Artificial Intelligence promises drastic changes in every corner of our world. The art world is no different. There’s a massive gap between high-level conversations about the potential to merge art and technology, and what’s actually happening on the ground. Major challenges abound on all sides.
Artists are alienated by emerging technologies. Technologists are advancing the field without sufficient critical and social engagement. Institutional stakeholders are resistant to the realities of imminent AI related paradigm shifts.
It’s time to do something about it.
An[0]ther {AI} in Art is an intimate gathering that will bring together artists, scholars, curators, technologists, community leaders and institutional influencers and decision makers to address gaps, challenges, and opportunities at the intersection of critical inquiry, art making and artificial intelligence. Founded by Amir Baradaran, with the generous support of The Knight Foundation and Columbia University, and in partnership with the New Museum and NEW INC, the program will mine diverse perspectives in the ongoing discourse between citizen-users and the technology-making industry.
“As we increasingly use machines to tell our own stories, to what extent can we reclaim our agency in designing the stories that machines write and archive about us? ”
VISION
We seek to build a common understanding of the present and propose a radical view of the future – one that incorporates the voices of those historically excluded from participating in cultural dialogue, let alone shaping it.
UNITE visionary practitioners, scholars, institutional stakeholders, and community and tech industry leaders
UNPACK philosophical and social issues deriving from the use of AI in art making and the role of artists and the art world ecosystem in shaping the promise of technological development
PRODUCE a set of framing questions around the use of AI within the art world that present a radical vision of the future.
DOCUMENT and publish our approach, process, and findings for the public.
