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AI & Future Of The Lens & Screen Arts

With Lev Manovich (Author), Natasha Chuk (Author).

	SVA Theatre, 333 W 23rd St
	Nov 28 (Mon) , 2022 @ 06:30 PM
	FREE

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The growing popularity of tools like DALL-E & MidJourney illustrates how artificial intelligence (AI) is quickly transforming image-making. Digital culture theorist & artist Lev Manovich will be in conversation with media scholar & writer Natasha Chuk to share examples & discuss these developments. They will address the emerging aesthetics & creative practices of AI photography & what these changes mean for the future of photography & the lens-based arts.

This event is the first of a series of events & discussions exploring the relationship between AI & the lens & screen arts hosted by the MFA Photography, Video & Related Media Department at the School of Visual Arts. Stay tuned for future events in early 2023.

Lev Manovich is a digital culture theorist & artist who studies the impact of artificial intelligence on visual culture & the arts. He is the author of 15 books including Artificial Aesthetics: A Critical Guide to AI, Media & Design (2022), AI Aesthetics (2019) & The Language of New Media (2001). Manovich appeared in the list of "25 People Shaping the Future of Design" & the list of "50 Most Interesting People Building the Future. He is currently a Presidential Professor at The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY), & a Director of the Cultural Analytics Lab. Manovich's digital art projects have been shown in many international exhibitions at leading venues such as ICA London, ZKM, KIASMA, Shanghai Art & Architecture Biennale & Centre Pompidou.

Natasha Chuk is a media theorist, writer, & educator whose work is situated at the intersection of art, philosophy, & creative technologies. She is the author of "Vanishing Points: Articulations of Death, Fragmentation, & the Unexperienced Experience of Created Objects" (Intellect, 2015) & a faculty member of the MFA Photography, Video & Related Media department at SVA.