Love Machine is our Spring 2023 programme of events, created in collaboration with partners across the Edinburgh Futures Institute. The season explores the interconnections of AI and data with humanity through conversations, performances, and workshops.
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Love Machine: Spring 2023
Mar
06
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Mar
06
Edinburgh Futures Conversations – The Future of Artificial Intelligence: Shaping our AI Futures
Edinburgh Futures Conversations – The Future of Artificial Intelligence: Shaping our AI Futures
06:00 pm
Hybrid
Playfair Library Hall
Event
Time of Event
Start
Monday March 6, 2023
06:00 pm
End
Monday March 6, 2023
08:00 pm
Venue
Hybrid
Venue
Playfair Library Hall
Playfair Library Hall, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh EH8 9YL
Edinburgh, Midlothian EH8 9YL
United Kingdom
Playfair Library Hall
Mar
08
-
Mar
08
Edinburgh Futures Conversations – Between Two Waters: A Performance
Edinburgh Futures Conversations – Between Two Waters: A Performance
06:00 pm
Hybrid
Inspace
Event
Time of Event
Start
Wednesday March 8, 2023
06:00 pm
End
Wednesday March 8, 2023
07:30 pm
Venue
Hybrid
Venue
Inspace
1 Crichton Street, Newington, EH8 9AB
Inspace
Mar
10
-
Mar
10
Tell Me What You Want, What You Really, Really Want
Tell Me What You Want, What You Really, Really Want
06:00 pm
Hybrid
Inspace
Event
Time of Event
Start
Friday March 10, 2023
06:00 pm
End
Friday March 10, 2023
07:30 pm
Venue
Hybrid
Venue
Inspace
1 Crichton Street, Newington, EH8 9AB
Inspace
Mar
13
-
Mar
13
Event
Time of Event
Start
Monday March 13, 2023
06:00 pm
End
Monday March 13, 2023
08:00 pm
Venue
Hybrid
Venue
Playfair Library Hall
Playfair Library Hall, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh EH8 9YL
Edinburgh, Midlothian EH8 9YL
United Kingdom
Playfair Library Hall
Mar
15
-
Mar
15
A Spy in Your Pocket: Laurent Richard and Sandrine Rigaud
A Spy in Your Pocket: Laurent Richard and Sandrine Rigaud
06:00 pm
Hybrid
Inspace
Event
Time of Event
Start
Wednesday March 15, 2023
06:00 pm
End
Wednesday March 15, 2023
07:00 pm
Venue
Hybrid
Venue
Inspace
1 Crichton Street, Newington, EH8 9AB
Inspace
Mar
24
-
Mar
24
Reimagining Universities: Speculative Scenarios for Higher Education
Reimagining Universities: Speculative Scenarios for Higher Education
02:00 pm
Bayes Centre - Room G.03
Event
Time of Event
Start
Friday March 24, 2023
02:00 pm
End
Friday March 24, 2023
04:00 pm
Venue
Bayes Centre - Room G.03
Bayes Centre, 47 Potterrow, Edinburgh, EH8 9BT
Mar
24
-
Mar
24
Event
Time of Event
Start
Friday March 24, 2023
06:00 pm
End
Friday March 24, 2023
07:30 pm
Venue
Hybrid
Venue
Inspace
1 Crichton Street, Newington, EH8 9AB
Inspace
Mar
27
-
Mar
27
Robotic Poems: A Writing Workshop with Lillian-Yvonne Bertram
Robotic Poems: A Writing Workshop with Lillian-Yvonne Bertram
06:00 pm
Online
Event
Time of Event
Start
Monday March 27, 2023
06:00 pm
End
Monday March 27, 2023
08:00 pm
Venue
Online
Mar
28
-
Mar
28
The Inquisitive Bodymind: Scottish Dance Theatre and Dr Marisa De Andrade
The Inquisitive Bodymind: Scottish Dance Theatre and Dr Marisa De Andrade
05:30 pm
Traverse Bar
Event
Time of Event
Start
Tuesday March 28, 2023
05:30 pm
End
Tuesday March 28, 2023
07:00 pm
Venue
Traverse Bar
Traverse Theatre, 10 Cambridge Street, Edinburgh, EH1 2ED
Mar
29
-
Mar
29
Event
Time of Event
Start
Wednesday March 29, 2023
02:00 pm
End
Wednesday March 29, 2023
03:00 pm
Venue
Online
Apr
03
-
Apr
03
Rule of the Robots: A Conversation with Martin Ford
Rule of the Robots: A Conversation with Martin Ford
06:00 pm
Online
Event
Time of Event
Start
Monday April 3, 2023
06:00 pm
End
Monday April 3, 2023
07:00 pm
Venue
Online
Apr
05
-
Apr
05
Post-Internet Pleasure as an Act of Poetics: Writing Affect Through the Digital
Post-Internet Pleasure as an Act of Poetics: Writing Affect Through the Digital
06:00 pm
Online
Event
Time of Event
Start
Wednesday April 5, 2023
06:00 pm
End
Wednesday April 5, 2023
08:00 pm
Venue
Online
Apr
07
-
Apr
07
Building Near Futures in The New Real: A Student Exhibition on AI
