ARTIST TALK: Curating the AI Future
Where algorithms meet imagination
ARTIST TALK: Curating the AI Future. Where algorithms meet imagination
- Irini Papadimitriou _UK | Diriyah Art Futures, Future Everything
- Elwira Wojtunik _PL | Patchlab Festival, Fundacja Photon
- Nye Thompson, Hannah Cobb (Y7), Craig Ames _UK| Artists
- Marcin Maciejewski _PL | infuture.institute | Prowadzący / Host
A conversation with the curators of the main exhibition May AI Help You? and artists – authors of the artworks presented in the main exhibition: Cu Soon, Undead Internet Theory and Photographs of British Algae – AI Impressions – on how AI shapes society and global narratives, the ethical challenges that it creates, and the evolving relationship between technology and human expression.
The discussion will be moderated by Marcin Maciejewski and conducted in English.
Irini Papadimitriou _UK
Curator and cultural manager, her practice draws on interdisciplinary and critical discourse to explore the impact of technology in society and culture, and the role of art in these conversations.
Currently Director of Exhibitions at Diriyah Art Futures, she was previously Creative Director at FutureEverything, Digital Programmes Manager at the V&A and Head of New Media Arts Development at Watermans. In 2023 she was the Artistic Director for Busan Biennale’s Sea Art Festival. Recently curated exhibitions include: CONTINUUM 25, Diriyah Art Futures, Riyadh; AI: Who’s Looking After Me? Science Gallery London; Flickering Shores, Sea Imaginaries Sea Art Festival, Busan; FutureFantastic, Bangalore; Plásmata: Bodies, Dreams, and Data and You and AI: Through the Algorithmic Lens, Onassis, Athens; [Digital] Transmissions, Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman; Artificially Intelligent, V&A. Irini has served as a jury member for Prix Ars Electronica, STARTS, Lumen Prize, ACM Siggraph, and many more.
Curator and cultural manager, her practice draws on interdisciplinary and critical discourse to explore the impact of technology in society and culture, and the role of art in these conversations.
Currently Director of Exhibitions at Diriyah Art Futures, she was previously Creative Director at FutureEverything, Digital Programmes Manager at the V&A and Head of New Media Arts Development at Watermans. In 2023 she was the Artistic Director for Busan Biennale’s Sea Art Festival. Recently curated exhibitions include: CONTINUUM 25, Diriyah Art Futures, Riyadh; AI: Who’s Looking After Me? Science Gallery London; Flickering Shores, Sea Imaginaries Sea Art Festival, Busan; FutureFantastic, Bangalore; Plásmata: Bodies, Dreams, and Data and You and AI: Through the Algorithmic Lens, Onassis, Athens; [Digital] Transmissions, Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman; Artificially Intelligent, V&A. Irini has served as a jury member for Prix Ars Electronica, STARTS, Lumen Prize, ACM Siggraph, and many more.
Elwira Wojtunik _PL
Curator and Artistic Director of the Patchlab Digital Art Festival in Kraków (since 2012), founder and president of the Photon Foundation dedicated to supporting and stimulating the development of digital art and contemporary digital culture. She is an active member of the international AVnode community of curators and audiovisual event organizers, and collaborates with the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków and other academic institutions across Europe. She creates and co-curates exhibitions in Poland and abroad. As an expert in designing digital experiences, she has been invited to speak at international conferences, including UNESCO Creative Cities, SAT Fest in Montreal, Athens Digital Arts Festival, and Bomba Megabitowa. She has served as a juror for prestigious new media art competitions such as NewImages XR in Paris, SIGGRAPH Asia, ISEA, and the WRO Biennale’s Best Media Art Diploma Awards. Recipient of a scholarship from the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage in the Visual Arts category. Since 2023, she has been among the nominators for the prestigious Paszporty Polityki awards in the Digital Art category.
Curator and Artistic Director of the Patchlab Digital Art Festival in Kraków (since 2012), founder and president of the Photon Foundation dedicated to supporting and stimulating the development of digital art and contemporary digital culture. She is an active member of the international AVnode community of curators and audiovisual event organizers, and collaborates with the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków and other academic institutions across Europe. She creates and co-curates exhibitions in Poland and abroad. As an expert in designing digital experiences, she has been invited to speak at international conferences, including UNESCO Creative Cities, SAT Fest in Montreal, Athens Digital Arts Festival, and Bomba Megabitowa. She has served as a juror for prestigious new media art competitions such as NewImages XR in Paris, SIGGRAPH Asia, ISEA, and the WRO Biennale’s Best Media Art Diploma Awards. Recipient of a scholarship from the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage in the Visual Arts category. Since 2023, she has been among the nominators for the prestigious Paszporty Polityki awards in the Digital Art category.
Marcin Maciejewski _PL
Future(s) Strategist, prowadzi strategiczne projekty badawczo-rozwojowe dla produktów i usług przyszłości. W swojej pracy wykorzystuje badania (design research) oraz trendy, siły i czynniki zmian (mega, makro, mikro) w celu identyfikowania szans i materializacji dalekosiężnych innowacji.
Stawia na uczenie kinestetyczne. Dotknąć, aby lepiej zrozumieć. Podnieść, aby poczuć. Zbudować, aby pojąć. Narysować, żeby doświadczyć. Jest fascynatem obserwacji zmian na świecie przez pryzmat ludzkiej natury: zachowań, nastrojów, myśli, emocji oraz wyobraźni. Pracował jako Foresight Leader w Inkubatorze Technologicznym Deutsche Telekom, a obecnie w firmie badawczo-doradczej infuture.institute. Jest wykładowcą uczelni: SWPS w Warszawie, AGH w Krakowie i Uniwersytetu WSB Merito w Gdańsku. Od lat związany z przemysłem kreatywnym.
Future(s) Strategist, prowadzi strategiczne projekty badawczo-rozwojowe dla produktów i usług przyszłości. W swojej pracy wykorzystuje badania (design research) oraz trendy, siły i czynniki zmian (mega, makro, mikro) w celu identyfikowania szans i materializacji dalekosiężnych innowacji.
Stawia na uczenie kinestetyczne. Dotknąć, aby lepiej zrozumieć. Podnieść, aby poczuć. Zbudować, aby pojąć. Narysować, żeby doświadczyć. Jest fascynatem obserwacji zmian na świecie przez pryzmat ludzkiej natury: zachowań, nastrojów, myśli, emocji oraz wyobraźni. Pracował jako Foresight Leader w Inkubatorze Technologicznym Deutsche Telekom, a obecnie w firmie badawczo-doradczej infuture.institute. Jest wykładowcą uczelni: SWPS w Warszawie, AGH w Krakowie i Uniwersytetu WSB Merito w Gdańsku. Od lat związany z przemysłem kreatywnym.