LabYard: AI i kunst- og kulturproduktion
Weekend workshop:
7.-8. oktober i Helsingør
Deltagergebyr: 100 kr.
(inkl. vegetarisk mad og drikke)
Udstilling og eftersnak:
9.-11. oktober i Helsingør
Forløbet foregår på engelsk
Vil du gerne vide mere om, hvordan AI bruges i kunst- og kulturproduktion i dag? Og hvordan teknologien muligvis vil forme fremtidens kunst? Så vær med, når vi fra 7.-11. oktober, stiller skarpt på visuel kunst og AI. Gennem talks og workshops får du indsigter fra samtidskunstnere, der allerede bruger teknologien. Og du får selv mulighed for at eksperimentere med billed- og tekstprompting.
Den seneste tids fremkomst af avancerede algoritmer har givet os en række nye teknologier, som har potentiale til fundamentalt at ændre, hvordan vi skaber og konsumerer visuel kunst og kultur. Avancerede sprogmodeller og machine learning muliggør helt nye funktioner, genrer og formater, som vi ikke tidligere har kunnet forestille os. Lige fra de kunstværker, vi ser hos gallerier og på museer, til de serier vi ser på Netflix, den musik, vi lytter til, og de bøger, vi læser.
Formålet med LabYard Weekend er at udforske de muligheder og udfordringer, som kunsten og kunstnerne står over for i mødet med algoritmerne. Samtidig får du som deltager hands-on erfaringer med AI-værktøjer, indsigter i, hvordan teknologien bruges i dag, og perspektiver på, hvordan teknologien muligvis vil blive brugt i fremtiden.
Gennem praktiske workshops eksperimenterer vi med at bruge eksisterende AI-værktøjer, og gennem diskussioner, oplæg og talks med aktører fra ind- og udland, udforsker vi hvad disse teknologier kan betyde for fremtidens kunst- og kulturproduktion.
Program
Lørdag 7. oktober 2023
| 11.00-11.30 | Morning coffee and presentation of todays programme |
| 11.30 – 12.30 | Artist talk: Artistic methods and AI ethics Mirabelle Jones, creative technologist and trans-disciplinary artist |
| 13.00-14.00 | Community lunch |
| 14.00-15.00 | Collective AI Exploration |
| 15.00-16.00 | Part I: Online lecture and artist talk Jared Madere, visual artist |
| 16.00-16.30 | Collective coffee and snack break |
| 16.30 – 17.30 | Part II: Online lecture and artist talk Jared Madere, visual artist |
| 17.30 – 18.30 | Collective AI Exploration |
| 18.30 | Dinner |
Søndag 8. oktober 2023
| 11.00-11.30 | Morning coffee and presentation of todays programme |
| 11.30 – 12.30 | Talk and discussion Ada Ada Ada, hybrid artist |
| 13.00-14.00 | Community lunch |
| 14.00-16.00 | Infinite Odyssey Mastering AI Art with Philippe Kein from Infinite Odyssey Magazine |
| 16.00 – 16.30 | Collective coffee and snack break |
| 16.30 – 17.30 | Collective AI Exploration |
| 17.30 – 18.00 | Concluding LabYard and Goodbye |
Kunstnere
Du kommer til at møde kunstner Jared Madere (USA), kunstner og kreativ teknolog Mirabelle Jones (USA), kunstner Kristoffer Ørum (DK), hybrid-kunstner Ada Ada Ada (DK), samt folkene bag verdens første AI-genererede sci-fi-magasin Infinite Odyssey (MX).
Hele forløbet bindes sammen af Philip Pilekjær (DK), som er kunstner og redaktør på det Zurich-baserede kunst- og kulturmagasin PROVENCE Magazine. Sideløbende med sit redaktionelle arbejde, udstiller han regelmæssigt i ind- og udland, og sidder i bestyrelsen hos UKK–Organisationen for kunstnere, kuratorer og kunstformidlere.
Jared Madere
Kunstneren Jared Maderes arbejde er produktet af en besættelse af grænserne for menneskelig subjektivitet. Hans kunst er et tilflugtssted for ekstreme følelser. Det er her, hvor associationer sprænges indefra og ud, og nye former for mutilerende betydning springer ud fra kernen af velkendte ting.
