VisCHI 2026: Visual Storytelling in Computer-Human Interaction CHI Workshop Barcelona, Spain, April 13-17, 2026

Recent advances in generative AI have reshaped visual storytelling, transforming artificial intelligence from a passive tool into an active narrative agent. Designers, researchers, and artists increasingly collaborate with AI systems to co-produce comics, speculative worlds, animated storyboards, and embodied characters. Yet HCI lacks a shared framework for understanding how narrative authorship, agency, and meaning-making emerge in human–AI co-creation. This workshop gathers researchers, practitioners, and creative technologists to critically explore AI as a storyteller, collaborator, and provocateur. Through position papers, live co-creation sessions, and reflective dialogues, we will examine how AI reshapes visual narrative design practices, methodologies, and ethics. The goal is to articulate new vocabularies, frameworks, and research pathways for Human–AI Narrative Interaction.

Join Our Workshop at CHI 2026: Visual Storytelling Beyond the Human

Are you a researcher, artist, or designer exploring the boundaries of Human-AI co-creation? Do you believe that comics and sequential art are more than just illustrations, but powerful instruments for research?

We are thrilled to invite submissions for our upcoming workshop at CHI 2026 in Barcelona, Spain (April 13-17, 2026): "Visual Storytelling Beyond the Human: Co-Creation, Culture, and Futures."

Why This Workshop?

While HCI has long used storyboards for design, we are pushing the medium further to explore:

 * AI as a Narrative Agent: Moving beyond passive tools to active storytelling collaborators.

 * Decolonial & Pluralistic Perspectives: Centering Eastern philosophies, Indigenous traditions, and voices often silenced in dominant narratives.

 * More-than-Human Worlds: Using visual art to attune us to the agencies of plants, animals, algorithms, and the land.

What to Expect

This 180-minute session is designed for active engagement rather than passive listening:

 * Interactive Roundtables: Present your work in intimate 5-person groups to foster deep peer-to-peer learning.

 * Collective Drawing Session: Participate in a hands-on "gap-and-fill" exercise, using both analog tools and generative AI to co-create new narratives.

 * Visual Proceedings: All accepted works and workshop artifacts will be archived in an open-access online gallery.

Call for Submissions

We welcome 

Position Papers (4-8 pages, excluding references); 

Visual Essays (comics, storyboards, photo-essays); 

Alternative formats like zines or short videos are also encouraged!

Key Info

 * Deadline: February 12, 2026

 * Find us at: https://www.vischi.org

 * Format: ACM Single-column Format

Let’s draw new worlds into being that text alone cannot capture!