AN ARCHIPELAGO
OF ATELIERS
How European AI Factories Can Power the New European Bauhaus
Europe's AI factories are not merely computing infrastructure — they are the new ateliers. Like the original Bauhaus workshops, they are spaces where craft, creativity, and technology converge to prototype new ways of making and living. Yet today these resources remain largely out of reach for the artistic, design, and sustainability communities that are building the NEB movement.
Through a coalition of leading European HPC centres and artists working at the frontier of computation and ecological imagination, this full day event presents the vision of an Archipelago of Ateliers — a distributed network of creative-computational laboratories powering circular design, new materials, environmental modelling, and democratic tools for the next chapter of the NEB.
Program
12 June
Park Stage
Participants
Speakers

Francesca Bria
Co-director, Archipelago of Possible Futures

José Luis de Vicente
Co-director, FAST / Archipelago of Possible Futures

Tommaso Calarco
Director, Institute for Quantum Control, Forschungszentrum Jülich

Cristian Canton
Associate Director, Barcelona Supercomputing Centre (BSC-CNS)

Antonella Guidazzoli
Director, HPC at CINECA

Fabien Giraud
Artist and researcher, Feral project
Practical information
Full festival practical informationl:https://new-european-bauhaus.europa.eu/festival/practical-information_en
Hotel suggestions:Motel One Brussels
https://www.motel-one.com/nl/hotels/brussel/hotel-brussel/
Travel expenses & support:Please contact pieterjan.valgaeren@gmail.com for travel support, expenses, or hotel accommodations if you work as a freelancer/artist. Feel free to also reach out to him for all other practical questions.
Contact:For more information mail to Pieter Jan Valgaeren, pieterjan.valgaeren@gmail.com
Art & History Museum Cinquantenaire Park 10 1000 Brussels
Train: The nearest stations are Merode and Schuman (within walking distance of the Museum) or Central Station (metro connection to the Art & History Museum).
Metro: The nearest station is 'Schuman'.
Bus: 22, 27, 80: stop at 'Galliërs'; 61: stop at 'Merode'.
Tram: 81, 82: stop at 'Merode'.
Outcome & objectives
The collective creation of a visual Manifesto of the Art, Culture & Tech community in the context of the NEB.
Advising on policy principles for the next EU Commission.
Suggesting a vision for EU's innovation policy that puts the arts and culture at the center to tackle Europe's greatest challenges and build a bottom-up global movement of sustainable labs. Strengthen links between NEB, STARTS EU, Culture Europe, EIT Culture and Creativity, JRC SciArt project, national and Brussels-based programs, and private foundations initiatives.