Han bruger kunstig intelligens, generativ billedskabelse og samarbejder med håndværkere og fagfolk baseret på sproglige input. Hans praksis benytter automatiserede systemer inden for mere traditionelle betydningsstrukturer som en måde at fremkalde en følelsesmæssig reaktion på.
Mirabelle Jones
I en forelæsning præsenteret af kunstnerisk forsker og kreativ teknolog Mirabelle Jones, vil Jones præsentere en række værker, der udforsker etiske spørgsmål inden for kunstig intelligens gennem deltagende kunstnerisk forskning.
Ved at bruge samarbejdende performancekunst til interaktive installationer bygget på teknologier som deep fake, naturlig sprogbehandling (såsom ChatGPT) og computervision samt andre teknologier, bringer Jones’ arbejde spændinger frem mellem selvet og selvet, som er repræsenteret af data. Der vil være gruppediskussion og Q&A-session efter foredraget.
Kristoffer Ørum
Kristoffer er en tværmediel billedkunstner baseret i København, og er uddannet på både Goldsmiths College og Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi. Han var professor på Det Fynske Kunstakademi fra 2012 til 2015 og arbejdede som kunstnerisk forsker hos Uncertain Archives, Københavns Universitet fra 2015 til 2018.
Kristoffers tværmedielle praksis knytter an til de digitale sfærer og disses indflydelse på hverdagslivet. Han har været udgivet, optrådt og udstillet internationalt siden 2005.
Ada Ada Ada
Ada Ada Ada (hun/hende) er hybrid kunstner, der arbejder indenfor et intersektionelt økofeministisk rammesæt. Ada Ada Ada arbejder med køn og kroppe som det opfattes af computere gennem algoritmer, software og kunstig intelligens. Ada Ada Ada bevæger sig imellem kunstformer, og indtil videre har hendes praksis inkluderet Instagram-baseret slow performance, generativ kunst samt live kunstig intelligens-performance.
Infinite Odyssey
Infinite Odyssey er et banebrydende projekt, der har specialiseret sig i at bruge den kraft, der ligger i Kunstig Intelligens, inden for kunst og kultur.
Infinite Odyssey er et team af dedikerede AI-entusiaster, dataloger, kunstnere og kultureksperter, der har forpligtet sig til at skubbe til grænserne for, hvad der er muligt i krydsfeltet mellem teknologi og den menneskelige kreative ånd. Ved at samle alle disse kræfter skaber Infinite Odyssey verdens første science fiction- og fantasy-magasin, der er 100% skabt med AI.
Philip Pilekjær
Philip er en uddannet fra Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi, og siden 2019 har han arbejdet som chefredaktør for det Zürich-baserede kunst- og kulturmedie PROVENCE Magazine.
Som kunstner bidrager han regelmæssigt til udstillinger både nationalt og internationalt og er medlem af bestyrelsen for UKK – Organisationen for Kunstnere, Kuratorer og Kunstformidlere.
Praktisk
Sted:
Alle aktiviteterne finder sted på Kulturværftet /Krydsfeltet
Allegade 2, 3000 Helsingør, Denmark
Krydsfeltet ligger i Kulturværftet i Helsingør, en 40 min. togrejse fra København og kun fire kilometer og en 20 min. bådtur fra Helsingborg i Sverige.
Materialer
Du skal selv medbringe en computer til forløbet LabYard: Samvær, eksperiment og viden. Vi står for de øvrige materialer, du har brug for.
Sprog
Hele forløbet er på engelsk.
Spørgsmål
Send os en mail på philippilekjaer@gmail.com hvis du har spørgsmål.
Indkvartering
Du er selv ansvarlig for din egen indkvartering. Der er mange dejlige steder i nærheden – for eksempel den lokale campingplads med små hytter og plads til telte, som blot er en kort gåtur herfra langs stranden.
Det lokale vandrerhjem ligger også i nærheden.
Beliggende i skoven med en smuk udsigt, lidt længere væk, er Konventum Hotel placeret. Kontakt os på bsc64@helsingor.dk, hvis du ønsker at bo her – vi har en speciel prisaftale.
Der er også muligheder for at finde forskellige hotel- og Airbnb-løsninger.
