Guillaume Slizewicz is a designer and digital artist whose work deals with technology, the environment and society. He uses technology in critical and evocative ways, and often draws connections between old craft practices and contemporary digital tools.

He studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at the University of Kent and Sciences-Po Lille, then Production Technology at Copenhagen's School of Design and Technology, and founded his studio in 2021 to explore these relationships through digital arts and collectible design. His works tend to combine physical materials such as metal, wood and clay with digital processes such as algorithms, artificial intelligence and computer-aided manufacturing. He often works within collectives and with other designers, and is as interested in how a piece is made, by hand as much as by machine. His recent projects look at the materiality and politics of technology: the carbon cost of large language models, the micro-targeting logic of the web, and the ways these systems shape what we can see and say. His work has been shown by institutions including MAD (Brussels), Impakt (Utrecht), the Design Museum (Ghent), Le Pavillon (Namur), BioArt Labs (Eindhoven) and Fake/Authentic (Milan), by universities in Brussels, Leuven, Basel, Trier and Hong Kong, and in grassroots venues such as Biestebroekbis, La Maison du Livre in Saint-Gilles and Constant in Brussels. He also teaches and runs workshops, including at LUCA School of Arts and ERG.

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2025 Brussels Curated 2025 at Mix Brussels Mosaic, algorithms

In collaboration with : Françoise Lombaers (le carré de mosaique)

Credits : Guillaume Slizewicz, Stan Huaux

Curated by: Lionel Jadot

Shown with: Aether/mass; Dirk Meylaerts; Feston; Mokko; Ariane van Dievoet; Jules Pean; Fractall; Atelier Alexandre Labruyère; Atelier26; MAD Brussels; Studio Tim Somers; Protoclub; Studio Loho; Pellegroms; Objects by Max Reynders; Nicolette de Waart; Mathilde Wittock; Marijke De Cock; Lucas Zito; Debora Vancayzeele; Daniyar Uderbekov; Cru Atelier; Alexis Mazin; Camille Tan; Maude Sauvage; Vacuum Atelier; Glass Variations; Mariana Ralo; Aurélien Veyrat; Rover Project; Linnv Studio; Studio Douze Degrés.

A mosaic that embbeds a Prim-Jarnik algorithm in its branches

At Curated 2025, curated by Lionel Jadot at Mix Brussels, a fourth mosaic panel was presented in collaboration with artisan Françoise Lombaers. The work explores what happens when algorithmic processes meet traditional craft constraints. Using an implementation of the Prim-Jarník algorithm—typically used in computer science to find minimum spanning trees in weighted graphs—computational logic is translated into physical mosaic patterns. Lombaers works exclusively with square tiles that are never cut, a technical limitation that shapes the visual outcome as much as the algorithm itself.

In our interpretation of this graph algorithm, we explore the problem of connecting all points in a space using the minimum possible total distance. The algorithm grows a tree by repeatedly selecting the shortest possible edge that connects the existing structure to a new point. Rather than representing connections as present or absent, we apply a ridge gradient that creates a topographical landscape where the tree’s edges form elevated ridges that gradually taper off into valleys. This approach transforms the mathematical precision of finding optimal connections into organic, flowing patterns that can evoke natural systems like river networks or leaf veins.