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.

Partner 2021

Waag (Niederlande) - KONSORTIUM

Waag operates at the intersection of science, technology and the arts. Our work focuses on emergent technologies as instruments of social change, and is guided by the values of fairness, openness and inclusivity. Regarding AI, Waag sets out to explore the role and potential of AI in our shared futures, understanding AI systems both as technological and cultural phenomena. Waag’s AI Lab develops along three major research lines: People’s AI, Artificial personality, and Open AI.

Start:

Nov 01, 2018

End:

Dec 31, 2021

Info:

European ARTificial Intelligence Lab KONSORTIUM Partners:
Ars Electronica, Center for Promotion of Science, Zaragoza City of Knowledge Foundation, Laboral, Kapelica Gallery, Science Gallery Dublin, Onassis Cultural Center, The Culture Yard / clickfestival, GLUON, Hexagone Scène Nationale Arts Sciences, SOU Festival, le lieu unique, Waag.

Cross reference

Waag

Waag is a Future Lab for technology and society. Technology is not neutral. Waag reinforces critical reflection on technology, develops technological and social design skills, and encourages social innovation. Waag works in a trans-disciplinary team of designers, artists and scientists, utilising public research methods in the realms of technology and society. This is how Waag empowers as many people as possible to design an open, honest and inclusive future.

Future Lab
As of January 2021, Waag has been assigned the role of Future Lab by the Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science. This role can be described as follows: ‘A Future Lab is a centre for the future-oriented development of design and for the use of design and technology to solve social challenges.’ Waag was awarded this position due, in part, to the organisation’s 25 years of experience in design and artistic research in the field of technology and society.
Waag’s activities primarily take place in research labs, where research and development are carried out on technological and social issues. As part of its public programme, Waag organises workshops, exhibitions, and debates. Additionally, Waag offers educational courses on creative technology and society with its Waag Academy programme.

AI Culture Lab
Waag’s AI Culture Lab sets out to explore the role and potential of AI in our shared futures, understanding AI systems both as technological and cultural phenomena. Its stated goal is exploring alternative notions and applications of AI, positing the human in the interplay of algorithms and data. The core activities of the lab are facilitating artistic research projects and residencies into AI, and developing AI knowledge and applications for and with the public, in conjunction with scientific and business partners of the community. It brings together artists, scientists, citizens and entrepreneurs to share ideas, pursue research and foster new, civic applications of this major new technology.

(The Practice of Art and AI, p. 288)