LabYard: Re-imagined
Udstilling: 9. – 11. oktober 2023
Sted: Kulturværftet, Helsingør
Kig forbi LabYard: Re-imagined fra den 9. til 11. oktober mellem kl. 14 og 16, hvis du selv vil dykke ned i talks og workshops fra Labyard: Weekend.
LabYard: Reimagined er en rumlig installation, hvor du får formidlet viden og indsigter fra LabYard:Weekend. Det sker gennem videooptagelser, lyd og tekst, som alt sammen er fortolket og transformeret ved hjælp af AI. Vi sætter teknologien fri og genfortæller weekendens opdagelser og erfaringer.
LabYard: Re-imagined fungerer som åbent hus og faciliteres af Philip Pilekjær, som vil være til stede for at formidle og gå i dialog med de besøgende.
LabYard: AI in Art and Cultural Production
Weekend workshop:
October 7th – 8th in Helsingør
Participation fee : 100 kr.
(including vegetarian food and drinks)
Exhibition & Talks:
October 9th – 11th in Helsingør
The program will be conducted in English.
Would you like to learn more about how AI is used in art and cultural production today, and how this technology may shape the future of art? Join us from October 7th-11th as we focus on visual art and AI.
Through talks and workshops, you will gain insights from contemporary artists who are already using this technology. You will also have the opportunity to experiment with image and text prompting yourself.
The recent emergence of advanced algorithms has provided us with a range of new technologies that have the potential to fundamentally change how we create and consume visual art and culture. Advanced language models and machine learning enable entirely new features, genres, and formats that we could not have previously imagined. Spanning from the artworks we see in galleries and museums to the series we watch, the music we listen to, and the books we read.
The purpose of LabYard: Weekend is to explore the opportunities and challenges that art and artists face when encountering this new technology. As a participant, you will gain hands-on experience with AI tools, insights into how the technology is used today, and perspectives on how it may be used in the future.
Through practical workshops, we will experiment with the use of existing AI tools, and through discussions, presentations, and talks with individuals from both domestic and international backgrounds, we will explore what these technologies might mean for the future of art and cultural production.
Programme
Saturday 7 October 2023
| 11.00-11.30 | Morning coffee and presentation of todays programme |
| 11.30 – 12.30 | Artist talk: Artistic methods and AI ethics Mirabelle Jones, creative technologist and trans-disciplinary artist |
| 13.00-14.00 | Community lunch |
| 14.00-15.00 | Collective AI Exploration |
| 15.00-16.00 | Part I: Online lecture and artist talk Jared Madere, visual artist |
| 16.00-16.30 | Collective coffee and snack break |
| 16.30 – 17.30 | Part II: Online lecture and artist talk Jared Madere, visual artist |
| 17.30 – 18.30 | Collective AI Exploration |
| 18.30 | Dinner |
Sunday 8 October 2023
| 11.00-11.30 | Morning coffee and presentation of todays programme |
| 11.30 – 12.30 | Talk and discussion Ada Ada Ada, hybrid artist |
| 13.00-14.00 | Community lunch |
| 14.00-16.00 | Infinite Odyssey Mastering AI Art with Philippe Kein from Infinite Odyssey Magazine |
| 16.00 – 16.30 | Collective coffee and snack break |
| 16.30 – 17.30 | Collective AI Exploration |
| 17.30 – 18.00 | Concluding LabYard and Goodbye |
Contributors
You’ll meet artist Jared Madere (US), artist and creative technologist Mirabelle Jones (US), hybrid artist Ada Ada Ada (DK), artist Kristoffer Ørum (DK), as well as the team behind the world’s first AI-generated sci-fi magazine, Infinite Odyssey (MX).
The entire event will be hosted by Philip Pilekjær (DK), who is an artist and editor at the Zurich-based art and culture magazine PROVENCE Magazine. Alongside his editorial work, he regularly exhibits both nationally and internationally and serves on the board of the UKK – Organization for Artists, Curators, and Art Mediators.
Jared Madere
Artist Jared Madere’s work is the product of an obsession with the limits of human subjectivity. His art is a haven for extreme emotions. It’s where associations become exploded from the inside out and new forms of mutilating meaning burst from the heart of familiar things.
He uses AI, generative imagery, and collaborations with artisans and craftspersons based on linguistic prompts, his practice employs automated systems within more traditional structures of signification as a means of eliciting an emotional response.
