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

THE BAD WEEDS TRIPS by Rocio Berenguer (ES/FR)

AI Lab Journey
THE BAD WEEDS TRIPS by Rocio Berenguer (ES/FR)

comissioned for the Ars Electronica Online Festival 2020.
published and streamed during the Festival:
Wed, 09.09.2020, 12:35 – 12:55 (CET | UTC +2) Ars Electronica Selection Channel
Fr, 11.09.2020, 10:30 – 10:50 (CET | UTC +2) Ars Electronica Gardens Channel
Sat, 12.09.2020, 01:30 – 01:50 (CET | UTC +2) Ars Electronica Gardens Channel
afterwards accessible via the Festival Website

Links

https://ars.electronica.art/keplersgardens/en/bad-weeds-trips/

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, Rocio Berenguer (ES/FR)

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.

Biography

Rocío Berenguer explores the narratives of our contemporary world, including the evolution of spaces for individual freedom within our society, the place of technology in our daily lives, and environmental issues. Whether in Homeostasis#V2, which focused on the dialogue between human and artificial intelligence; Ergonomics, inspired by the world of start-ups, or G5, about the threats to the future of humanity and species diversity, her creations are fictions that explore the possibility of «another tomorrow». rocioberenguer.com

Description

In 2030, a human-plant hybrid guides us on a trip through the past, unveiling the origins of G5, the first inter-species political summit. The event was initiated by IOFLE, the Inter-species Organisation for The Future of Life on Earth. Its founders are thought to be the artist Rocío Berenguer and IA collaborator, IAGOTCHI.
This project will compose various images of the G5 summit, with a narrator ―expressed as a voice or with subtitles― as guide. A short interview with the scientist who worked on the development of IAGOTCHI, the artwork based on an AI chatbot, will be included.

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.