Triple Canopy Symposium 2026 (Day 2)

Triple Canopy’s annual symposium is a manifestation of the magazine’s concerns and collaborations, in person and in real time. The multiday gathering brings together artists, writers, performers, and researchers to address the role of culture in responding (or contributing) to a range of critical issues. 1PM Speaking Without Tongues Cooper Jacoby, Christopher Kulendran Thomas & Maya Man Generated audio has permeated the sonic landscape, whether as deepfaked soundbites or stilted TikTok voiceovers, and is increasingly difficult to distinguish from human speech. The artists Cooper Jacoby, Maya Man, and Christopher Kulendran Thomas will discuss how they have each trained artificial voices and deployed them to explore loss and desire, power and performance, labor, and celebrity. 3PM Technomisoginary Sophie Lewis & Kalindi Vora The cultural theorists Sophie Lewis and Kalindi Vora will discuss the ways in which misogyny and colonial ideology shape contemporary technologies, as well as how we might combat tech leaders’ annihilatory ethos. Together, they will consider a vision of liberated reproduction (both social and biological) and how devalued, feminized forms of labor might be reimagined and properly remunerated. 5PM Bets in a Burning House David Hill, Ayesha A. Siddiqi & Jacob Silverman Drawing from their writing and research, David Hill, Ayesha A. Siddiqi, and Jacob Silverman will address the rise of prediction markets, as well as their historical precedents and contemporary policies and politics. As prediction markets push to “financialize everything,” who will profit from speculating on—or manipulating—the future, and at what cost? 8PM Ghosted, Too Morgan Bassichis “Adoration has a way of keeping the deceased at least a little bit alive,” Bassichis writes. “I will sometimes refer to them as ghosts, but a bit reluctantly, because that is a term I have only ever heard from the living.” Considering ghosts as manifestations of “unfinished business,” Bassichis will offer provisional reflections on performance as a mode of necromancy, or “visitationship.” A livestream will be available free of charge at 1pm on the day of the performance and archived for future viewing. The 2026 Symposium is made possible through the generous support of Critical Minded, an initiative to invest in cultural critics of color cofounded by the Nathan Cummings Foundation and the Ford Foundation; the Lambent Foundation/Fund of Tides Foundation; the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation; the Ken & Judith Joy Family Foundation; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; Amazon Literary Partnership Literary Magazine Fund and the Community of Literary Magazines & Presses; the Stolbun Family; and Triple Canopy’s Publishers Circle. Triple Canopy’s annual symposium is a manifestation of the magazine’s concerns and collaborations, in person and in real time. The multiday gathering brings together artists, writers, performers, and researchers to address the role of culture in responding (or contributing) to a range of critical issues. 1PM Speaking Without Tongues Cooper Jacoby, Christopher Kulendran Thomas & Maya Man Generated audio has permeated the sonic landscape, whether as deepfaked soundbites or stilted TikTok voiceovers, and is increasingly difficult to distinguish from human speech. The artists Cooper Jacoby, Maya Man, and Christopher Kulendran Thomas will discuss how they have each trained artificial voices and deployed them to explore loss and desire, power and performance, labor, and celebrity. 3PM Technomisoginary Sophie Lewis & Kalindi Vora The cultural theorists Sophie Lewis and Kalindi Vora will discuss the ways in which misogyny and colonial ideology shape contemporary technologies, as well as how we might combat tech leaders’ annihilatory ethos. Together, they will consider a vision of liberated reproduction (both social and biological) and how devalued, feminized forms of labor might be reimagined and properly remunerated. 5PM Bets in a Burning House David Hill, Ayesha A. Siddiqi & Jacob Silverman Drawing from their writing and research, David Hill, Ayesha A. Siddiqi, and Jacob Silverman will address the rise of prediction markets, as well as their historical precedents and contemporary policies and politics. As prediction markets push to “financialize everything,” who will profit from speculating on—or manipulating—the future, and at what cost? 8PM Ghosted, Too Morgan Bassichis “Adoration has a way of keeping the deceased at least a little bit alive,” Bassichis writes. “I will sometimes refer to them as ghosts, but a bit reluctantly, because that is a term I have only ever heard from the living.” Considering ghosts as manifestations of “unfinished business,” Bassichis will offer provisional reflections on performance as a mode of necromancy, or “visita