Workshop Art & AI
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The focus of the workshop Art & AI is both a foundational and hands on approach towards artificial intelligence and how it can be used for artistic purposes. It will provide you with the necessary practical tools and knowlegde to start integrating AI into your own artistic and creative practice right away.
Program:
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Since the legendary Dartmouth Summer Research Project, which marked the official birth of the field of artificial intelligence in 1957, the development of AI has been a journey full of unexpected twists and turns. Recent breakthroughs due to highly improved computational power and optimalisation of algorithms have seen numerous unprecedented and groundbreaking applications. It is an evolution which is poised to have an everlasting impact on practically all artistic disciplines.
This workshop is intended for artists and creative minds alike. No previous knowledge is required.
This workshop is organized into three sessions
Sesssion 1: 3 hours on day 1 (04/10 : 18u30 - 21u30)
Foundations of AI
-- Origins of AI and Art and AI
-- Subfields in AI
-- Forms of (A)I
-- Limitations of AI
Key concepts in AI (Part1)
-- Learning strategies
-- AI and data
-- Fundamental principles of (artificial) neural networks (ANN) and Deep Learning
Session 2: 7 hours on day 1 (05/10 : 10u00 - 17u00)
Key concepts in AI (Part2)
-- ANN's and Deep Learning in artistic context
-- Understanding the mechanisms behind Generative AI (Generative Adversarial Networks, GAN)
How to design and use custom AI systems
-- Design of use problem
-- Data management
-- Choice/design of AI algorithms/model
-- Model training and testing
-- Real world model application and model fine tuning
Practice Session 1: AI applications in music and sound (art)
Sesssion 3: 7 hours on day 3 (06/10 : 10u00 - 17u00)
Implications of AI for the arts
-- Ethics of AI
-- Authorship, copyright and AI
-- Future of (human) creativity
-- Democratization of AI
-- Building responsible AI systems for artistic practices
Practice Session 2: AI applications in visual and multimedia art
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Requirements:
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This workshop does not require any previous coding or sceintific knowledge. All techniques and principles will be explained from the start.
Planning of the workshop:
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17 hours in total. This 3 day workshop runs from 04/10 till 06/10. On 04/10 from 18u30 till 21u30 and and on 05/10 and 06/10 from 10u00 till 17u00.
Cost of this workshop and tickets:
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Regular ticket: 165 €
Student ticket (*): 130 €
A maximum of 10 participants can join this workshop.
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(*) For a student ticket please contact us via info@valeryvermeulen.net
About the teacher of this workshop
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Teacher of this workshop is Valery Vermeulen. He's a Belgian electronic musician, mathematician, music producer , visiting professor at the Music Production department of the KASK-Conservatorium School of Art in Gent, guest lecturer the Master Artscience KABK Den Hague and researcher at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Antwerp University (BE). He holds a Phd in pure mathematics from Ghent University (BE) as well as a masters degree in Music Composition at the Royal Conservatory of Ghent (BE). Apart from his artistic and teaching activities Vermeulen has been working professionally as a data scientist/statistician since 2005.
In his work Valery focuses on he intersection between electronic music, data sonification and visualisation, AI and theoretical physics. His work has been widely shown in Belgium as well as abroad and was featured in numerous magazines and news outlets such as BB6 (UK), Music Radar (US), Tech Radar (US), The Wire (UK), Electronic Sound Magazine (UK), New Scientist (NL), Neural Magazine (IT), DJ Mag (US), Mixmag (UK, Asia and Korea), Trax Magazine (FR), Deutschland Funk (DE), Radio Eins (DE), Radio Canada (CA), Yle Radio1 (FI), The Wire UK on Air (UK), VRT Radio1 (BE), VRT Radio2 (BE) and VRT Max (BE) to name but a few.
With his project Mikromedas AdS/CFT 001, merging electronic music and black hole astrophysics, Vermeulen received an Honory Mention from the prestigious S+T+Arts Prize Ars Electronica, a yearly prize for artscience projects issued on behalf of the European Commission.
More info on his background can be found via www.valeryvermeulen.net.
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Additional info:
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-If you would like to have more info on the workshop please send an email to info@valeryvermeulen.net.
Workshop Art & AI