Mimesis Institute

Mission

Mimesis Institute advances radical creativity at the intersection of art, technology, and community.

We support artistic research, interdisciplinary experimentation, and public education focused on how computational systems shape culture—and how culture can shape those systems in return.

Purpose

Mimesis Institute is organized and operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes. Our work centers public benefit: expanding access to creative tools and knowledge, supporting artists and researchers, and cultivating responsible innovation.

Commitments

1) Public education

We produce programs that make technical and cultural questions publicly discussable: workshops, lectures, reading groups, and publications that translate complexity into shared understanding.

2) Artist support

We provide stipends, production support, and commissioning pathways for work that treats technology as material—something to be shaped, resisted, repurposed, and made meaningful.

3) Ethical practice

We promote responsible research and cultural production: clear documentation, informed consent when relevant, accessibility as a baseline, and transparent governance.

4) Interdisciplinary rigor

We convene people across domains—not for vague “innovation,” but for specific collaboration: artists with engineers, writers with designers, curators with researchers, publics with institutions.

What success looks like