AI Lab

Artificial Star Gazers & Extraterrestrial Beings: Touring the AI Lab
Artificial intelligence and the relationship between human and machine are the focus of the exhibitions at the Ars Electronica center. As part of this AI Lab Highlight Tour, you will have the opportunity to see selected works focusing on AI at the Ars Electronica Festival exhibition location Kepler’s Gardens at the Johannes-Kepler-University, directly from the comfort of your home.

Artificial Intelligence-An introduction
OMAI (AT) – Markus Dorninger (AT) and Josef Dorninger (AT)
This interactive online workshop developed by Viennese artist collective OMAi is aimed at individuals with no prior knowledge of AI technology. Its aim is to introduce the most important terminology needed to develop a deeper understanding of AI.

AI Lab Conference Day
The AI Lab conference gives a platform to concepts, projects and individual actors who explores scientific and technological aspects of AI, as well at the impact the development and deployment of artificial intelligence has on art, culture and society as a whole.

Keynote Conversations
Kate Crawford (AU), Amy Whitaker (US), Joe Davis (US), Francesca Bria (IT), Gerfried Stocker (AT), Alexander Wöran (AT), Kristina Maurer (AT)
This year’s Keynotes are cast with extraordinary and renowned speakers, who are cutting-edge thought leaders and whistleblowers from different parts of the globe. Together with artistic and managing director Gerfried Stocker they will discuss current projects and research, as well as take audiences on a rabbit hole deep-dive into theory and future vision.

A.I.ECOSYSTEMS_ Hackathon
ARS ELECTRONICA International Online Hackathon 2021 Edition
Ars Electronica is organizing a Hackathon on the topic of A.I.ECOSYSTEMS_: a series of Hands-on workshops, inspiration talks on the topic of A.I.

AI Lab Exhibition
What visions, expectations and fears do we associate with the idea of a future, all-encompassing artificial intelligence? In the AI Lab Exhibition, various artists address this question with their works.

LAB ON STAGE: Phantom Data in our bodies and imagination II
Adriana Torres Topaga, Martyna Lorenc
This workshop undertakes a performing arts’ approach. Our departure is the embodiment of imagination and perceptual processes.

“The Ethics of Disruption in Art and AI”
Rocio Berenguer (FR) Léa Deshusses (FR) Benoit Favre (FR) Tyler Reigeluth (FR)
This excerpt from AI Summer School “The Ethics of Disruption: From AI to Bioethics in Art and Research”, explores the constituent parts of an ethics framework for approaching, understanding and regulating disruptive technologies focusing on responsible research and innovation.

“On Art & AI” Conference, Day 2
Hiba Ali (US, CA, PK) Bill Balaskas (GR) Lauren F. Klein (US) Mushon Zer-Aviv (IL) Erinma Ochu (UK) Joana Moll (ES) Memo Akten (TR) Prodromos Tsiavos (GR) Stop LAPD Spying Coalition (US)
On Art & AI is a two-day conference exploring how artists engage critically, conceptually and artistically with discourses around artificial intelligence, creativity, intelligence, labour and ethics.

“On Art & AI” Conference, Day 1
Morehshin Allahyari (US) Sarah Allen (UK) Stephanie Dinkins (US) Suzanne Kite (US) Melanie Lenz (UK) Jonas Lund (SE) Irini Mirena Papadimitriou (UK) Anna Ridler (UK) Tamiko Thiel (US)
On Art & AI is a two-day conference exploring how artists engage critically, conceptually and artistically with discourses around artificial intelligence, creativity, intelligence, labour and ethics.