In the age of predictive and speculative media, images not only represent the future, they actively participate in producing it. Renderings of cities, territories, and infrastructures are used to guide genocidal, political and economic decisions, reshaping social, environmental, and cultural realities before they even exist. Performative lecture by Donatella Della Ratta, Ask Me For Those Unborn Promises That May Seem Unlikely To Happen In The Natural (free for everyone): Thursday, September 24 (7pm) Workshop (prior registration): Part 1 Thursday, September 24 (4-7pm) + Part 2 Friday, September 25 (11am-8pm) Where: Nave 17 building, Nave Una room Language: English and Spanish. 12 spots plus observers. Price: Free but sign-up is required. Who is it for: Artists, designers, photographers, architects, activists, journalists, historians and anyone interested in the life and afterlife of synthetic imagery, technological mediations, and colonialism. → Sign up here A workshop about reading, undoing and reversing images, led by...

A live video essay by Donatella Della Ratta that examines 'speculative violence’, a developing mode of existence of the technological image and its world-building potential. Co-authored by The Void - Spanish premiere Presented as part of The Colonial Render workshop by Noura Tafeche and Donatella Della Ratta. Venue: Nave Una at Nave 17, Matadero Madrid Duration: 34 mins Language: English (with live, headset Spanish translation) Free for everyone Generative AI creates speculative visuals that, while not based on factual events, remain plausible, constructing realities that have yet to unfold. Situated within the domain of possibility rather than empirical certainty, these visuals introduce a new form of 'synthetic realism'. By reshaping both past and present through their world-building potential, these seemingly innocuous images -detached from tangible references, historical ties, lineage, or context- wield a quiet yet profound violence against history and factuality. The lecture performance examines 'speculative violence,' a developing mode...