Breakfast seminar: Does AI image production change the way we understand images?
In connection with the exhibition «It will be fine», which opens at the Humanities Library January 18th, artists Johan Sandborg and Duncan Higgins will talk about how and why they have used AI as a tool for making the artworks in the exhibition.
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This seminar will be held in English.
In the exhibition It will be fine Duncan Higgins and Johan Sandborg present artworks that examine our reading and understanding of visual representation. The works are created based on historical photographs by Atelier KK from the Picture Collection at the University of Bergen Library and processed by combining different artistic media, methods and processes, including image editing tools.
In the conversation, Sandborg and Higgins will get into more detail about why and how they have worked with artificial intelligence in this exhibition project, what experiences they have gained and what new questions they are left with.
About the exhibition
It will be fine invites you to reflect on how interpreting images and image systems activates important ethical questions related to understanding our cultural heritage, and how reading images creates meaning within both tangible and intangible knowledge systems.
It will be fine explores the intersection between different artistic methods to stimulate thoughts and reflections on how meaning and memories are made, embodied and shared through material forms. Images are cultural carriers of narratives and are constituted and shaped by their materiality.
The exhibition sheds light on the risks associated with how both physical and digitized cultural heritage is used, or misused, in or outside of its original context. Libraries, museums, archives, research and academia, as well as other types of collections and knowledge-shaping practices, often have long traditions. Taken out of context, visual elements can be used to convey messages that do not match the intention. Is this in conflict with the values and guidelines of those who manage these collections and objects, or is it rather an opportunity to present new perspectives on our cultural heritage?
What becomes part of our memory and what is forgotten is constantly evolving. This issue feels more imperative than ever, as our world is increasingly consumed and produced through images – and we are an active part of it.
The exhibition will be available in the Humanities Library January 18 – June 10, 2024.
Panelists
Duncan James Higgins, Professor of Painting, Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design, UiB.
Johan Sandborg, Professor of Photography, Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design, UiB.
Practical information
The breakfast seminar is held in Babelstuen at the Humanities Library. Registered participants receive light refreshments during the event, and registration is via this registration form.
