community-based acceleration fund supporting early-stage startups across Europe, Asia, and the U.S., with a mission to build cross-border communities of entrepreneur-investors.

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ALIFE Conference 2025 @alife2025.bsky.social · 4d

For ALife 2025, she serves as Director of the Art Program, curating the artistic contributions and conversations within the conference.

Instagram: @masakoshiba / @beaf.art

#alife2025 #ALIFE #ISAL #AI #artificiallife #STEM #CrossLabs #CrossCompass #XC

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ALIFE Conference 2025 @alife2025.bsky.social · 4d

👤 About the Curator:
Masako Shiba is an independent curator and the co-founder and executive director of the Brooklyn Experimental Art Foundation (BEAF), a nonprofit supporting experimental artists and researchers.

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ALIFE Conference 2025 @alife2025.bsky.social · 4d

Curated as a conceptual project in its own right, the ALife 2025 Art Program proposes that perhaps the most vital scientific insights arise not just from data—but from curiosity, intuition, and the courage to imagine otherwise.

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ALIFE Conference 2025 @alife2025.bsky.social · 4d

... Yasuo Nomura’s space-borne mandala of dimensional inquiry, or LuYang’s fearless philosophical engagement with reincarnation and consciousness—each artist here contributes a unique and radical perspective on what it means to be alive, to simulate life, or to imagine new forms of it.

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ALIFE Conference 2025 @alife2025.bsky.social · 4d

it becomes a living, conceptual framework.
The result is a hybrid ecosystem of research and creativity. Whether it’s Shlumper’s sculptural meditation space activated daily, Sasha Stiles’ AI-generated poetry that pulses alongside keynote presentations, ...

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ALIFE Conference 2025 @alife2025.bsky.social · 4d

Instead, they were encouraged to embed themselves into the life of the conference: to meditate alongside researchers, to attend talks, to let ideas evolve in real time. This integration allows artistic practices to engage with artificial life as more than a metaphor—

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ALIFE Conference 2025 @alife2025.bsky.social · 4d

📝 Curatorial Note:

At ALife 2025, art is not a passive presence. It is a method of inquiry—one that sits beside science, not beneath it.
The artists participating in this year’s conference were not invited to exhibit “finished” works.

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ALIFE Conference 2025 @alife2025.bsky.social · 4d

➡️ Ryuta Aoki × Masako Shiba (Live Conversation) Artist and ALIFE Lab co-founder Ryuta Aoki reflects on his contributions to ALife 2018 and ongoing interdisciplinary projects. ryutaaoki.jp

Ryuta Aoki | 青木竜太

I’m an artistic director and social sculptor based in Tokyo. I plan, design, and direct research projects, art projects, conferences, and exhibitions, and produce artworks, in the interdisciplinary f...

ryutaaoki.jp

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ALIFE Conference 2025 @alife2025.bsky.social · 4d

➡️ Yasuo Nomura (Pre-recorded + Commentary by Masako Shiba) A short documentary on PION, Nomura’s space-based artwork.

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ALIFE Conference 2025 @alife2025.bsky.social · 4d

➡️ Sasha Stiles (Pre-recorded + Commentary by Masako Shiba) Poet and AI researcher Sasha Stiles presents her generative language works created with AI alter ego Technelegy.

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ALIFE Conference 2025 @alife2025.bsky.social · 4d

➡️ LuYang × Masako Shiba (Live Conversation) ALife 2025 Ambassador LuYang discusses his interest in artificial life and how it informs his recent artistic explorations.

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ALIFE Conference 2025 @alife2025.bsky.social · 4d

📆 Program Schedule:
➡️ Shlumper × Olaf Witkowski (Live Conversation) A dialogue on ALife, art, and energy between multidisciplinary artist Shlumper and Dr. Olaf Witkowski, General Chair of ALife 2025.

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ALIFE Conference 2025 @alife2025.bsky.social · 4d

For ALife 2025, she serves as Director of the Art Program, curating the artistic contributions and conversations within the conference. Instagram: @masakoshiba / @beaf.art

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ALIFE Conference 2025 @alife2025.bsky.social · 4d

🎨 Participating Artist: Masako Shiba

Role: Director, ALife 2025 Art Programs

Masako Shiba is an independent curator and the co-founder and executive director of the Brooklyn Experimental Art Foundation (BEAF), a nonprofit supporting experimental artists and researchers.

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ALIFE Conference 2025 @alife2025.bsky.social · 4d

... “to listen to the talks of leading experts and gain insights into the latest developments in artificial life and AI. This is a theme that I find truly inspiring.”

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ALIFE Conference 2025 @alife2025.bsky.social · 4d

As ALife 2025 Ambassador, LuYang actively participates in the full conference program—not as an exhibitor but as an attendee—approaching it with curiosity and openness ...

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ALIFE Conference 2025 @alife2025.bsky.social · 4d

🎨 Participating Artist: LuYang

🔗 luyang.asia

ALife 2025 Participation
Role: ALife 2025 Ambassador

Merging Buddhist philosophy with digital avatars and pop culture, LuYang explores the nature of consciousness through his ongoing DOKU film series.

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