Wednesday seminar: Born in Latent Space

This seminar is part of the Wednesday seminar series this autumn, where we explore a wide range of emerging methods and practices in artistic research. Here you can learn more about the series and discover upcoming seminars!

Marlon Barrios Solano is a Venezuelan-American interdisciplinary artist, creative technologist, and researcher with a background in dance, software engineering, and cognitive science. His work focuses on generative AI, machine learning, creative coding, and interactive performance. Since August 2024, Marlon has  been the Maker-in-Residence at the Center for Arts, Migration, and Entrepreneurship (CAME) at the University of Florida, where he focuses on AI, art, and diasporas and  teaches Algorithmic Creativity and AI, Art and Society as part of the university’s AI and Art Certificate Program.

Marlon is also is a founding member and  researcher-in-residency at Lake Studios Berlin, Germany. Currently he is in Dortmund Germany at Theatre im Depot 2025, in the context of Beyond Gravity / Decolonizing the Digital Residency where he continues to explore the speculative intersections of technology, memory, and the Global South.

Marlon’s website, which serves as a tool for his performance works as well as an archival platform can be found here. 

Host: Petra Bauer with Jennifer Lacey

Profile Area: Art, Technology and Materiality