Here you can find an ever-growing list of related research projects, exhibitions and events on the topic AI, Architecture and Exhibitions.
Training the Archive
(2020–2023)
Training the Archive is a research project investigating Artificial Intelligence’s potentials and risks regarding museum collection data and their automated structuring. The aim of the project is to support curatorial practices and artistic production by critically questioning AI’s application in the museum sector. Currently, the project is developing an application that may help structure large amounts of archival data for curatorial and artistic use.
Training the Archive is a joint project of the Ludwig Forum for International Art Aachen with the HMKV Hartware Medien KunstVerein, Dortmund, and a collaboration with the Visual Computing Institute of RWTH Aachen University.
Research Project Manager: Dominik Bönisch (Ludwig Forum Aachen)
Collaborative Partner: Dr. Inke Arns and Francis Hunger (HMKV, Dortmund)
Newly Formed City
(2023)
Newly Formed City is an experiment in machine curation developed by the Digital Visual Studies for the 2023 Helsinki Biennial. The project is a speculation on the idea of re-imagining the city of Helsinki through the art collection of the Helsinki Art Museum and by exploring the use of machine learning models for curatorial production. The outcomes are presented as an online platform which allows visitors to navigate through the generated alternative city.
The Digital Visual Studies is a research project funded by the Max Planck Society and hosted by the University of Zurich.
Researchers: Iacopo Neri, Ludovica Schaerf, Pepe Ballesteros, Valentina Bernasconi, Darío Negueruela del Castillo, and Tristan Weddigen. Web designer: Yehwan Song. Helsinki Biennial chief curator: Joasia Krysa.
An[0]ther {AI} in Art
(2019)
An[0]ther {AI} in Art was an event that gathered artists, scholars, curators, technologists, community spokespersons, institutional stakeholders and decision-makers to discuss both the challenges and potentials of Artificial Intelligence in the Arts. Held at the New Museum in New York/US, the event took place from the 24th to the 26th of April, 2019, and included the participation of Alberto Ibargüen (President and CEO, Knight Foundation), George Zarkadakis (Author, AI engineer, and entrepreneur), Victoria Vesna (Director, Art and Science Center, UCLA), Kamal Sinclair, (Director, Future of Culture Initiative & New Frontier Lab, Sundance Institute), Karen Wong (Deputy Director, New Museum), William Uricchio (Principal Investigator, Open Documentary Lab, MIT), Toshie Takahashi (Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, University of Cambridge, Professor, Waseda University, Tokyo), Eva Kozanecka (Google AI + Art), Justin Hendrix (CEO, NYC Media Lab), Jose Diaz (Chief Curator, Warhol Museum), Steve Feiner (Director of CGUI Lab, Department of Computer Science, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Columbia University), Newman (Principal, metaLAB, Harvard University), Stephanie Dinkins (Artist and Professor, Data & Society), Tomas Garcia (VP, Technology and Digital Media, LACMA), and Caspar Sonnen (New Media Coordinator, IDFA). A two-day submit addressed topics such as AI myths, emerging concepts in aesthetics, AI authorship, exhibition display and visitor engagement, education and innovations in pedagogical approaches, and matters of funding. The event ended with a “speculative workshop” which invited participants to imagine and propose “radical futures”. This included a discussion on what kind of spaces are required for the exhibition of AI-based artworks and how they may be conducive to audience participation, engagement, and co-creation.