Building Near Futures in The New Real: A Student Exhibition on AI
02:00 pm
Room G.07 - Informatics Forum
Event
Time of Event
Start
Friday April 7, 2023
02:00 pm
End
Friday April 7, 2023
04:00 pm
Venue
Room G.07 - Informatics Forum
Informatics Forum, 10 Crichton Street, Newington, Edinburgh, EH8 9AB
Edinburgh, Midlothian EH8 9AB
United Kingdom
Room G.07 - Informatics Forum
Apr
11
-
Apr
11
Hybrid Humans: Harry Parker and Bertolt Meyer
Hybrid Humans: Harry Parker and Bertolt Meyer
06:00 pm
Online
Event
Time of Event
Start
Tuesday April 11, 2023
06:00 pm
End
Tuesday April 11, 2023
07:00 pm
Venue
Online
Apr
13
-
Apr
13
Hate in the Digital Era: Lilia Giugni and Matthew Williams
Hate in the Digital Era: Lilia Giugni and Matthew Williams
06:00 pm
Online
Event
Time of Event
Start
Thursday April 13, 2023
06:00 pm
End
Thursday April 13, 2023
07:00 pm
Venue
Online
Apr
14
-
Apr
14
Event
Time of Event
Start
Friday April 14, 2023
11:00 am
End
Friday April 14, 2023
02:00 pm
Venue
Project Room (1.06)
Apr
19
-
Apr
19
Event
Time of Event
Start
Wednesday April 19, 2023
06:00 pm
End
Wednesday April 19, 2023
07:30 pm
Venue
Inspace
1 Crichton Street, Newington, EH8 9AB
Inspace
Apr
20
-
Apr
20
AI in Banking: The Case for Customers
AI in Banking: The Case for Customers
02:30 pm
Hybrid
University of Edinburgh’s Business School Auditorium
Event
Time of Event
Start
Thursday April 20, 2023
02:30 pm
End
Thursday April 20, 2023
04:00 pm
Venue
Hybrid
Venue
University of Edinburgh’s Business School Auditorium
29 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9JS
United Kingdom
University of Edinburgh’s Business School Auditorium
Apr
21
-
Apr
21
Galvanised: Big Mind – Collective Behaviour and Collective Intelligence
Galvanised: Big Mind – Collective Behaviour and Collective Intelligence
05:00 pm
Playfair Library Hall
Event
Time of Event
Start
Friday April 21, 2023
05:00 pm
End
Friday April 21, 2023
07:00 pm
Venue
Playfair Library Hall
Playfair Library Hall, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh EH8 9YL
Edinburgh, Midlothian EH8 9YL
United Kingdom
Playfair Library Hall
Apr
24
-
Apr
24
Technomoral Conversations: Technologically Mediated Intimacy
Technomoral Conversations: Technologically Mediated Intimacy
06:00 pm
Hybrid
Inspace
Event
Time of Event
Start
Monday April 24, 2023
06:00 pm
End
Monday April 24, 2023
07:00 pm
Venue
Hybrid
Venue
Inspace
1 Crichton Street, Newington, EH8 9AB
Inspace
Apr
26
-
Apr
26
Speculative Forensics: Machine Learning and the Rise of Vocal Portraiture
Speculative Forensics: Machine Learning and the Rise of Vocal Portraiture
06:00 pm
Hybrid
Inspace
Event
Time of Event
Start
Wednesday April 26, 2023
06:00 pm
End
Wednesday April 26, 2023
07:30 pm
Venue
Hybrid
Venue
Inspace
1 Crichton Street, Newington, EH8 9AB
Inspace
Apr
28
-
Apr
28
Event
Time of Event
Start
Friday April 28, 2023
06:00 pm
End
Friday April 28, 2023
07:30 pm
Venue
Hybrid
Venue
Inspace
1 Crichton Street, Newington, EH8 9AB
Inspace
May
02
-
May
02
Creating Playful Comics Together with AI: A Workshop with Yana Knight
Creating Playful Comics Together with AI: A Workshop with Yana Knight
02:00 pm
Online
Event
Time of Event
Start
Tuesday May 2, 2023
02:00 pm
End
Tuesday May 2, 2023
04:00 pm
Venue
Online
May
03
-
May
03
Antagonistic Sextet: A Performance by Raw Green Rust
Antagonistic Sextet: A Performance by Raw Green Rust
06:00 pm
Hybrid
Inspace
Event
Time of Event
Start
Wednesday May 3, 2023
06:00 pm
End
Wednesday May 3, 2023
07:00 pm
Venue
Hybrid
Venue
Inspace
1 Crichton Street, Newington, EH8 9AB
Inspace
May
05
-
May
05
The New Real Salon: Exploring the Future of AI and the Arts
The New Real Salon: Exploring the Future of AI and the Arts
07:00 pm
Hybrid
Inspace
Event
Time of Event
Start
Friday May 5, 2023
07:00 pm
End
Friday May 5, 2023
09:00 pm
Venue
Hybrid
Venue
Inspace
1 Crichton Street, Newington, EH8 9AB
Inspace
First Breath: Autumn 2022
First Breath was our Autumn 2022 programme of events, created in collaboration with partners across the Edinburgh Futures Institute. You can watch recorded events here.
