Photo by Lambert Strehlke
Max Haarich (he/his) is an artistic researcher with a focus on emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence and Web3. His work aims to reveal and challenge predominant paradigms to explore yet unthinkable ideas.
He has studied communication science at RWTH Aachen (DE) and Critical Thinking at the University of the Underground (US). After his studies he researched Artificial Superintelligence at RWTH Aachen and later worked as Manager Communications for Europe’s leading startup center before he quit his job to found the Munich Embassy of the Lithuanian artist republic Užupis.
Max Haarich is lecturer for the University of the Underground, TH Augsburg, and University of Basel, and is Director of the Užupis University’s Institute for Applied Paradox. He is reviewer for international journals like Leonardo by MIT press and is member of leading committees around artificial intelligence and art like the European AI Alliance, AI4EU, the Goethe A(I)lliance, Bosch Cultural Managers Network and Mozilla’s working group on trustworthy AI. Max Haarich’s works have been exhibited at institutions like Haus der Kunst and Ars Electronica, and have been collected by museums like Francisco Carolinum and MUTA.