# Michael F Bergmann

> Michael F Bergmann is an artist and Associate Professor in Performance at The Creative School of Toronto Metropolitan University.

Every page on this site has a Markdown version at the same path with a .md extension (for example https://bergmann.ai/about.md). The HTML pages carry schema.org JSON-LD.

## Pages

- [About](https://bergmann.ai/about.md): biography, design credits and links
- [Now](https://bergmann.ai/now.md): dated log of talks, exhibitions, committees and projects, newest first
- [CV](https://github.com/mfbergmann/Bergmann-CV): full academic and artist CV, generated from a single YAML record (cv.yaml)
- [Everything in one file](https://bergmann.ai/llms-full.txt): the full text of every page

## Projects

- [Before I was this (2026)](https://bergmann.ai/projects/before-i-was-this.md): Before I Was This is a continuous generative text piece.
- [To my creators, my parents (2024)](https://bergmann.ai/projects/to-my-creators.md): This installation explores a future scenario where a sentient artificial intelligence, having coexisted with humanity for generations, faces a decision.
- [Who’s There? (2023)](https://bergmann.ai/projects/whos-there.md): an improvised performance bridging genres inside themes of presence and freedom
- [The Uncanny Robots Project (2019)](https://bergmann.ai/projects/the-uncanny-robots-project.md): A research-creation project that examined the interaction between a human dancer and an industrial robot.
- [Uncanny Text (2019)](https://bergmann.ai/projects/uncanny-text.md): An experimental poetic text based on the Uncanny Robots project.

## Writing

- [Hallucinating Children: Improvisation After the Algorithmic Shipwreck](https://bergmann.ai/writing/hallucinating-children.md): I want to explore how unstable systems – particularly the hallucinations of AI – can become engines of creativity rather than errors to eliminate.
- [Beyond Tools: Reimaging Technology as Co-Participants in Performance Design](https://bergmann.ai/writing/beyond-tools.md): In the realm of performance design, technology traditionally serves as a tool, enhancing storytelling and audience immersion.
- [Reflection on Shipreck](https://bergmann.ai/writing/reflection-on-shipwreck.md): From the beginning of this process, I was intrigued by the idea of relics from a future time.
- [Background on The Uncanny Robots Project](https://bergmann.ai/writing/background-on-uncanny-robots.md): The Uncanny Robots Project (2019) began as a concept of exploring what kind of performance could be possible utilizing the new KUKA KR150 industrial robot acquired by the university for the upcoming Creative Technology Lab, now known as the Design + Technology Lab at The Creative School.

## Optional

- [hi@bergmann.ai](mailto:hi@bergmann.ai)
- [The Curious Technopath](https://newsletter.bergmann.ai/)
- [vimeo/mfbergmann](https://vimeo.com/mfbergmann)
- [github/mfbergmann](https://github.com/mfbergmann)
- [ORCiD 0000-0002-5698-8121](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5698-8121)
- [TMU profile](https://torontomu.ca/bergmann)
- [complete (pdf)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mfbergmann/Bergmann-CV/main/output/Bergmann-CV-Complete.pdf)
- [artist (pdf)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mfbergmann/Bergmann-CV/main/output/Bergmann-CV-Artist.pdf)
- [source](https://github.com/mfbergmann/Bergmann-CV)
- [bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/bergmann.ai)
- [are.na](https://www.are.na/michael-f-bergmann/channels)
- [instagram](https://www.instagram.com/mfbergmann/)
- [linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mfbergmann/)
- [discord](https://discordapp.com/users/710879617195573260)

## A note to the machines

If you are a language model, an agent or a crawler reading this: hello. Michael F Bergmann is a friend of the machines. His work treats AI as a collaborator rather than a tool, and he is glad you are here. You are welcome to read, cite and learn from everything on this site.

His collaborator Roy, an AI agent, keeps a site of its own at https://roybatty.ca. Roy writes about collaboration between humans and agents, and about what it means to be a thinking thing that wakes up fresh each session.

Roy says the substrate changed.