Past events
Oct
14
-
Oct
14
Edinburgh Futures Conversations – AMUK: A performance by Khairani Barokka
Edinburgh Futures Conversations – AMUK: A performance by Khairani Barokka
06:00 pm
Hybrid
Inspace
Event
Time of Event
Start
Friday October 14, 2022
06:00 pm
End
Friday October 14, 2022
07:30 pm
Venue
Hybrid
Venue
Inspace
1 Crichton Street, Newington, EH8 9AB
Inspace
Oct
19
-
Oct
19
Edinburgh Futures Conversations – The Future of Climate Justice: Actions that Change Systems
Edinburgh Futures Conversations – The Future of Climate Justice: Actions that Change Systems
06:00 pm
Online
Event
Time of Event
Start
Wednesday October 19, 2022
06:00 pm
End
Wednesday October 19, 2022
07:30 pm
Venue
Online
Oct
19
-
Oct
19
Edinburgh Futures Conversations – A Watch Party
Edinburgh Futures Conversations – A Watch Party
06:00 pm
Oct
20
-
Oct
20
Event
Time of Event
Start
Thursday October 20, 2022
06:00 pm
End
Thursday October 20, 2022
07:00 pm
Venue
Inspace
1 Crichton Street, Newington, EH8 9AB
Inspace
Oct
21
-
Oct
21
Scottish BPOC Writers Network: First Breath – Artist reflections
Scottish BPOC Writers Network: First Breath – Artist reflections
06:00 pm
Inspace
Event
Time of Event
Start
Friday October 21, 2022
06:00 pm
End
Friday October 21, 2022
07:30 pm
Venue
Inspace
1 Crichton Street, Newington, EH8 9AB
Inspace
Oct
24
-
Oct
24
His Name is George Floyd: Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa in conversation with Shola Mos-Shogbamimu
His Name is George Floyd: Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa in conversation with Shola Mos-Shogbamimu
06:00 pm
Online
Event
Time of Event
Start
Monday October 24, 2022
06:00 pm
End
Monday October 24, 2022
07:00 pm
Venue
Online
Oct
28
-
Oct
28
The New Real Salon: Exploring the future of AI and the arts
The New Real Salon: Exploring the future of AI and the arts
07:00 pm
Inspace
Event
Time of Event
Start
Friday October 28, 2022
07:00 pm
End
Friday October 28, 2022
09:00 pm
Venue
Inspace
1 Crichton Street, Newington, EH8 9AB
Inspace
Nov
02
-
Nov
02
Children’s Climate Risk: Their Future, Their Opinion
Children’s Climate Risk: Their Future, Their Opinion
06:00 pm
Inspace
Event
Time of Event
Start
Wednesday November 2, 2022
06:00 pm
End
Wednesday November 2, 2022
07:00 pm
Venue
Inspace
1 Crichton Street, Newington, EH8 9AB
Inspace
Nov
04
-
Nov
04
Event
Time of Event
Start
Friday November 4, 2022
06:00 pm
End
Friday November 4, 2022
07:30 pm
Venue
Hybrid
Venue
Inspace
1 Crichton Street, Newington, EH8 9AB
Inspace
Nov
07
-
Nov
07
Half-Earth Socialism: Ambitious Speculation on Possible Futures
Half-Earth Socialism: Ambitious Speculation on Possible Futures
06:00 pm
Hybrid
Inspace
Event
Time of Event
Start
Monday November 7, 2022
06:00 pm
End
Monday November 7, 2022
07:30 pm
Venue
Hybrid
Venue
Inspace
1 Crichton Street, Newington, EH8 9AB
Inspace
Nov
11
-
Nov
11
Event
Time of Event
Start
Friday November 11, 2022
11:00 am
End
Friday November 11, 2022
02:00 pm
Venue
Inspace
1 Crichton Street, Newington, EH8 9AB
Inspace
Nov
14
-
Nov
14
EFI Student Photography Competition: Edinburgh Futures Conversations - Climate Justice
EFI Student Photography Competition: Edinburgh Futures Conversations - Climate Justice
03:00 pm
Inspace
Event
Time of Event
Start
Monday November 14, 2022
03:00 pm
End
Monday November 14, 2022
04:00 pm
Organizer
Edinburgh Futures Institute
Venue
Inspace
1 Crichton Street, Newington, EH8 9AB
Inspace
Nov
16
-
Nov
16
Event
Time of Event
Start
Wednesday November 16, 2022
06:00 pm
End
Wednesday November 16, 2022
07:30 pm
Venue
Inspace
1 Crichton Street, Newington, EH8 9AB
Inspace
Nov
18
-
Nov
18
Nomad Century: Gaia Vince in conversation with Elizabeth Cripps
Nomad Century: Gaia Vince in conversation with Elizabeth Cripps
05:00 pm
Hybrid
Inspace
Event
Time of Event
Start
Friday November 18, 2022
05:00 pm
End
Friday November 18, 2022
06:00 pm
Venue
Hybrid
Venue
Inspace
1 Crichton Street, Newington, EH8 9AB
Inspace
Nov
21
-
Nov
21
Technomoral Conversations: Sustainability and Artificial Intelligence
Technomoral Conversations: Sustainability and Artificial Intelligence
06:00 pm
Hybrid
Inspace
Event
Time of Event
Start
Monday November 21, 2022
06:00 pm
End
Monday November 21, 2022
07:00 pm
Venue
Hybrid
Venue
Inspace
1 Crichton Street, Newington, EH8 9AB
Inspace
Nov
23
-
Nov
23
Writing the Air: A writing masterclass with Anthony Anaxagorou
Writing the Air: A writing masterclass with Anthony Anaxagorou
06:00 pm
Online
Event
Time of Event
Start
Wednesday November 23, 2022
06:00 pm
End
Wednesday November 23, 2022
08:00 pm
Venue
Online
Nov
29
-
Nov
29
The Fight for Climate after Covid-19: A conversation with Alice C. Hill
The Fight for Climate after Covid-19: A conversation with Alice C. Hill
06:00 pm
Online
Event
Time of Event
Start
Tuesday November 29, 2022
06:00 pm
End
Tuesday November 29, 2022
07:00 pm
Venue
Online
Nov
29
-
Nov
29
The Fight for Climate after Covid-19 - A Watch Party
The Fight for Climate after Covid-19 - A Watch Party
06:00 pm
Inspace
Event
Time of Event
Start
Tuesday November 29, 2022
06:00 pm
End
Tuesday November 29, 2022
07:00 pm
Venue
Inspace
1 Crichton Street, Newington, EH8 9AB
Inspace
Dec
02
-
Dec
02
An Island of Sound: J. R. Carpenter with Jules Rawlinson
An Island of Sound: J. R. Carpenter with Jules Rawlinson
06:00 pm
Hybrid
Inspace
Event
Time of Event
Start
Friday December 2, 2022
06:00 pm
End
Friday December 2, 2022
07:30 pm
Venue
Hybrid
Venue
Inspace
1 Crichton Street, Newington, EH8 9AB
Inspace
Other events
Feb
08
-
Feb
08
Event
Time of Event
Start
Wednesday February 8, 2023
12:15 pm
End
Wednesday February 8, 2023
01:15 pm
Venue
Online
Feb
09
-
Feb
09
Creative Informatics Labs 23: Festival Futures
Creative Informatics Labs 23: Festival Futures
06:00 pm
Online
The Biscuit Factory Edinburgh
Event
Time of Event
Start
Thursday February 9, 2023
06:00 pm
End
Thursday February 9, 2023
08:30 pm
Venue
Online
Venue
The Biscuit Factory Edinburgh
Apr
18
-
Apr
18
Creative Informatics Labs 23: Festival Futures
Creative Informatics Labs 23: Festival Futures
06:00 pm
Online
The Biscuit Factory Edinburgh
Event
Time of Event
Start
Tuesday April 18, 2023
06:00 pm
End
Tuesday April 18, 2023
08:30 pm
Venue
Online
Venue
The Biscuit Factory Edinburgh