Scripting for Agency

About Scripting for Agency

Scripting for Agency: An Artistic Enquiry into Selfhood, Character and Agency in the Age of AI is a lecture series based on Katarina Ranković’s practice-based PhD in Fine Art at Goldsmiths, University of London. Combining philosophy, performance, creative writing, and AI theory, the series explores how our understanding of the self shapes our personal lives, our politics, and our relationship to intelligent technologies. New episodes every Sunday and Thursday until 14.12.25. YouTube series: https://bit.ly/sfa-series Thesis PDF: https://bit.ly/sfa-pdf Thesis art: https://bit.ly/sfa-art

Publisher

Katarina Ranković

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Jul 2025

Latest episode

21 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

45 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   21 Dec 2025

   Appendix 3: Acknowledgements

   About this Episode An acknowledgment of the many voices, mentors, collaborators, family members—and characters—who shaped this research journey. This video is the third of three postscripts to Scripting for Agency: An Artistic Enquiry into Selfhood, Character and Agency in the Age of AI. About this Series Scripting for Agency: An Artistic Enquiry into Selfhood, Character and Agency in the Age of AI is a video lecture series based on Dr Katarina Ranković’s practice-based PhD in Fine Art at Goldsmiths, University of London. Combining philosophy, performance, creative writing, and AI theory, the series explores how our understanding of the self shapes our personal lives, our politics, and our relationship to intelligent technologies. Links Series Playlist: https://bit.ly/sfa-series (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbmhtZ1IyTDZZLVFPREQxTGh3T1kxT2dZanlOQXxBQ3Jtc0tuYlF6ang1X3c3THVHN0YtN2NwUkRrM2stNU5TVE8zWVZYREVBZUNTaE1SVjZHNmJBaXJteXFqSXZESFIyWkx5Mk8yYVNMSUhfX1JVWm9mcHBwajRQNk5PVXhuTjcwU1BZbnRxdHkwVU1lX19yVGw3Yw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fsfa-series&v=9exLUq3GwAI) PhD thesis (PDF format): https://bit.ly/sfa-pdf (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa1pQVDV4dU5ZQ2hKaWdRbnh1WHNXcHptYjY4Z3xBQ3Jtc0tsMVJscXUtMFdoYUtWRV9YNlN1UDh0VzZoa1R5SDFHcjBZMU13bDZrbnRSMms3VDctdm5HWTNqbXFRVDIxSUdyN3A2ejhZaElEWFFoRkpnSW9wSEMzM2lhWnZOR3NCZ2dEYmZHTHljaTZ0bUZhNzQ2Yw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fsfa-pdf&v=9exLUq3GwAI) Thesis artworks: https://bit.ly/sfa-art (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa0hHUU45OTR4MkRoc3VGSEg4V1cxUW9wdHd4Z3xBQ3Jtc0tsM3JEeHJXblhtREE3TXF2UUJZTy1La29XVVdMS25XQzRqMGVBNF9MbDBzdEdUZEFzbjNETGktTWhMLUEwOXFrYkhJU1V3ZzR1MndZZjJtNlNuWDJnNmRzbnJjeU9rUnJRMGpselhzYWxWZFRSOVdtZw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fsfa-art&v=9exLUq3GwAI) Tara Brabazon's YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwdaNGhdSAwzdztgLTqyhgA/videos/videos)

