Düsseldorf, 7th–9th January 2026 – In the wake of 2025’s global AI explosion, the conference PRE_INVENT Chapter XI “on knowledge or beyond (un)tangleability” convenes artists, scientists and philosophers to critically examine the new infrastructures of knowledge and power shaped by artificial intelligence. Hosted at K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen and the Hochschule Düsseldorf, the event asks: How can artistic and scientific research maintain independence and generate new knowledge amidst the encroaching logic of AI? Which opportunities arise for activist science and artistic resistance? The program begins on Jan 7th with a film screening “Watching You – The World of Palantir and Alex Karp” at the Hochschule Düsseldorf. The symposium on Jan 8th & 9th at the Salon 21 at K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen features international experts and artists. The conference is curated by Prof. Mareike Foecking and organized together with the research assistants Nina Ditscheid and Luis König. PRE_INVENT Chapter XI “on knowledge or beyond (un)tangleability” is being carried out as a collaboration between Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences and the K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen.