SPEAKER

Portrait XO

Portrait-XO-self-portrait_reviewed
© Portrait XO
Artist & Founder/Creatie Director
SOUND OBSESSED / SO LAB X
Portrait XO is a transdisciplinary artist, musician, independent researcher and data activist working at the intersection of sound, AI and ecological futures. Recipient of Musikfonds Artificial Intelligence Scholarship Programme (STIP-5) 2026, and the first German human-AI Jazzki Award by ELBJAZZ 2023. Her research-driven performances and installations have been supported by residencies including NEW NOW Festival, BBA Gallery, Factory Berlin x Sónar+D and the ZKM/Hellerau Global Sonic Research Residency. She is the founder of SOUND OBSESSED, a community for hybrid artists exploring computational creativity. She’s been presenting and performing her latest project ‘The Cost of Connection (2024)’, an audiovisualsonification of The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals data, and Boundaries of Agency (2025), an interactive voice installation and spatial performance where audiences engage with AI-cloned versions of their own voices to reflect on identity, ethics, and collective ecological futures with live performed audiovisuals.

Session

What Does Your AI Actually Do? A Fishbowl for the Curious and the Cautious

AI tools have become a routine part of many artists’ workflows, from automated mastering and stem separation to social media scheduling and pitch email drafting. At the same time, many artists are choosing not to use AI tools at all, or are uncertain about where the line sits between useful assistance and creative compromise. This fishbowl creates space for both perspectives. The conversation is practical rather than ideological: what specifically does each person’s AI do, what does it not do and where do they draw the line?.
Fishbowl
🇬🇧 English
NEXTTECH
AI & Music Creation
Convention
Speakers
  • Johannes-MArx_pic_by_Vincent_Roux_reviewed
    Johannes Marx
  • Portrait-XO-self-portrait_reviewed
    Portrait XO
  • Jova-v.-Wilsdorf-_reviewed
    Jovanka v. Wilsdorf
Moderators
Daniel-Guest-Photo-_reviewed
Daniel Guest
Music Hall 4 – nhow Berlin
Nov 5, 2026,
13:30 –
14:20