ARS ELECTRONICA ARCHIVE – 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.

Exhibitions/Journeys 2020

A Centaur Journey by Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm (DK)

AI Lab Journey
A Centaur Journey by Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm (DK)

comissioned for the Ars Electronica Online Festival 2020.
published and streamed during the Festival:
Wed, 09.09.2020, 11:30 – 12:00 (CET | UTC +2) Ars Electronica Gardens Channel
Thu, 10.09.2020, 11:15 – 11:45 (CET | UTC +2) Ars Electronica Selection Channel
Thu, 10.09.2020, 22:00 – 22:30 (CET | UTC +2) Ars Electronica Gardens Channel
afterwards accessible via the Festival Website.

Links

https://ars.electronica.art/keplersgardens/en/centaur/

Start:

Sep 09, 2020

End:

Sep 13, 2020

Info:

Ars Electronica Journeys is an entirely new format which evolved in the midst of rethinking the festival. Artists, researchers and creative producers were invited to prepare video journeys, providing interactive guided tours without the audience’s physical presence. Beyond that, the journey guides can really invite the viewers into their “world” by not just offering exclusive insight into their fields of expertise and artistic practices, but sharing surroundings relevant to their work – be it their labs, inspiring public places, or their favorite walking routes to mull over ideas. All of the journeys are realized in different frameworks. The European Artificial Intelligence Lab journeys put a spotlight on cutting-edge topics and developments in the realm of artificial intelligence.

Cross reference

Ars Electronica, Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm (DK)

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.

Description

How can we better comprehend the challenges and possibilities of artificial intelligence in art? And how do human-technology hybrids transform artistic practice?
This video tour scrutinizes such questions and suggests that the increasing usage of machine learning in artistic practice calls for a re-examination of the artistic relationship between human and non-human actors.
In this video journey, artist Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm will reflect upon her artistic practice, utilizing machine learning (RNN, NLP, Reinforcement Learning) to create the modern dance piece, Centaur.
Audiences will be able to follow the creation of the piece, listen to Cecilie and modern dance instructor Pontus Lidberg discuss their thoughts on how machine intelligence transforms artistic practice, and watch rehearsals where the AI persona David takes the lead in instructing the dancers.

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

Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm is an award-winning artist using new media (e.g. machine learning) to create interactive artworks. Her work has been exhibited internationally e.g. at Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Experimenta 2020 in France and Click Festival in Denmark. Her piece “ARTificial Intelligence FRANK” was awarded The Lumen Prize and the British Art and Humanities Research Counsel’s TECHNE Award.