UmArts is leading research in Art, Architecture, Design and Artificial Intelligence (AI) at Ume\u00e5 University in partnership with the Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program \u2013 Humanities and Society (WASP-HS) and Ume\u00e5 University\u2019s Centre for Transdisciplinary AI (TAIGA). In 2023, curator Sarah Cook joined UmArts as the WASP-HS Guest Professor in Art and AI in partnership with Bildmuseet, Ume\u00e5 School of Architecture (UMA), and Ume\u00e5 Institute of Design (UID).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Art and AI working is a group is chaired by Guest Professor Sarah Cook, and includes UmArts postdocs, mentors and artists in residence who are working with AI to share their research and develop new collaborative projects. The group considers how arts research can contribute to the social and ethical discourses of AI and machine learning, working in partnership with museums and galleries, artists and curators. The programme critically interrogates the aesthetics and politics of AI, collaborating with, and challenging the algorithmic logic underpinning hardware and software development. We are interested in how creative encounters can allow publics to experience and engage with the ethical considerations and societal shifts that widespread use of AI will bring and feeding that back into AI development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Octopus Club is open to all. It is a book club to close-read texts, artworks and films which investigate distributed intelligence and networked knowledge. Please email Emelie El-Habta<\/a> UmArts Research Co-ordinator you would like to join. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The next text is \u2018The Maniac\u2019 by Benjam\u00edn Labatut<\/a> about the life of John von Neumann nominated by Dimitri. This is contrasted with \u2018Klara and the Bomb\u2019 by artist Crystal Bennes,<\/a> about Klara von Neumann who was married to John, nominated by Ele. This comparison will provide an interesting insight into the history of computing and AI from biographical and feminist artistic perspectives. We will have a short discussion about the books with tea and biscuits after the working group meeting and find a date for a full discussion in March\/April. (Some of us are also reading Kazuo Ishiguro\u2019s \u2018Klara and the Sun\u2019 for the full trio of titles!) next meeting to be confirmed for March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" UmArts is leading research in Art, Architecture, Design and Artificial Intelligence (AI) at Ume\u00e5 University in partnership with the Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program \u2013 Humanities and Society (WASP-HS) and Ume\u00e5 University\u2019s Centre for Transdisciplinary AI (TAIGA).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":918,"template":"","categories":[61],"tags":[],"people":[81,140,90,82,143,30,67,89,193,142,119,87,75,88,83,133,141],"class_list":["post-343","working_group","type-working_group","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-working-group","people-carl-erik-engqvist","people-daniel-shanken","people-dimitri-coelho-mollo","people-frank-dignum","people-goran-wretling","people-james-b-brown","people-katarina-pierre","people-markus-naarttijarvi","people-michel-rouleau-dick","people-mike-lukaszuk","people-pamela-gil-salas","people-rob-collins","people-sarah-cook","people-seda-ozcetin","people-virginia-dignum","people-ylva-fernaeus","people-young-suk-lee"],"acf":{"is_viewable_online":false,"repeating_events":[{"event_header_information":{"event_date":"20240214","event_title":"New Postdocs Welcome","time_from":"10:00 am","time_to":"12:00 pm"},"event_short_text":" Art and AI Working Group meeting at the UmArts Research Studio on 14 February 10.00 \u2013 12.00.<\/p>\n Chaired by Guest Professor in Art and AI, Sarah Cook in the UmArts Research Studio and on zoom:https:\/\/umu.zoom.us\/j\/3410233556<\/a><\/p>\n At this meeting we are very excited to welcome our three new postdocs working with AI:<\/p>\n Young Suk Lee<\/a> UmArts WASP- HS Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Ume\u00e5 Institute of Design.<\/p>\n Daniel\u00a0Shanken\u00a0<\/a> UmArts WASP- HS Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Ume\u00e5 School of Architecture.<\/p>\n Mike Lukaszuk<\/a> UmArts Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Creative Studies in partnership with Informatics.<\/p>\n You can read more about their work on our website here.<\/a><\/p>\n"},{"event_header_information":{"event_date":"20231207","event_title":"The Octopus Club: The Mountain in the Sea","time_from":"4:00 pm","time_to":"5:00 pm"},"event_short_text":" The Octopus Club \u2013 is a book club to close-read texts, artworks and films which investigate distributed intelligence and networked knowledge.<\/p>\n