AI + Art = Art in the Age of AI
What does tech art look like? To find out, I curated an exhibition around the work of thirteen AI and generative artists.
What does tech art look like?
To find out, I curated an exhibition around the work of thirteen AI and generative artists.
I borrowed that opening question from the Museum of Modern Art in New York, where curators asked, “What does modern art look like?” They answered by mounting a show of early cubist paintings. Now, of course, we know what modern art and cubism art looks like, but back in the 1910 – 30s, the edgiest artists were still testing and experimenting.
My artists too, are trying to figure this new form out.
Entirely new art forms are rare, and for art lovers, this is an amazing moment to experience as acts of innovation and originality play out in real time.
The artwork in this exhibit is mind-made, not handmade, and, because the image might contain data, code, math formulas, and so on, the pieces have built-in layers of meaning. The data belongs to something like a city, star, or person. The math is used to predict ocean tides, bird flight, or the sounds of the Amazon Rainforest. Knowing the origins of the data, math, or code can shape how you see the art.
Synthetic sentience is explored by the artists, and some works feel alive. That raises the question,
Does your art have rights?
Because AI allows artists to mimic and blend styles. Style, which was once everything, is now a design element, like a color, or brush size.
Sorry Style. The newest ‘thing’ is human imagination unleashed from its physical limitations and set free in the digital landscape.
What do you think tech art should look like?
Art in the Age of AI: Evolution or End?
If you’re in the Austin area, please stop by.
Where: Unchained.Art gallery, 1601 E. Cesar Chavez, #101 Austin, TX, 78702
When: October 30 - December 7, 2024.
Opening night: Oct 30, 5-8pm - free & open to the public
More information and links to the exhibition and weekend events below:
Each Weekend we will host special events
November 3rd, Sunday 2-5pm – Say and See by artist Jiabao Li and Steven Wilkinson
The event is free and open to the public but is limited to 20 people.
Reserve your place on Eventbrite (RSVP) Say See Event
"SaySee" is an interactive speech-to-video generative AI system that transforms spoken words in any language into visually emotive videos. Come see what your feel. The image you create will be emailed to you. All ages welcome.
November 7th, Thursday 5-7pm – Curator’s Tour by Julia Morton, with Q&A
This event is free and open to the public but is limited to 20 people.
Reserve your place on Eventbrite (RSVP) Art in the Age of AI: Curator’s Tour
The curator, Julia Morton, will cover tech art’s past, present, and offer future predictions using the show as a guide. The audience will be invited to offer their critiques of these emerging art forms.
November 10th, Sunday 11am – 2pm – Make Your Own Generative Artwork
The event is free and open to the public but limited to 20 people.
Reserve your place on Eventbrite (RSVP) Make Your Own Generative Artwork
Data artist James Pricer will show you how to create generative art. You will be able to draw with generative brushes that contain brain wave data taken from a study on how humans think. Your image will be email to you. The artist will explain the generative process, followed by Q&A.
November 21st Thursday 6 - 9 pm –
Culinary Adventure in the Pacific Garbage Patch with Jiabao Li
The Installation will include algae bioplastic treats and drinks.
This is a private, paid event, reserve you place on
Eventbrite (RSVP) Culinary Adventure in the Pacific Garbage Patch
Artist Jiabao Li has a solution for plastic pollution: Let’s eat it. Using bio-engineered trans-species solutions, she suggests that humans consume the plastic they consume. Her art stretches science, expands art, and flexes our imaginations.
Jiabao Li creates works addressing climate change, interspecies co-creation, humane technology, and perceptions. Her mediums include wearable, robot, AR/VR, performance, scientific experiment, installation. In Jiabao’s TED Talk, she uncovered how technology mediates the way we perceive reality. Jiabao is a Tenure Track Assistant Professor at The University of Texas at Austin. Her lab explores the intersection of art, design, technology, and biology. She graduated from Harvard GSD with Distinction and thesis award.
Li is the recipient of numerous awards, including Forbes China 30 Under 30, iF Design Award, Falling Walls, NEA, STARTS Prize, Fast Company, Core77, IDSA, A’ Design Award, Webby Award, Cannes World Film Festival Award, and Outstanding Instructor Award. Her work has been exhibited internationally, at Venice Architecture Biennale, MoMA, Ars Electronica, Exploratorium, Today Art Museum Biennial, SIGGRAPH, Milan and Dubai Design Week, Ming Contemporary Museum, ISEA, Anchorage Museum, OCAT Contemporary Art Terminal, CHI, Museum of Design.
Art in the Age of AI Oct 30 – Dec 7, 2024
Unchained.Art Contemporary Gallery, 1601 Cesar Chavez, #101, Austin, TX
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