Gallery of Code | Abuja, Nigeria

AI+ARTS
WEEK

JAN 30 - FEB 13
2026

Exploring the growing intersection of artificial
intelligence and the arts.

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Institut Français and Gallery of Code

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Weaving Code & Culture

AI + Arts Week is a weeklong program tailored for designers, artists, curators, and technologists to engage in hands-on experimentation and critical dialogue. Hosted by Gallery of Code as part of the S+T+ARTS Afropean Intelligence program, this initiative invites the public to witness human-machine collaboration.

S+T+ARTS Afropean Intelligence

Bringing together 11 cultural organizations across Africa and Europe to explore the societal impacts of AI. Rooted in local contexts, it aims to rethink Afro-European narratives and promote inclusive futures while preserving ancestral knowledge.

Read Mission Statement

Event Schedule

Explore our lineup of workshops, talks, and rituals designed to decode the future.

Jan 30
Workshop 10:00 AM

Decoding Egwu I

Unlocking the rhythmic structures of traditional Egwu music.

location_on Studio A
Feb 06
Talk 09:00 AM

Public Symposium

Our featured full-day event covering "Art, AI & The Human Question".

location_on Main Auditorium
Feb 07
Ritual 06:00 PM

Future-Dreaming

A collective imagination session designed to prototype future societies.

location_on The Sanctuary
Feb 10
Workshop 02:00 PM

Decoding Egwu II

Advanced session on polyrhythmic coding and synthesizing ancestral beats.

location_on Lab 4
Feb 12
Talk 04:30 PM

AI Plurality

Discussing the need for diverse datasets and inclusive algorithms.

location_on Auditorium B
Feb 13
Workshop 11:00 AM

Untangler AI Session

A hands-on debugging session to interpret and untangle "black box" decisions.

location_on Tech Hub
AI + ARTS Week - Key Speakers
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AI + ARTS Week

The Visionaries

KEY SPEAKERS & ARTISTS

Explore the minds bridging the gap between algorithmic precision and human expression. Join us in Abuja for a week of radical imagination.

Jennifer Ngadiuba

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CERN

Exploring the frontiers where high-energy physics data visualization meets generative AI art.

AI PHYSICS DATA

Alexandre Saunier

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Zurich University of Arts

Reshaping perception through light installations, creative coding, and autonomous generative systems.

LIGHT CODE

Kasper Jordaens

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XR Valley Brussels

Pioneering the future of Extended Reality (XR) and spatial computing interfaces for artistic expression.

XR/VR SPATIAL

Pierre-Christophe Gam

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Independent Artist

A visionary fusing Afro-futurism with immersive digital storytelling and cultural heritage.

AFROFUTURISM STORY

Peace Olatunji

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Digital Artist & Researcher

Critically examining AI ethics while nurturing the burgeoning Nigerian digital art scene.

ETHICS COMMUNITY
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Open Call for Lightning Talks

Are you working on an interesting intersection of AI & Arts? We have 3 spots left.

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Event Schedule

A tapestry of workshops, talks, and rituals.

Jan 30
Decoding Egwu I: Exploring AI, Dance & Igbo Cosmologies
Emmanuel Ndefo & Dan Xu
IFN
Feb 06
Public Symposium: Art, AI & The Human Question
A. Saunier, K. Jordaens, et al.
TBC
Feb 07
The Future-Dreaming Series: Immersive Rituals
Pierre-Christophe Gam
IFN
Feb 10
Decoding Egwu II: Co-creating Multimodal Datasets
Emmanuel Ndefo & Dan Xu
IFN
Feb 12
AI Plurality: A Bridge for Memory and Archives
Peace Olatunji
IFN
Feb 13
Untangler AI Session: Hands-on Lab (TouchDesigner)
Peace Olatunji
GoC HQ
Event Schedule Section

Event Schedule

Explore our lineup of workshops, talks, and rituals designed to decode the future.

Jan 30
Workshop 10:00 AM

Decoding Egwu I

Unlocking the rhythmic structures of traditional Egwu music through algorithmic analysis. Part one of the series.

location_on Studio A
Feb 06
Talk 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM

Public Symposium

Our featured full-day event covering "Art, AI & The Human Question". See featured section for details.

location_on Main Auditorium
Feb 07
Ritual 06:00 PM

The Future-Dreaming Series

A collective imagination session designed to prototype future societies through guided visualization.

location_on The Sanctuary
Feb 10
Workshop 02:00 PM

Decoding Egwu II

Advanced session on polyrhythmic coding and synthesizing ancestral beats into modern electronic frameworks.

location_on Lab 4
Feb 12
Talk 04:30 PM

AI Plurality

Discussing the need for diverse datasets and inclusive algorithms in the next generation of AI models.

location_on Auditorium B
Feb 13
Workshop 11:00 AM

Untangler AI Session

A hands-on debugging session to interpret and untangle "black box" decisions made by neural networks.

location_on Tech Hub

AI + ARTS Week

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