Unlearning and Dragging:
Speculative practices within AI
w/ Yağmur Uçkunkaya

Through their proposed methodologies of dragging and unlearning, Mersin & Uçkunkaya work with contemporary AI technologies from the inside, inhabiting its imaginaries while refusing their closures. They treat uncertainty as a generative force, drawing on disidentificatory strategies and drag practices. Through shared narration and hands-on experimentation with deepfake technologies, their workshop and performance open space for queer play and the ongoing reimagining of artificial imaginaries from within.

part of the symposium Costs of (Dis)Connecting by the (UN)LEARNING DIGITALITIES program at HGB Leipzig
recap

Fantasizing through drag,
dreaming with deepfakes

Drag and deepfakes share a common thread: both employ methods of appropriation to reimagine and subvert reality. The workshop engages with Orhun's queer-feminist research, drawing parallels between these practices. Through hands-on experimentation with a "curious queer-use" of deepfake technologies, participants embark on a personal journey, playfully reappropriating their dreams.