# Event Details - **Event Name**: Reclaiming Agency: Art, Technology, and Collective Futures - **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 18 Sep, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Fri, 18 Sep, 2026 at 07:30 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: How do we shape the futures being designed around us? Join us for a conversation about technology, civic life, and collective imagination.About this EventHow do we shape the futures being designed around us? Join artists rootoftwo, Taeyoon Choi, and Mother Cyborg for a conversation about technology, civic life, and the possibilities of collective imagination.Organized on the occasion of rootoftwo’s exhibition Anyspace? Whatever., this discussion considers how systems of surveillance, artificial intelligence, and data extraction increasingly shape our public and social worlds. The speakers will explore technology not as a neutral force, but as something shaped by human values, labor, power, and collective choices.Moving beyond critique, the conversation will consider how artists, educators, technologists, and communities can use creative practice to question dominant models of innovation and imagine more equitable futures. Together, the speakers will ask: Who gets to design the future? Who benefits from the systems we build? And how might we create technologies and civic spaces rooted in agency, cooperation, and care?The conversation will be followed by an opportunity for audience questions and discussion.rootoftwo is the creative and civic studio of Cézanne Charles and John Marshall, based in Detroit. Through public works, immersive spaces, artifacts, and publications, they explore the intersections of science, technology, and society. Their work examines the consequences of under-imagined futures, questioning the promises of innovation and who emerging technologies serve. Their projects consider issues of privacy, agency, and consent as digital and physical life become increasingly intertwined, creating playful yet critical spaces to imagine more equitable futures. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/c0718ad0-a5bb-11f1-8990-5d04d231a2dd-rimg-w1110-h740-dc080808-gmir.jpg Taeyoon Choi is an artist, educator, curator, and activist whose work explores the intersections of poetry, technology, society, and human relationships. His research examines the histories of computing and communication, resource and labor extraction, and the politics of industrial production and excess. Through artistic and research-based practices, Choi considers how these systems connect to historical and contemporary structures of colonialism and capitalism. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/c081b770-a5bb-11f1-8990-5d04d231a2dd-rimg-w592-h740-dcd8c8c8-gmir.jpg Mother Cyborg is a musician, technologist, community organizer, and educator whose practice explores the intersections of technology, art, and social life. Through music, creative projects, and educational tools, she examines how technology shapes communities, economies, and relationships. Her work is guided by a vision of collective liberation and more equitable technological futures. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/c0b830c0-a5bb-11f1-8990-5d04d231a2dd-rimg-w862-h740-dc585868-gmir.jpg - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/detroit/reclaiming-agency-art-technology-and-collective-futures/100001998494215998 - **Event Categories**: art, music, exhibitions, it, literary-art, entertainment, artificial-intelligence, science-fair - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes - Location: Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Detroit - **state**: MI - **country**: United States - **location**: Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit - **lat**: 42.3537896 - **long**: -83.0615217 - **full address**: Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, 4454 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Reclaiming Agency: Art, Technology, and Collective Futures - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/8d512f67717f6751ddbc89ee1ab1f7b4a18262b11af562d5b08b5a93716633ee-rimg-w1200-h800-dce8e8e8-gmir.jpg?v=1787557731 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Reclaiming Agency: Art, Technology, and Collective Futures being held? - **A:** Reclaiming Agency: Art, Technology, and Collective Futures takes place on Fri, 18 Sep, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Fri, 18 Sep, 2026 at 07:30 pm at Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, 4454 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Reclaiming Agency: Art, Technology, and Collective Futures? - **A:** Reclaiming Agency: Art, Technology, and Collective Futures is organized by MOCAD. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Reclaiming Agency: Art, Technology, and Collective Futures is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Detroit, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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