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   21 Dec 2025

   Appendix 2: Documentation of Practice

   About this Episode This video documents the artistic practice component of the PhD thesis Scripting for Agency, comprising 10 video and audio performance works—including monologues, dialogues, AI voiceovers and a collaborative video essay made with artist Nina Davies. Below you can find links to view each work in full, or a playlist of the entire practice submission. This video is one of three postscripts to Scripting for Agency: An Artistic Enquiry into Selfhood, Character and Agency in the Age of AI. About this Series Scripting for Agency: An Artistic Enquiry into Selfhood, Character and Agency in the Age of AI is a video lecture series based on Dr Katarina Ranković’s practice-based PhD in Fine Art at Goldsmiths, University of London. Combining philosophy, performance, creative writing, and AI theory, the series explores how our understanding of the self shapes our personal lives, our politics, and our relationship to intelligent technologies. Links Series Playlist: https://bit.ly/sfa-series (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbUhSb1I5ZnFDaVNaMUJZWEJZeVJ3empYZl9VZ3xBQ3Jtc0trbFNFU1JCWFBjdnAtcDZOa2hiNlU5SDljQ1FqdnhCd3NFVkFTTU0tOF9jS3RKT1N3WUtOblplalpqTDdBdnNjaEhUb2N2Y0NJbWZxUmNCeV9CVzNFQ3NaYjc1cDhuci1yUU9lZ25PSG9DWE1mTlVObw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fsfa-series&v=PTsAqKkPCX8) PhD thesis (PDF format): https://bit.ly/sfa-pdf (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa3l5RUJNVml5T01LSXpqb3dSYmJZYXI0a3RUQXxBQ3Jtc0tuY3NFSE5fVXN1em82bGtnWWJIN1lpTk0wa3BKU0VsU2xFMU9DeWQxckVYT3pKZEdQSjNIRGJvc3c2bnlxemZGYWtSNmMwbnlaUnpKOTBYSUlVVXcyZ2o3cUZfc2MtVXNXTlhHZE1oMDBwcFFiQzVvUQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fsfa-pdf&v=PTsAqKkPCX8) Artworks Work 1: Revolutionary (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTPnhMeIs3Y) (2020) Work 2: Suburbia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5yShx7fGCs) (2021) Work 3: The Man on the Ceiling (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3xAXiuKC8U) (2021) Work 4: The Trickle Traitor Effect (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSOwub0kgms) (2021) Work 5: Homo Horizontalis (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgGbC5kFp1A) (2021) Work 6: Coaxing the Lofty Other (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJxJsoHmkJQ) (2021) Work 7: Politics of Inner Self (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl2tkGgP0Bg) (2020) Work 8: Hospital of Happiness (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY3RQ5k06pM) (2019) Work 9: Fictional Politician (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pf8RxQpXe8) (2019) Work 10: Individual Relic (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVrJBMuhnXo) (2021) Full Playlist of Artworks: https://bit.ly/sfa-art (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbnRtWDNQdk9TZC11NUxmWVVtR09fTktnc1FKZ3xBQ3Jtc0tsZTBmNDNEWEtfeEN1QzJybDM2SHlBcWFrUTQza0dsQlUwWnVjSjNCRG8tNzVOZm9RRnF4WUU1MWtUbFA3djAtWW9jX184Wi15dUlXVjAzbHUxQUYyVmFOdnRTdTVqWXJuM1hNTXFacHk5Z1lQM2tGZw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fsfa-art&v=PTsAqKkPCX8) (https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Story-of-Room-03-Audiobook/B0CKS4LMKL?eac_link=4kqQH2e1Upqo&ref=web_search_eac_asin_1&eac_selected_type=asin&eac_selected=B0CKS4LMKL&qid=uRPnodxtEo&eac_id=260-9163826-1667529_uRPnodxtEo&sr=1-1)

3. 

