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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 […]
AI for Artists
Phoenix Phoenix Arts Centre, 4 Midland Street, Leicester, United KingdomThe workshop will introduce the concepts underpinning what's currently called AI and explore how artists have been using and responding to the technology of mass data analysis. From image manipulation to government surveillance, AI underpins much of modern life yet is often intangible and invisible. By the end of this workshop you'll have a clear […]
AI in Recent Art Practice
Phoenix Phoenix Arts Centre, 4 Midland Street, Leicester, United KingdomThis talk will give an overview of how artists and creative technologists are using and thinking about artificial intelligence. Over the past couple of years, there has been increasing interest in applying the latest advances in machine learning to creative projects in art, music, film, theatre and beyond. From Google's DeepDream and style transfer to the world's first […]
Curating the Machine
Phoenix Phoenix Arts Centre, 4 Midland Street, Leicester, United KingdomDuring 2017, as part of his fellowship at Near Now at Broadway, artist and Curator Antonio Roberts conducted research into the affect AI and automation is having on the role of Curation in the arts. In this presentation Antonio will present his research, which asks questions about the specific roles of Curators and whether an […]
Talk : State of the AI-Art
Phoenix Phoenix Arts Centre, 4 Midland Street, Leicester, United KingdomSpeaker : Luba Elliot This talk will give an overview of how artists and creative technologists are using and thinking about artificial intelligence. Over the past couple of years, there has been increasing interest in applying the latest advances in machine learning to creative projects in art, music, film, theatre and beyond. From Google's DeepDream and style transfer to […]