Jonathan Uliel Saldanha & Gonçalo Guiomar / Lunar Ring
Atavismo Mecanizado
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How do we navigate the massive and accelerated current of mimetic processes? Starting from an analysis of how the different forms of similitude (identity, analogy, homogeneity and difference) relate to the productive and analogue power of artificial intelligence, we will outline perspectives on how understanding these technologies allows us to gain a deeper understanding of our relationship with otherness, atavism and notions of entity. Through various animist perspectives, we will interpret the current emergence and spread of mechanised intelligences in a new synthetic nature that are currently absorbed in the philosophy of prompting, and how the abstraction of semantics into numerical processes opens up portals of creation and human relationship. In short, the aim is to collectively build a small manual for finding the restplatz (space that remains) when everything is understandable, absorbed and mimicked by the machine.
24 de Maio
Presentation + Talk
with Jonathan Uliel Saldanha and Gonçalo Guiomar
We will explore in theoretical terms the conceptualisation of an artistic ontology supported by mechanised processes of creation. Starting from a historical approach to the emergence of the most recent AI techniques (language models, visual and sound expression models), we will discuss possible interpretative approaches to these objects using ontologies inherited from indigenous animism, genetic atavism and conceptualisations of otherness. The conversation will be open-ended and will serve as the basis for writing a collective essay on these themes.
10am-1pm – Introduction and theoretical background
1-2pm – Lunch
2-6pm – Conversation and formalisation of the essay proposal
Free admission upon enrolment below
25 May
Workshop
with Gonçalo Guiomar / Lunar Art Collective
We’ll be presenting various AI-based techniques for artistic production
production, with tutorials adaptable to different levels of understanding of the area. For a better understanding and enjoyment of the workshop, basic Python programming concepts are recommended. Participants should bring their own computer.
10am-1pm – Language Models (LLMs) – Creating autonomous agents
1pm-2pm – Lunch
2-4pm – Image Models (StableDiffusion, GANs, Pytorch)
4-8pm – Coupling with music in real time (OSC, TouchDesigner)
Tickets: 12€ + mandatory enrolment below