AI Lab
The European ARTificial Intelligence Lab (AI Lab) is a follow-up project to the European Digital Art and Science Network, a creative collaboration between scientific institutions, Ars Electronica and cultural partners throughout Europe that unites science and digital art. The European ARTificial Intelligence Lab follows on from this and addresses visions, expectations and fears that we associate with artificial intelligence. The consortium consists of 13 cultural institutions from Europe with Ars Electronica as coordinator. This online archive provides an overview of all activities carried out during the project's lifetime from 2018 to 2021. It also provides information about the network itself, the residency artists and juries, and the project partners involved. The AI Lab is co-funded by the EU program "Creative Europe (2014-2020)" and by the Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport.
!brute_force: Feeding the Algorithm / AI LAB Journey by Maja Smrekar (SI)
From Sep 9, 2020 to Sep 13, 2020
Credits: These video commissions are co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union in the framework of the European ARTificial Intelligence Lab.
Linked Content:
!brute_force: Feeding the Algorithm / AI LAB Journey by Maja Smrekar (SI)
Responding to the coronavirus pandemic, the !brute_force project focuses on the future of market-driven diagnostic wearables and AI-based health monitoring technologies. A human and dog performer climb through an installation of platforms and empty spaces. Both wear Electrocardiograph ECG/EKG diagnostic wearables, used for the medical monitoring of chronic heart and respiratory conditions. These are gathered within a Neural Network, whose goal is to synchronize the heartbeat of the human with that of the dog. On the one hand, the installation represents the canine and human bodies under surveillance capitalism, as abstractions within total corporate knowledge and control of bodily function. On the other, the installation also suggests paths of resistance, by imagining the coexistence of the two species in a state of joint physical activity. Project Credits / Acknowledgements These video commissions are co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union in the framework of the European ARTificial Intelligence Lab. Biography Maja Smrekar’s (SI) work has been established in the international art and science milieu. Her practice has allowed her to lead strong collaborations in developing cross-conceptual productions that include installations, performances, site specific art, drawings, videos, sound, workshops, lectures and texts. Among other awards, she received the 2017 Prix Ars Electronica – Golden Nica Award in Hybrid Arts.
Date: 2020
Tags: AI Lab