   18 Dec 2025

   Appendix 1: Epilogue

   About this Episode Originally conceived as the prologue to the thesis, this epilogue reflects on the early, uncertain moments of adopting a “research character.” We follow the narrator’s hesitant steps into academic voice, exploring the role of genre, institutional architecture, literary influence and inherited voices in shaping the self that writes. Touching on Zadie Smith, Virginia Woolf and Erik Satie, this personal meditation becomes a broader inquiry into how we enter new worlds—and what we leave behind in doing so. This video is one of three postscripts to Scripting for Agency: An Artistic Enquiry into Selfhood, Character and Agency in the Age of AI. About this Series Scripting for Agency: An Artistic Enquiry into Selfhood, Character and Agency in the Age of AI is a video lecture series based on Dr Katarina Ranković’s practice-based PhD in Fine Art at Goldsmiths, University of London. Combining philosophy, performance, creative writing, and AI theory, the series explores how our understanding of the self shapes our personal lives, our politics, and our relationship to intelligent technologies. Links Series Playlist: https://bit.ly/sfa-series (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbUZTdl9Jd2owV2UySUdFVUhVUjBld0lBQmpld3xBQ3Jtc0ttSXpjZVJVU0ZUTmwteHE3MjBOSm56aVBHUG1FQWtCVEh6WFREZmR2RHhZQS1KR09vYjB4UmxUaC1YZFNBaC14cFdLa2QwQmFkdjJaWTNJZWoxS1RUYzBGdGRUdXU4bmxrYjdibDhqX3hxZWY4TG0xSQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fsfa-series&v=KWzw86ohOyQ) PhD thesis (PDF format): https://bit.ly/sfa-pdf (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbnE0X1JUVGpWTmtRUEE4WTM5bXZtYkhBMVVGZ3xBQ3Jtc0tsSE80X0lMTFEzSnF0azd2a1NlZy1reWJjMlZ5ZkJrOXpfUWdVUmk1TWtSTjRtQzRTYVJJQms5QnNId1l5WW1UZGFtbnBYUm9GY0lJbi1aV2pRVW1xRGNReTFVQjhWeEhuc3M0MUtFVVRVenM2bXZsZw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fsfa-pdf&v=KWzw86ohOyQ) Thesis artworks: https://bit.ly/sfa-art (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbnAyVk4teXJNblJRazhqaU9vV3paNlU4cG5WQXxBQ3Jtc0ttUHVKTXBHT3I2RHQ3VEtQOE11VldMMlVWT3A1QnZzTjdqNkd3NEo3WDJpUW12MGhsS2Z2a0F3bnRUNmRUU2RXVXFBTzRmUldGazlURDlUQ0ZzVkYxZWtsWWo5YXdFbVc4VERzV2lRTmtYSWRrQ3FTbw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fsfa-art&v=KWzw86ohOyQ) References - Calvino, Italo. If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller. London: Vintage, 1998. - Frow, John. “On Personhood in Public Places.” Public Culture Research Unit, University of Melbourne. Transcript. https://www.academia.edu/2562822/On_P... (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbWtraXI2aWlSNk1BSXJQTzdTVzVnYTZ0ZVQzQXxBQ3Jtc0tsQ1dIRXFGT1owb2NNYVRnWWtUajJjcmZjdjJJUE50OGFibVQtU1lKcUZYaDktTnQwN095LWh6VWFuUGN1REtSVUpmRUVKUHBncnMwU2I2ci1lTnhsM3BkbmphTk5qLXVWeFdLQnZIR2JzdWtYQ1Qxaw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.academia.edu%2F2562822%2FOn_Personhood_in_Public_Places&v=KWzw86ohOyQ). - Hesse, Hermann. The Glass Bead Game. Translated by Richard and Clara Winston. London: Vintage, 2000. - Lethem, Jonathan. The Ecstasy of Influence: Nonfictions, Etc. London: Random House, 2012. - Milgram, Stanley. “Behavioral Study of Obedience.” Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology 67, no. 4 (1963): 371–78. - Satie, Erik. A Mammal’s Notebook. Edited by Ornella Volta. Translated by Antony Melville. London: Atlas Press, 2017. - Shakespeare, William. Macbeth. Edited by Sandra Clark and Pamela Mason. London: Bloomsbury, 2015. - Shaw, George Bernard. Pygmalion: A Romance in Five Acts. Charleston, S.C.: BiblioLife, 2009. - Smith, Zadie. “Speaking in Tongues.” The New York Review of Books, 26 February 2009. https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2009... (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbWJ6empFTzJWVWktTHpRM3BRUHgtZEVfa2pRZ3xBQ3Jtc0trVklUay1KSHhDTjVkSlg5X0gzVUZ3MlBjMUhGdVlvVFBwdFFTZlNOTWk4X0EwdUhZaDhVUEJqeURjOWlQLVBUa1hBQnhkeFgtWklULUZudUt6UWNsTnZCNFpkWTZnMFd1eXhTeWxkV05aeHpzMF9aQQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nybooks.com%2Farticles%2F2009%2F02%2F26%2Fspeaking-in-tongues-2%2F&v=KWzw86ohOyQ). - Woolf, Virginia. A Room of One’s Own and Three Guineas. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. - Zimbardo, Philip G. “On Rethinking the Psychology of Tyranny: The BBC Prison Study.” British Journal of Social Psychology 45, no. 1 (2006): 47–53. - “LA Law.” Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher. NBC. Aired 15 September 1986 to 19 May 1994. - Piper, Adrian. “What, exactly, is the Idea of Artistic Research? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYZLg9-x3g4)” Lecture presented at Post Digital Cultures Symposium, Lausanne, 4–5 December 2019. YouTube video. - Hiller, Susan. “Art Talk: Susan Hiller in Conversation with René Morales (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUAdD2Uvi38).” Pérez Art Museum Miami. Uploaded 27 March 2017. YouTube video.

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