Scaling Intelligence: Modal x Gray Area AI Commissions opens NEXT Wednesday, October 28 at Gray Area. 13 artists debut new work built with AI and large-scale cloud computing, moving between scales that rarely meet: a satellite’s planetary view beside a microbial colony, the inside of a neural network opening onto forests and watersheds, a day of visitor conversation becoming a creature’s memory. Rather than using AI to make more of the same, these artists treat it as a translation layer, letting intelligences of vastly different sizes and speeds sense one another. @colin_odonnell and Justine Sun Dela Cruz’s “What is it like to be a river?” invites visitors to connect with nature through AI. With a tactile interface, they can send gentle ripples and shifts in flow back to the river itself, which are sensed and folded into the model in real time. Drop in and play with nature at opening night! 🌐 Opening Night Wednesday, Oct 28, 7-10 PM RSVP: luma.com/5j93bc4c 🕑 Exhibition Hours Thu, Oct 29: 2-6 PM Fri, Oct 30: 2-8 PM Sat, Oct 31: 1-8 PM Sun, Nov 1: 1-8 PM Visit: grayarea.org/exhibitions/sca… 📍Gray Area, 2665 Mission St, San Francisco Free admission, donations welcome

Have you ever thought of what babies will look like in the future? 👼 This is the central question for Yoon Chung Han’s 'Dreaming Babies: illi'—an interactive, immersive solo exhibition currently on view in the Gray Area Gallery. Han has brought to life 23 virtual babies, each a special human hybrid with a different chromosomal abnormality. After undergoing egg retrieval and PGT, Han faced the question of what makes an embryo "normal" and whether those deemed "abnormal" should be discarded. This AI-based installation reimagines the genome not as a site of pathology, but of imagination and mythology. Each chromosome given a name, an alter ego, and a poetic superpower. By naming what society often silences, the work challenges the stigma around disability and genetic difference, dissolving the line between what is considered "normal" and "abnormal" and offering difference as a generative force for new identities, perspectives, and forms of beauty. Exhibition visits are open during events and by appointment. Shoot us an email to let us know when you’d like to stop by. 📅 September 17 – October 19 📍 Gray Area / Grand Theater, San Francisco 🔗Learn more at grayarea.org/event/exhibitio…

Missed Agentworld × Superdark Factory? The full recording is now online: video.grayarea.org/w/9goHntz… A few weeks ago, @bratton @antikythera_xyz and Marek Poliks (Disintegrator) joined us for a sold-out double lecture on how AI agents and increasingly automated systems could reshape society.

For a deeper dive,The Superdark Factory , co-authored by Marek Poliks, Roberto Alonso Trillo, @tylerjdunn, @hscottdouglas & @thejaymo, is now available to read in the Antikythera Journal: superdark.antikythera.org

Processing is turning 25 this year! For two decades, the platform has taught generations of artists, designers, and educators how to code and the community behind it is still growing. Join us this Saturday for an afternoon of hands-on workshops and lightning talks exploring where Processing and p5.js are headed next. Workshops: 1 – 3 PM: 🎨 Introduction to libprocessing, led by Charlotte McElwain—learn the new experimental WebGPU renderer for Processing, exploring video, particle systems, and PBR rendering in Python. Intermediate–Advanced. 🔤 Working with [Variable] Type in p5.js, led by Ivan Zhao—learn the basics of variable typography and how to animate it on the web with p5.js, from shifting weights and widths to its roots in concrete poetry and kinetic type. All levels; some familiarity with p5.js, Processing, or JavaScript helpful. 📍 Gray Area / Grand Theater, 2665 Mission st, San Francisco 📅 Saturday, October 3 🕐 Schedule: Workshops: 1 – 3 PM Lightning Talks: 4 – 5:30 PM Co-presented with @tiatplace. RSVP: grayarea.org/event/processin…

This summer, Gray Area & @modal put out a global call for artificial intelligence-enabled artworks exploring the realities unlocked by scaling computation. 200+ submissions later, we're thrilled to announce the 13 recipients of this landmark commission: @CezarMocan @colin_odonnell + Justine Sun Dela Cruz + Will Gardiner @graysonearle @ideeplistening @iragreenberg @TinaPulejkova @xMiguelNovelo @pkmital @rashedhaq Sasha Sorokina @spencerc99 Each artist receives a stipend, materials budget, production support, and $20K in Modal cloud credits. Follow along as new works take shape and join us in October for the debut presentation at Gray Area. Opening October 28, 2026 and running through November 1. More info: grayarea.org/exhibitions/sca… 🔗

More ways to learn at Gray Area this fall 🍂 Registration is now open for our Fall 2026 workshops and intensive courses, with classes spanning electronic music, projection mapping, decentralized technology, creative coding, hardware, and more. Here’s a closer look at some of what’s coming up: 🎛️ Machines & Ideas: Creative Electronic Music Production in Ableton Live 12 with Ryan Smith → Learn the tools of electronic music in Ableton Live 12, then learn to break them, developing your own approaches to composition, production, and performance. [Tuesdays, 6 – 9 PM | Sept 15 – Oct 6] 🌀 MadMapper 101: Projection Mapping for Immersive Environments with Sieanele Ponce → Learn the fundamentals of MadMapper and build projection-mapped environments that transform architecture, objects, and unconventional surfaces through image and light. [Wednesdays, 6 – 9 PM | Sept 30 – Oct 21] 🌐 Beyond Big Tech with Ayana Zaire Cotton, mai ishikawa sutton, Sarah Friend, Sarah Grant, and Nasir Anthony Montalvo → Explore data sovereignty, self-hosting, and the decentralized web while gaining hands-on experience building networked resources outside centralized tech infrastructure. [Oct 5 – Nov 12] 🌀 Vibecheck: Building 3D Generative and Interactive Art with AI with Kate Hollenbach → Build interactive 3D artwork for the web using three.js, combining vibecoding with direct authorship of code while developing your JavaScript coding literacy along the way. [Nov 2 – 23] 🏗️ Breadboarding Modular Synthesizers with Sean Hallowell → Build a playable instrument from the ground up using breadboarded oscillator and sequencing circuits to create synth melodies, rhythmic patterns, and live drum sequences. [Oct 5 & 7 | 6 – 9 PM] Featured DWeb projects: guacamaya net.work by jorge courtade Right to Belong by Joni Chan {B/qKC}: a Black queer archive by Nasir Anthony Montalvo, Anevay Martz, & Sunday Adesoye Adegbenro And there’s more coming soon 👀 Keep your Wednesdays open: we’ll be announcing a new community-driven weekly program for workshops, artist talks, and more. Explore our currently announced Fall 2026 classes and register now at grayarea.org/courses/

THIS WEDNESDAY! @2000_mondo's DELIRIA 2 descends on Gray Area for two nights of cyberculture, counterculture, and reality hacking. Featuring the SF debut of Nova '78, live performance from @pochanostra, interactive installation by @auradeluxe & @Berlin_Marina, and much more.