Xiaoji Song

Xiaoji Song

Future|Money Awardee - Artist and Interdisciplinary researcher

Xiaoji Song

Xiaoji Song (she/they) is an artist, (interdisciplinary) researcher, and creative practitioner based in Berlin. Growing up in China and trained in Europe, I work on socially relevant and community-specific experiences, often with the local networks, NGOs, and local cultural and political institutions, mediated by texts, images, games, and performances. My projects have appeared in local or international media or cultural platforms in China (PRC), the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, and Bulgaria. Working in the liminal spaces of political theory, practice, and art, my research interests include techno-politics, networked social movement, border practices, and the performative aspect of political memory. I am now in a residency at Trust Berlin with two other artists/researchers working on modding practice in the gaming community as well as involved in a collective project on a fictional system of speculative emotional future supported by Light Art Space and Callie’s in Berlin. I am in the study group for the AI Anarchies Project at the German Academy of Art (ADK) and am also an alumna of the Open Set Lab research residency and the University of the Underground research program. Currently, I am finishing my master’s in global communication focusing on political communication of border technology at the University of Erfurt while working as a research assistant for the Humboldt University of Berlin.

Future|Money Open Studio

FUTURE|MONEY Was the first open grant opportunity for 2023. The goal was to seek artists of any discipline to reimagine outdated financial systems that currently exclude 1.7 billion people from accessing essential services to make and receive payments. Imagining the Future is often based on our own memories and imaginations of our surroundings. We asked the artists to dive into their imagination …

Future|Money Open Studio Day 2

FUTURE|MONEY Was the first open grant opportunity for 2023. The goal was to seek artists of any discipline to reimagine outdated financial systems that currently exclude 1.7 billion people from accessing essential services to make and receive payments. Imagining the Future is often based on our own memories and imaginations of our surroundings. We asked the artists to dive into their imagination …

Payment Parity Perspectives: Women of Color Reshaping Financial Inclusion

The session will feature perspectives from three women of color from diverse sociocultural backgrounds on their situated knowledge related to problems, impacts, and potential solutions to financial inclusion and equity. The panelists have a longstanding background of working with the ILP community and will comment on best practices and open payment standards to enable seamless interoperability bet…