Speaking

2008 – Present
Art Writing, Books, Poetry, Electronic Litterature

In 2021, they founded Oulipo.xyz, a poetic web studio, sandbox and small hadron collider dedicated to the intersection of AI, poetry and web technologies. Through Oulipo, Halim offers public speaking, creative technology workshops, and consults organizations seeking to unlock and harness personal and collective creativity.

Talks

Halim performed Algorithm’s Embrace at Gray Area.

Halim covered the impact of AI on litterature and poetry in a round table organized by the SF Standard.

Halim’s talks have been viewed over 100k times. Nanoeconomics or why you are worth more than you think was shared at TEDx Paris Universités. A piece of advice to the president of the world was shared at TEDxBeirut. Biohacking: une vie augmentée was shared at TEDxBordeaux. Hacking happy was shared at TEDxHackney. What's wrong with Facebook "likes"? was shared at TEDTalentSearch. Nano-économie ou Comment créer votre propre armée was shared at TEDxOujda.

Workshops
Co/n/founding Queer Webs was shared with the Sandbox in Barcelona, London and Paris.

Co/n/founding Queer Webs and Algorithm’s Embrace were shared with Prophet consulting employees during an hour long talk, performance and workshop.

Performances
Halim performed Deserve it at Gray Area.

Halim’s performance practice dates back to 2008. One early project was called True Badour in which Halim would ask the audience for 5 words and create a poem / song based on their suggestions.

Los Angeles

Sao Paulo

Cité Universitaire, Paris

Euclid Manor, Oakland

The Marsh, San Francisco

Litquake, Zoom

The (Original) Stud, San Francisco

The Marsh, San Francisco

True Badour, Paris

Reimagine, San Francisco

Google HQ, San Francisco

Counterpulse, San Francisco

The Marsh, San Francisco

Sandbox Summit, Hanoi

Soulplay festival, California

TED Live, Los Angeles

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Speaking