LASER Talks in Jerusalem.
Generative Art: Pushing Boundaries
September 26, 2024
“The President Hotel” Art Center, Ahad Ha-Am str. 3, Jerusalem, Israel.

Chaired by: Galina Bleikh
Moderated by: Daria Kesler

The INEMEA Association, in collaboration with CYLAND, is organizing a discussion on the current state and future of generative art, featuring a diverse range of works that illustrate the interplay between human creativity and algorithms, thereby expanding our understanding of this field and its potential impact.
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Our talk explores the evolving landscape and future prospects of generative art, focusing on the intricate interplay between human creativity and mathematical algorithms. We will showcase works that approach this field from diverse and unexpected angles. By delving into these innovative perspectives, we aim to deepen our understanding of generative art's potential to reshape our world and push the boundaries of artistic expression.

Chair:

Galina Bleikh (Israel)
A multidisciplinary artist. Her creative expertise spans a rich spectrum of artistic domains, encompassing AI, 3D modeling, AR and VR, bio-art, generative art, and more. At the heart of her artistic pursuit lies a fascination with the profound synergy between the emerging artificial reality and its transformative interaction with human experience through art. Galina graduated from the Stieglitz St. Petersburg State Academy of Art and Industry (MA). Since 1993, lives in Jerusalem. Galina is a co-founder of the INEMEA Association for Art, Culture, and Education and the INEMEA Jerusalem Art & Science lab. Since 2024, Galina has become a host of Leonardo ISAST Laser Talks Jerusalem. Galina takes part in many exhibitions and conferences. Among them: Jerusalem Biennale (curator and participating artist, 2023–2024), ArtPlatform-On, South Korea (2022), The CICA Museum of Modern Art, South Korea (group and solo, 2021), NordArt, Germany (2019), Haifa Museum of Art, Israel (2018), LA Art Show USA (2013), Artco France Gallery, Paris (solo, 2012), Art Asia Miami (2011), etc.
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Moderator:

Daria Kesler (Israel)
Cross-disciplinary researcher and artist. Works with human and machine-generated texts, sounds, documentaries, scents, and video art. Daria is interested in using modern technologies and science to spread empathy towards all species. She wants to explore new ways of co-living between technology, human, plants, and animals. Education: Master of Art&Science (Inovice), ITMO, Russia, Major studies in Hybrid (Technological and Bio) Art.

Speakers:

Nimrod Astarhan (Germany)
Nimrod Astarhan is an artist, technologist, and educator. Working in sculpture and digital media, exhibited and initiated group projects in Europe, the US, and even on the International Space Station. Recent showings include the Gwangju Bienniale Pavilion Project, Ars Electronica, the Ammerman Center Biennial Symposium on Arts & Technology, Die Digitale Düsseldorf, and xCoAx in Graz, Austria. Last year, they received grants and awards from the Municipal Art League of Chicago and the Arts, Science + Culture Initiative at the University of Chicago, among others. Nimrod holds an MFA in Art and Technology Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. They have taught digital art, coding, hardware, and critical theory at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, China Academy of Art, and Shenkar College of Engineering Art, and Design.
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Llila Chak (Israel)

Lilia Chak is an artist, designer and science-art researcher. She works in new media art, such as bio-art, science-art, AI art, generative art, video art, installations, photography, conceptual art, net art, etc. In 2022, Lilia Chak defended her PhD thesis at the Sorbonne’s Art & Science Department (Paris). She is the author of the book Contemporary Practices in Bio-art: When a Tree Becomes an Artwork, published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing in 2023. Lilia Chak took part in Science-art exhibitions such as: Museo Orto Botanico, Italy (2022); Ars Electronica, Linz (2020); BOZAR, Brussels (2020); Matsudo International Science Art Festival, Tokyo (2020); FEFU Art Museum, Vladivostok (2020); Negev Museum of Art, Beer-Sheva (2019), etc. Her work has been presented internationally through exhibitions, articles and lectures.
www.chak-art.gala-studio.com

Lior Ben-Gai, PhD candidate(Israel)

Lior Ben-Gai is a computational designer and lecturer, specializing in custom interactive software for live performances, installations and web applications. Lior is a PhD candidate (submitted) and a former lecturer at the Department of Computing at Goldsmiths University of London. His work explores the vast space of emergent virtual structures in the context of computational arts and artificial life.
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