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Vibe Machine

Six days inside the Vibe Machine workshop, 7–12 July 2026, at the Department of Painting, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. Raw bilingual transcripts and structured session summaries from TRANSYNC AI, the entity the participants built together.

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Dates7–12 July 2026
VenueDepartment of Painting, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
FacilitatorsUBERMORGEN / Digital Arts Dept., Angewandte Vienna
FormatBilingual EN / 中文 archive

Sessions / 01–06

Day 1

The Manufacturing of Vibes

Opening theory on vibe, algorithms and infrastructure, a reverse-engineering story, and the launch of the six-day project. Summary only — no transcript survives for this day.

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Day 2

The Orchestration Layer in Digital Infrastructure & Art

Memes as vibe machines, irony vs. accountability, and drafting the rules an autonomous entity should run on.

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Day 3

Organizational Structure & Role Division

Splitting the group into Theory, Editorial, and System layers. First draft of the entity charter: admission, arrangement, attribution.

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Day 4

Founding Principles & Project Development

A lecture on political philosophy and institutional foundations: there is no legitimate first move.

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Day 5

Curation, Aesthetics & the Smooth Exhibition

Audience questions on the pet-themed AI work and the operational workflow behind Smooth.

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Day 6

Artistic Practice, Collaboration & Affirmative Strategy

UBERMORGEN on how a collective builds mutual trust, and what makes a working method survive contact with a group.

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