Creative AI Vermont was a full-day symposium on April 15, 2023, dedicated to examining how artists are engaging with the rapidly emerging field of creative and generative artificial intelligence (AI). Held in conjunction with BCA's exhibition "Co-Created: The Artist in the Age of Intelligent Machines" and co-hosted by the University of Vermont and Hula, the inaugural Creative AI Vermont symposium presents local and international perspectives, "Co-Created" artists, and visiting AI thought-leaders while examining creative approaches to AI and artistic practice.
Jane Adams, Artist and Computer Science Ph.D. student in the Data Visualization Lab at Northeastern University, MA: Aerial View: Reflections on Processing Images, from Code to Artifact
Emergent media artist, Jane Adams, shares her creative process for Aerial View, curating aerial photographs to training a machine-learning model to imagine new landscapes, culminating in an illuminated sculpture that encodes time along another dimension.
Minne Atairu, Artist and Doctoral student, Art and Art Education, Columbia University, NY: Igún
Atairu presents her Igún project, which uses generative AI to explore the consequences of colonial oppression in sub-Saharan Africa while focusing on the repatriation of Benin Bronzes.
Lapo Frati, Artist and PhD Student in Complex Systems and Data Science, University of Vermont: From Cyb to Cyber: A Peek into Loops' Inner Life
Using a unique combination of AI, JavaScript, and GPUs, Lapo Frati explains the creative code behind his CyberLoops project featured in Co-Created. Frati leads an entertaining, deep-dive tour of mathematical spirographing, machine-learning, computer vision integration, graphic shader programming – and the approachable p5.js creative coding environment that holds it all together. Follow along with or without your own laptop.
Creative AI Vermont: Symposium on Artificial Intelligence + Art was co-hosted by Burlington City Arts, the University of Vermont, and Hula. The BCA Center 2023 exhibition year is presented by Mascoma Bank. Sponsors: the University of Vermont, College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, the University of Vermont, Office of the Vice President for Research, and Gravel & Shea PC. Community Partner: the University of Vermont, School of the Arts. Media sponsor, Seven Days.
Creative AI Vermont: Symposium on Artificial Intelligence + Art is supported in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under award No. 2218063.
