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Azeem Azhar's avatar

Great work. And so much food for thought.

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Marija Gavrilov's avatar

We have a number of EV readers creating at the intersection of creativity and collaboration with machines. Two come to mind right away: Sougwen Chung [https://sougwen.com], and Jennifer Walshe who sang with her AI doppelgänger (in collaboration with Memo Akten) [https://www.memo.tv/portfolio/ultrachunk/].

Curious to get to know more EV readers working in this area! Please do add yourself to the list Marko shared [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CoD_zke-8SbbeX9mPUVJG2gYnFt2aH8YF-x9fsDuzW4/edit?usp=sharing] or introduce your work here.

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Azeem Azhar's avatar

Such a good idea.

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al@pitt.edu's avatar

Great issue. I learned a lot.

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Azeem Azhar's avatar

Glad you like it.

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Marko Ahtisaari's avatar

Thank you. We will keep updating and annotating this list of artists http://bit.ly/artandai so please do contribute there if you come across interesting work.

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Salman's avatar

Great issue!

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Azeem Azhar's avatar

Thanks.

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Marko Ahtisaari's avatar

Thank you. This list of artists http://bit.ly/artandai is a living document, so please do share any interesting work you come across.

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Shehnaz Suterwalla's avatar

Great resource. Thanks.

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Turi Munthe's avatar

Fantastic issue, Marko

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Marko Ahtisaari's avatar

Thank you. We will keep updating this list of artists http://bit.ly/artandai so please do add any interesting work that you see.

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Marko Ahtisaari's avatar

I'm grateful to all of you who have sent constructive feedback this week both here and directly https://twitter.com/moia and for your contributions to the list artists x researchers x AI. We will continue updating this living document at http://bit.ly/artandai so please do add any interesting work that you come across.

I wish all EV readers welcome to Helsinki Festival 15.8.-1.9.2019. https://twitter.com/moia/status/1121402980765458432 There will be art all around the city including nine world premieres.

And before I sign off, in thanks, a drone music video shot on a summer "night" in Punkaharju, Finland: http://bit.ly/constructionvideos

Over and out. Back to Azeem and team!

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Marija Gavrilov's avatar

This was so much fun, Marko! Thanks for sharing your Exponential View and looking forward to seeing you and other EV readers in Helsinki in August!

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Leonard Bogdonoff's avatar

Here is an old medium post I wrote based on paintings I made inspired by ML: https://medium.com/s/story/digital-processes-inspiring-analog-paintings-a358eb7801a0

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Paola Bonomo's avatar

Thank you! What a fascinating issue!

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Elise Thomas's avatar

I think one of the really interesting questions this topic raises is what the point of art is. Is it about the skill of the creator? Is it about the reaction of the audience? If (or when) AI audiences are observing AI-generated pictures, is that still art, or does there need to be a 'human in the loop' for images to cross into the realm of 'art'?

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Marko Ahtisaari's avatar

Thanks Anna, you're absolutely right. I agree and we could have been more explicit about this in the newsletter. Did you check out https://twitter.com/teropa 's beautiful presentation on generative music in the "Elsewhere" section? This also acknowledges the history. https://teropa.info/loop/#/generative

By the way, I really like your ANTISTATIC "slide a week in public" way of presenting including the color coding for your contributions. Thanks for that.

And there's a funny coincidence: you mention Sol leWitt's Wall Drawings on your slide. It turns out that the first song in the EV Spotify playlist http://bit.ly/Construction4EV is a remix of a song of our's called Talk which was partly written during a band road trip to MASS MoCA to see Sol leWitt's A Wall Drawing Retrospective https://massmoca.org/event/sol-lewitt-a-wall-drawing-retrospective/ (it's on till 2043 so there is plenty of time to go!).

If you don't use Spotify the remix video is here http://bit.ly/constructionvideos and the original is here http://bit.ly/construction-talk Both videos shot on the same summer "night" in Punkaharju, Finland - the first with the drone camera pointing forward, the other pointing to the right. Simple rules, strong rules!

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Azeem Azhar's avatar

Love the collaboration!

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Shehnaz Suterwalla's avatar

Super discussion - thanks.

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Marko Ahtisaari's avatar

Thanks Anna, and as I remember, also relevant here is Casey Reas' work that was part of the "Programmed" show at The Whitney that you referenced. https://whitney.org/exhibitions/programmed?section=1&subsection=1#exhibition-artworks If I recall correctly they were right next to the Sol LeWitt Wall Drawings https://artport.whitney.org/commissions/softwarestructures/map.html

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And I found this recent interview with Casey Reas https://www.studiointernational.com/index.php/casey-reas-interview-computer-art-coding and added him to the http://bit.ly/artandai document I was familiar with his earlier work but not his recent work using GANs

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