Launch Event
Launch Event
Phoenix Phoenix Arts Centre, 4 Midland Street, Leicester, United KingdomThe Festival is a collaboration between De Montfort University, independent AI arts curator, Luba Elliott, Phoenix and Highcross Shopping Centre. It has been supported by the award-winning #DMULocal programme, a De Montfort initiative dedicated to fulfilling the University’s commitment to benefit the public good and promote Leicester. In 2016/17 #DMULocal supported and coordinated over 90 […]
Lecture : The Human in the Design
Phoenix Phoenix Arts Centre, 4 Midland Street, Leicester, United KingdomSpeaker : Gerhard Fischer Lecture : The Human in the Design - Trade-offs between Artificial Intelligence and Human-Centered Design The event presents a special guest lecture by human-machine research pioneer, Gerhard Fischer, visiting from Colorado, USA. Gerhard's work has explored theoretical frameworks and system developments for human-computer interaction and he co-founded conferences in Germany on […]
VIP Launch : Gallery
Phoenix Phoenix Arts Centre, 4 Midland Street, Leicester, United KingdomCelebrating the launch of the ART-AI Festival at Phoenix with an opportunity to see Klingemann's and Heaney's work. Installations are open throughout the festival (May 16-31).
Performance : Human+Machine – Improbotics
Phoenix Phoenix Arts Centre, 4 Midland Street, Leicester, United KingdomImprobotics is both an improvised comedy show and a live Turing test: an actual artificial intelligence-based chatbot is performing in the show alongside human improvisers. The AI sends lines to one of the improvisers via an earpiece. The cast’s impossible and hilarious challenge is to justify - physically and emotionally - lines that may make […]