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Towards an Automated Art? Learning Machines, Human Creativity and Uncertainty
Edited by Luis D. Rivero-Moreno and Helena Barranha Recent advances in the development and global dissemination of artificial intelligence (AI) have fostered renewed debates concerning the relationship between art and digital technologies. Cultural practices are becoming increasingly controlled by algorithmic calculations and automated processes. It is reasonable to predict that, in the near future, AI systems may be capable of autonomous decision-making, producing new creative forms without direct human intervention. Corporate and political discourses have largely normalised technology as neutral, unstoppable and universally beneficial. Nevertheless, such techno-deterministic approaches tend to be biased and to obscure the profound and often devastating social and environmental impacts of new technologies. As a counterpoint to such narratives, this book emphasises the fundamental importance of critical thinking in the interpretation, use and shaping of emerging technologies. The central question is not how AI can shape artistic practices, but rather how artists can lead the way towards more diverse, creative and humane technological development. |
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978-989-9300-06-4 DOI https://doi.org/10.34619/hxv1-p6ue Keywords Artificial Intelligence; Artistic Creation; Contemporary Art; Digital Cultures; Critical Thinking. Publisher IHA-NOVA FCSH / IN2PAST - Institute of Art History, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa – School of Social Sciences and Humanities / IN2PAST – Associate Laboratory for Research and Innovation in Heritage, Arts, Sustainability and Territory. Partner Institutions Instituto de Humanismo y Tradición Clásica, Universidad de León, Spain. Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal. Museu Zer0, Tavira, Portugal. MAAT - Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Lisboa, Portugal. Media Partner Umbigo Magazine Cover image Derived from the video artwork Deep Shadow in an Echo World (2024, 4K, colour, stereo, 8’ 26’’) by Rodrigo Gomes. Courtesy of the artist. Graphic Design Barbaño González-Moreno, 2026. How to cite Rivero-Moreno, L. D. and Barranha, H. (eds.) (2026) Towards an Automated Art? Learning Machines, Human Creativity and Uncertainty. Lisbon: IHA-NOVA FCSH / IN2PAST. Available at: https://doi.org/10.34619/hxv1-p6ue |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface Helena Barranha and Luis D. Rivero-Moreno Introduction: Inverting the Order — Visual Arts and the Shaping of AI Helena Barranha and Luis D. Rivero-Moreno Do Machines Dream of Automated Artists? Andrés Burbano From BBSes to DAOs. Learning from Early Networked Artist Communities Anna-Lisa Scherfose AI Art and the Productive Potential of Opacity Jasmin Pfefferkorn Creativity and Copyright in a World of AI-Generated Images Adelaide Rossi The Aura in Contemporaneity: Destruction or Evolution? Rita Cêpa Generative AI and the Artistic Thematisation of Memory Juan Martín Prada Deep Shadow in an Echo World Rodrigo Gomes Authors Credits |
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Art, Museums and Digital Cultures → Rethinking Change
Edited by Helena Barranha and Joana Simões Henriques Following the International Conference on Art, Museums and Digital Cultures (April 2021), this e-book seeks to extend the discussion on the concept of change that is usually associated with the relationship between culture and technology. Through the contributions of 32 authors from 12 countries, the book not only questions how digital media have inspired new artistic and curatorial practices, but also how, conversely, critical and creative proposals in the fields of art and museums have opened up alternative paths to technological development. Acknowledging the different approaches to the topic, ranging from retrospective readings to the analysis of recent issues and projects, the book is divided into seven sections and a visual essay, highlighting collaborative territories and the crossovers between different areas of scientific knowledge. Available in open access, this publication is the result of a collaborative project promoted by the Institute of Art History of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities, NOVA University of Lisbon and maat – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology. |
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978-989-54405-4-2 DOI https://doi.org/10.34619/hwfg-s9yy Keywords Digital Cultures; Digital Art; Museums, Technology, Change, Digital Transformation; Digital Archive. Publishers Institute of Art History, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, in association with the Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Lisbon. Partner Institution Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa. Sponsor Fundação Millennium bcp Media Partner Umbigo Magazine Image João Paulo Serafim, The Endless Task of Taxonomy, 2021. Courtesy of the artist. Graphic Design Leonardo Silva, 2021. How to cite Barranha, H. and Henriques, J. S. (eds.) (2021) Art, Museums and Digital Cultures – Rethinking Change. Lisbon: IHA/NOVA FCSH and MAAT. Available at: https://doi.org/10.34619/hwfg-s9yy |
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Introduction Rethinking Change in Art and Museums Helena Barranha and Joana Simões Henriques Questioning Digital Culture Critical Digital: Museums and their Postdigital Circumstance Ross Parry and Vince Dziekan Used to Be Different, Now It's the Same? The Post-Pandemic Makeover of Museums John P. Bell, Jon Ippolito and Meredith Steinfels Curating Digital Art Beyond the Institutional Sphere The Art and Care of Online Curating Annet Dekker Adversarial Interfaces Heiko Schmid Immaterial Desires: Cultural Integration of Experimental Digital Art Dejan Grba From the Artist’s Perspective: On the Longevity of VR/AR Artworks Myrto Aristidou and Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert Computer Art in Portugal? A Short History of Related Exhibitions and Art Criticism in the 1970s José Oliveira Collaborative Territories Pockets Full of Memories (2001-2007): An Installation Integrating Data Collection and the Kohonen Self-Organising Artificial Neural Network Algorithm George Legrady and Timo Honkela Fictioning the Third Space Charlie Tweed Suggestions for a Curator’s Machine: A Collaborative Approach to the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Art Museums Dominik Bönisch The Everywhere Museum of Everything: The Curatorship Challenge, from Digital Urban Art to NFTs Pedro Alves da Veiga Virtual Museums, Archives and Databases Recent Challenges to Contemporary Art Databases. Digitisation Practices and Archive Development in Artist Estates and Private Collections Diego Mantoan Virtual Museums and Art Projects, between the Analogue and the Digital: Catalogue Raisonné Graça Morais Joana Baião and Sofia Carvalho Curating Registered Journeys – Maria Graham and Dora Wordsworth Maria de Fátima Lambert Virtual Museums, New Media Arts and Sound Archives Madalena Oliveira and Cláudia Martinho Museums on the Web: Shifting Representations and Narratives How COVID-19 Changed the Digital Presence of Italian Museums: Comparing Influencer Marketing Attempts at the Uffizi Galleries and the Museums of Bologna Vanda Lisanti Museums on the Web and their Adaptations: The Case of the Immigration Museum in São Paulo Vitória Schincariol and Marina Pignatelli Virtually Musealising Memories: COVID-19 through Storytelling at the Museum of the Person Rachel Augusto Mediation and Prospects of Change Art Museums and Digital Solidarity Jasmin Pfefferkorn The Stakes of Big Tech and the Digitisation of Visual Culture Nick Pozek The Digital Condition and the Reconstitution of the Public(s) Felix Stalder Visual Essay The Endless Task of Taxonomy João Paulo Serafim About the Authors Credits |
