REGISTRATION tAIde 3.0: Culture on the Wings of AI Shift / Seminar + Demo & Workshop NOW

Are you intrigued by AI and wondering how to use it more effectively in your own work? Turku Arts Academy in cooperation with the Digital Art House project organises a morning seminar on 14 November at 9.00 – 12:00 in Turku, in the 5th floor auditorium of the Factory Building of the Art House Turku. After the seminar there will be a demo & workshop starting at 13:00 in the Basement of the Factory Building of the House of Arts.

The tAIde 3.0 seminar will address the changes and processes of making, experiencing and producing art from the perspective of metaverse and AI. The seminar programme includes three expert presentations and an artist-led panel. There is capacity for 50 people in the audience and the event will be streamed live. Participation in the seminar and streaming is only open to those who have registered in advance.

The closing panel discussion, Culture on the Wings of AI Shift, reflects the opportunities and risks of using AI in the arts and culture. The aim is to deepen the debate on the interaction between AI and art, to explore the role of the artist in the age of new technologies and to consider the limits of creativity and responsibility in the possibilities offered by AI.

tAIde 3.0 Seminar
(Auditorium of the Factory Building, 5th floor, House of Arts)

• 08:30-09:00 Morning coffee & registration
• 09:00-09:05 Welcome / Turku Art Academy & Digital Art House
• 09:05-09:45 Mika Luimula, Senior Lecturer, Turku University of Applied Sciences: Metaverse – a technological enabler for collaborative art
• 09:45-10:15 Jukka Hautamäki, artist and AI expert: Neural goddesses in their sugar formations
• 10:15-10:45 Teemu Mäki, visual artist, writer and researcher: How AI is changing art and artists? How will AI affect copyright and the art economy?
• 10:45-11:00 Break
• 11:00-11:45 Culture on the wings of AI Shift – panel discussion. Teemu Mäki (Visual artist, writer and researcher) Jukka Hautamäki (Artist and AI expert) Jenni Pasanen (Artist, AI and NFT expert) Sade Kahra (Photographer and art expert). mod. Ville Laaksonen / Digital Art House
• 11.45-13.00 Lunch (self provided)

tAIde 3.0 Workshop and demo room*

(basement of the Factory building of the House of Arts)

• 13.00-13.30 Jenni Pasanen: AI-Demo (Artist, AI and NFT expert)
• 13.30-15:00 Ville Laaksonen & Jenni Pasanen: AI-Co-ThinkTank (Digital Art House)
• 13.30-16:30 Jukka Hautamäki: Visual AI Workshop (Artist and AI expert)

*IMPORTANT NOTE! AI-Workshop and demo need separate registration and further info is available here.-> REGISTER NOW!

INTRODUCTIONS

Mika Luimula is a senior lecturer at Turku University of Applied Sciences and head of the Future Interactive Technologies research group. Luimula has been involved in the preparation of the national metaverse strategy, which covers a wide range of sectors from industry to welfare and from smart cities to consumer services. The award-winning research team led by Luimula is an internationally recognised expert in metaverse technology development. In his keynote speech, he will present the application of metaverse technologies in different industries and discuss their applicability not only in technology but also in the arts, with a special focus on the collaborative interactions enabled by technology.

Teemu Mäki is a writer, visual artist, director and researcher (Doctor of Fine Arts, 2005). He has been working as a freelance artist since 1990. He has held 61 solo exhibitions, participated in some 250 collective exhibitions, written ten books and directed and written plays, films and operas. He is President of the Finnish Artists’ Association (2018-) and President of IAA Europe, the umbrella organisation of European artists’ associations (2023-). Teemu Mäki

Jukka Hautamäki is a Helsinki-based media artist working with artificial intelligence, lens-based media, sound and electronics. Hautamäki will present his work and methods in visual AI. The talk will also be a cross-section of the recent history of generative AI. Jukka Hautamäki

Sade Kahra has been active in the arts since the 1990s in a variety of roles, including photographer, self-employed, professional teacher, director, gallerist and expert. Since 2021 he has been working as project manager of the internationalisation programme of the University of the Arts Academy of Fine Arts and the Saastamoinen Foundation, and from 2023 he will be chairman of the board of Kuvasto, the copyright organisation for visual artists. Sade Kahra

Jenni Pasanen is an artist, AI and NFT expert. Pasanen is a multidisciplinary artist whose work is characterised by an innovative fusion of digital painting, traditional techniques and AI. Jenni Pasanen

Ville Laaksonen is the coordinator of the Digital Art House project and has worked as a curator, critic and visual artist over the past twenty years. He is interested in the development of the cultural ecosystem, i.e. artists and organisations, in an international context.

REGISTRATION

The seminar is organised by Turku Arts Academy in cooperation with the Digital Art House project, which is funded by the Service Centre for Continuous Learning and Employment and coordinated by Turku Arts Academy. Binding registrations for the seminar must be made by 12.11.2024 at the latest!

The auditorium of the House of Art can accommodate 50 participants. The seminar can also be attended via stream, and a link will be sent to participants before the start of the seminar. The recording of the stream will be freely available for viewing after the seminar on the YouTube channels of the Turku Arts Academy and the House of Arts.

SEMINAR:

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DEMO AND WORKSHOP:

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