CliP Open Sessie 1 - Publiekslezing met Marijn Bril - Moving Through Systems in Art & Technology

Collective Learning in Practice (CLiP) is a six-month learning programme by Kunstinstituut Melly, in which a group of young participants explores contemporary art issues and works together towards a more accessible art institution. CLiP #8, What the Body Refuses to Give, explores themes such as AI systems, embodied knowledge, glitches and the limits of readability. In this public lecture, curator and researcher Marijn Bril examines how systems influence our daily lives and determine how we relate to the world. She looks beyond technology and focuses on the often invisible influence of rules, routines, classifications, interfaces and expectations on our behaviour and the way we work and live. Using her curatorial projects, including How To: Living Through Instructions (Garage Rotterdam, 2026) and Out of Office (IMPAKT, 2023), Marijn shows how artists can make these systems visible and open to discussion. The lecture concludes with a practical exercise in which participants map out a system from their own daily lives and explore how they can break through it or organise it differently. The lecture is free and accessible to everyone, even without participation in CLiP.