SYNTHETIC NARRATIVES

AI / XR + THE FUTURE OF STORYTELLING

Generative AI and immersive technologies are transforming the way we create, experience, and understand stories. Synthetic Narratives brings together leading artists, technologists, and thinkers to explore the cultural, philosophical, and creative potentials of this rapidly evolving field.




10.25.25Stevens Institute of Technology
School of Humanaties Arts & Social Sciences

Keynote
David Chalmers What We Talk About When We Talk About Large Language Models

AI Filmmaking
Michaela Ternasky-Holland Animation + AI
Angela FerraioloA “Liquid” Cinema: AI and the Transition from Montage to Morphology
Lucien Harriot AI and the Evolution of Visual Effects Workflows
Kiran MalhotraAI+Post Production Workflows
AI Fillmaking Q+AModerated by Christopher Manzione

Immersive Media
Alan WinslowScan The Wild
Kat MustateaVoidopolis and the Art of Disappearing
Camille Jeanjean AI for Culture — Not Culture for AI
Matthew NiederhauserNarrative Engines & Interactive ML
Immersive Media Q+AModerated by Danielle McPhatter

Post-Photography
Thiago Hersan Unboxing AI: A nod and a plea for Flusserian engagement
Natasha Chuk Photography at the Edges of its Own Ontology
Micaelle Lages , Isabella Valle From Family Albums to Synthetic Memories: Gender, Dissidences and Visibilities
Michael Whitham, Aidan Larned Narrative Engines & Interactive ML
Post-Photography Q+AModerated by Jonah King

Truth & Trust
Avital MeshiGPT-ME: Generating a New Sense of Self with AI
Fred Grinstein How AI Accelerates Our Flawed Relationship with the Truth
Emily SprattAI as Mediumship: Remembrance Reimagined in Image and Word
Christopher Meerdo The Hallucinitating Archive
Q & AModerated by Camila Galaz

Speakers


Artwork Showcase





Beast of Peace – Steven Hernandez

HOME – Ezra Li

Gentle – Alex Naghavi

The Mars Novella – Carmen Gloria Pérez

Silent Seed 2050 – Nasser Farshad

The Ribbon – Ryan Patterson

The Wall – Olly Blackburn

Furor Agendi – Wilson Stiner

Entre deux souffle – Zoubeir JLASSI

Goodbye Body – Aisling Phelan

Imagos – Brogan Wassell

Rooted in Code – Nejc Trampuž

You're Very Special – u2p050

Unit-E – Alien Fluxus

Language is Leaving Me – Ellen Pearlman

ECHOLESS – Leon Krykhtin

Cryptic Lineages – Laura Splan
Directed by Jonah King & Christopher Manzione. 
Presented by the Visual Art & Technology Program,  
School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences  
Stevens Institute of Technology

Stevens School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences is dedicated to tech-powered teaching, research and creativity. Through inquiry and practice, our students and faculty bring critical, ethical, and historically informed perspectives to bear on questions of knowledge, society and technology.