/ Invited talks
Dominik Jałowiński
Invited talk 1: Słabi artyści kopiują, wielcy artyści kradną, a AI... robi to wszystko w ułamku sekundy i jeszcze generuje do tego artist statement.
Friday / 8 November 10:00 - 12:00 1.01
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Biography:
Visual artist, painter, performer, curator of virtual visual experiences. Born in 1981 in Lublin, Poland. Dominik studied at the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (2002-2008). He creates paintings, performances, and social situations that explore the boundaries of aesthetic and cultural limits on both social and personal levels. In 2015, he was a recipient of a scholarship from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. From 2018 to 2022, he was a co-creator and participant in exhibitions at the Galeria Śmierć Frajerom. Since 2017, he has been experimenting with various applications of new technologies in art. Since 2018, he has been using artificial intelligence algorithms as tools for creating images.
Boris Eldagsen
Invited talk 2: Will it Blend? The Future of Human/AI Collaboration in Creativity
Saturday / 9 November 10:00 - 11:00 online
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Abstract:
Many studies have concluded that AI is in no way inferior to humans in terms of creativity. Unfortunately, these studies do not define what they mean by creativity. Boris shows the complexity of the creative collaboration between humans and AI – and the impact it will have on the role of artists. He will show which creativity theories will help us to better understand and sensibly divide up the collaboration between humans and AI in the future.
Biography:
Boris Eldagsen (*1970, photo by Jan Sobottka) studied fine arts as well as philosophy. As a photomedia artist, he has exhibited since 2000 in various institutions and festivals including Fridericianum Kassel, ACP Sydney and Singapore International Photography Festival. Since 2004 he has been teaching as a lecturer and visiting professor at international art schools and gives workshops for the Goethe Institute, festivals and museums. Boris has been an appointed member of the German Photographic Academy (DFA) since 2013 and a member of the DGPh since 2023. He is a digital advisor to Roger Ballen and was "Head of Digital" at the DFA from 2016 to 2023, for which he designed and managed numerous online formats on artistic photography. He is also a founding member of the "Technological Progress" working group of the German Photo Council, in which Germany's photography associations discuss the impact of AI on photography. In April 2023, he turned down the Sony World Photography Award (Open Category / Creative) because he had applied with an AI-generated image to test whether photography competitions and a debate on the relationship between AI-generated images and photography were possible. His stunt became worldwide news and his image PSEUDOMNESIA | The Electrician became one of the most famous of the year.
Rachel Maclean
Invited talk 3: DUCK: Relax, none of this is real...
Saturday / 9 November 11:30 - 13:00 Online
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Abstract:
Artist Rachel Maclean will be talking about her latest film deepfake film DUCK, in which she stars as Sean Connery and Marilyn Monroe, amongst other famous actors, to explore ideas around truth, authenticity, and the nature of digital identities. She will also be discussing how she incorporates new emerging AI technologies into her current painting practice
Biography:
Rachel Maclean is an established artist and filmmaker based in Glasgow whose films have shown widely in galleries, museums, film festivals, and on television. She has screened work at numerous festivals in the UK and internationally, such as Rotterdam International, Fantastic Fest, and BFI London Film Festival. She has received significant acclaim with solo shows at Tate Britain and The National Gallery, London, and she represented Scotland at the 2017 Venice Biennale with her film Spite Your Face. Her work A Whole New World (2014) won the prestigious Margaret Tate Award in 2013. She has twice been shortlisted for the Jarman Award, and achieved widespread critical praise for Feed Me at the British Art Show in 2016. She has also worked on a number of TV commissions for BBC1 and Channel 4.
Hugo Castelles-Dupré from Obvious
Invited talk 4: Mind-To-Image: Combining fMRI and AI to represent Visual Imagery
Saturday / 9 November 17:00 - 19:00 Online
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Biography:
Obvious is a French trio of artists and researchers that uses artificial intelligence algorithms to create works of art. Their work was highlighted in 2018 with the sale of one of their paintings, Edmond de Belamy, at Christie's NY. Their works, at the crossroads of classical art and the most recent technologies, are subsequently exhibited in the great museums of the world. They are represented by Danysz gallery, renowned for spotting emerging artistic talents. Pioneers of digital art, they are also the first French artists to have created NFTs. Through its work and its collaborations (Nike, Alpine, Opéra de Paris), Obvious aims to bring the tools developed in research to creative people in all industries, in order to initiate the next visual and artistic revolution. Obvious created its Artificial Intelligence research laboratory in 2023 in partnership with the Sorbonne University, with the aim of creating new algorithms for artistic creation and offering them in open-source to the public. In 2024, they present Mind-to-Image, their first research result: a combination of fMRI technology and ML to read the mind's eye.
Yuqian Sun
Invited talk 5: The Art of Language: Creating Games and Experiences with Chatbots
Sunday / 10 November 10:00 - 11:30 Online
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Biography:
Yuqian Sun is an AI narrative researcher and artist based in London. She is currently a doctoral candidate at the Computer Science Research Centre, Royal College of Art. Focusing on the power of language, Yuqian aims to create 'alive' storytelling experiences through conversational AI, extending beyond games and permeating daily life. Her exploration spans chatbots, games, and experimental art projects. Yuqian’s works have been presented at various tech and art venues, including SIGGRAPH, CVPR, A MAZE, CHI, New York Times Square and the Lumen Prize. She was also a guest panellist at NVIDIA GTC and an invited speaker at Autodesk. Personal website: https://fakecheese.me/.