Mirabelle Jones
In a lecture presented by artistic researcher and creative technologist Mirabelle Jones, Jones will present a body of works, which explore ethical issues in artificial intelligence through participatory artistic research.
Using collaborative performance art to interactive installations built on technologies such as deep fake, natural language processing (such as ChatGPT), and computer vision as well as other technologies, Jones’s
work surfaces tensions between the self and the self as represented by data. A group discussion and Q&A session will follow the talk.
Kristoffer Ørum
Kristoffer is an interdisciplinary visual artist based in Copenhagen, and he holds dual degrees from Goldsmiths College and The Royal Academy of Fine Art. He was a professor at Det Fynske Kunstakademi from 2012 to 2015 and worked as an artistic researcher at Uncertain Archives, University of Copenhagen from 2015 to 2018.
Kristoffer’s interdisciplinary practice revolves around the digital spheres and their impact on everyday life. He has been published, performed, and exhibited internationally since 2005.
Ada Ada Ada
Ada Ada Ada is a hybrid artist who operates within an intersectional ecofeminist framework. Ada Ada Ada explores gender and bodies as perceived by computers through algorithms, software, and artificial intelligence. Ada Ada Ada navigates between different art forms, and her practice has so far encompassed Instagram-based slow performance, generative art, and live artificial intelligence performance.
Infinite Odyssey
Infinite Odyssey is a pioneering venture specializing in leveraging the power of Artificial Intelligence in the realm of art and culture.
Infinite Odyssey is a team of dedicated AI enthusiasts, data scientists, artists, and cultural experts committed to pushing the boundaries of what is possible at the intersection of technology and the human creative spirit. Forces combined Infinite Odyssey create the first Sci-Fi and Fantasy Magazine in the world that is 100% created with AI.
Philip Pilekjær
Philip is a graduate of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, and since 2019, he has worked as Editor-In-Chief at the Zurich-based art and culture media PROVENCE Magazine.
As an artist, he regularly contributes to exhibitions both domestically and internationally and serves on the board of UKK – the Organization for Artists, Curators, and Art Mediators.
Practical information
Location
All activities take place at Kulturværftet /Krydsfeltet
Allegade 2, 3000 Helsingør, Denmark
Krydsfeltet is located in the culture center Kulturværftet in Helsingør a 40 min. train trip from Copenhagen and only four kilometers and a 20 min. boat trip from Helsingborg in Sweden.
Materials
You need to bring your own computer for the session LabYard: Community, Experiment, and Knowledge. We will provide the rest of the materials you need.
Language
The entire program is in English.
Questions
Don’t hesitate to ask us any kind of questions on philippilekjaer@gmail.com
Accomodation
You will be responsible for your own accommodation. There are many lovely places nearby – for example, the local campground with small cabins and space for tents is just a short walk from here along the beach. The local hostel is also located nearby.
Located in the forest with a beautiful view, a bit further away, the Konventum hotel is beautifully situated. Contact us at bsc64@helsingor.dk if you want to stay here – we have a special price agreement.
Otherwise, there are also options to find various hotel and Airbnb solutions.
Background:
LabYard is part of Kulturværftet’s program line CLICK, which is an experimental and investigative playground that explores the potential in the intersection of art, philosophy, science, and technology.
LabYard is funded by Creative Europe and is part of the Rewilding Cultures project, where eight partners from different European countries exchange ideas and organize various camps and residencies, all based on the idea of repositioning “the wild” and creating a new focus on inclusivity and sustainability in relation to art, science, and technology by bringing together curious individuals in short, intensive, collaborative programs away from cities and everyday routines.
LabYard: Re-imagined
Exhibition: 9. – 11. oktober 2023
Location: Kulturværftet, Helsingør
Drop by LabYard: Re-imagined from October 9 – 11, between 2-4PM, if you want to dive into talks and workshops from LabYard: Weekend yourself.
LabYard: Reimagined takes form as a spatial installation, where visitors can freely lounge in bean bags and access knowledge and insights from LabYard: Weekend, through video recordings, audio, and text, all of which have been interpreted and transformed using AI. We unleash the power of technology to retell the discoveries and experiences of the past weekend.
LabYard: Re-imagined serves as an open house and is facilitated by Philip Pilekjær, who will be present to mediate and engage in discussions with the visitors.