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The Robotic Atelier Symposium+Exhibition
Thursday 16th – Exhibition private view (18:00-21:00)
Friday 17th – Symposium + exhibition guided tour (10:00-18:00)
Saturday 18th – Sunday 19th – Live robotics and machine-based art (10:00-18:00)
the Embodied Agents in Contemporary Visual Art popup exhibition and Symposium marks the concluding event of the research project (2023–2026). This interdisciplinary initiative brings together artists, researchers, and scholars to explore how human creativity can be expanded through collaboration with robotics and artificial intelligence. Throughout the days of the event, the project’s artists-in-residence will present the outcomes of their year-long residency within our robotic labs. These include final artworks and experimental practices ranging from robotic drawing and hybrid painterly processes to new methods of integrating machines into artistic practice. The works of the artists in residence will be complemented by contemporary and pioneering works of art made using computational technologies and drawing machines.
On Friday the 17th of April, we will hold a day-long symposium that will feature short presentations by the core team and artists in residence of the EACVA project, alongside presentations by Sean Clark, Paul Cohen and a panel on the curation of digital and machine generated art. The symposium will be followed by an interactive discussion with the artists in the exhibition space.
Artworks by: Anna Mirkin, Damien Borowik, Daniel Berio, Daisy Latham, Gretchen Andrews, Gretta Louw, Jack Tait, Liat Grayver, Licia He, Michael Stroh, Patrick Tresset, Sofie Mart, William Latham and others
Talks by: Anna Mirkin, Daniel Berio, Liat Grayver, Nabi Nara, Patrick Tresset, Peggy Schoenegge, Sean Clark and others
More info coming soon.
TUD Dresden University of Technology for the Performing Transformation: Shifting Landscapes in Art, Science, and Technology conference
The signing of this agreement extends the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s (AHRC) longstanding partnership with Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) for a further five rounds starting in October 2026.
This will foster new opportunities to combine the strengths of world-leading arts and humanities researchers in the UK and Germany and to explore questions that improve our understanding of the world.
This research partnership also supports the EACVA project!
https://www.ukri.org/news/ahrc-and-german-research-foundation-renew-research-partnership
In her solo exhibition at Yvonne Hohner Contemporary, multidisciplinary artist Gretta Louw presents works from three new series exploring technologically mediated painting and drawing.
The title High Tech High Touch references futurist John Naisbitt’s book on how emerging technologies interact with human experience. Louw investigates the paradox of advanced automation increasingly depending on human creativity and input, and explores the artistic potential of working with robotic systems.
In the main gallery space, two visually distinct series are united by their roots in digital drawing. Luminous acrylic sculptures translate hand-drawn lines into light using advanced manufacturing techniques, while soft, tactile textile works begin as digital drawings that are machine-embroidered, then hand-painted by the artist.
A second room features new oil paintings and a video documenting Louw’s collaboration with the e-David painting robot and the Visual Computing team at the University of Konstanz. This collaboration highlights not only the limits of current technologies, but also the complexities of embodiment—both human and machine.
https://www.yvonne-hohner-galerie.com/blog/high-tech-high-touch
EACVA presentation on the Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Human and Machine Creativity. interdisciplinary insights on therelationship between human creativity and artificial intelligence. Center for Humans & Machines at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin
Today’s A.I. discourse is misleading—and robotic painting reveals just how much gets lost between flashy demos and the messy reality of making art.
Full Article by Gretta Louw at Artnet.com
AHRC and DFG celebrated more than 100 funded projects in the DFG/AHRC bilateral funding initiative in a two-day workshop with 60 invited guests, among them PIs from funded projects, panel chairs, representatives from DAAD, British Council, AHRC and DFG.
Posters of selected projects, including EACVA, can be found here:
https://www.dfg.de/en/research-funding/funding-opportunities/funding/ahrc/selected-projects
Upcoming talks that will be held during the upcoming symposium at the CLB in Berlin.
A collaborative work by Daniel Berio and Liat Grayver, showcased at CLB Berlin and the transmediale festival. Save the date: 29.01.2025. (More details coming soon)
Embodied Agents in Contemporary Visual Art
The symposium will feature ongoing works and discussions, bringing together researchers and practitioners from visual arts, computing, robotics, cognitive science, psychology, and sociology to explore cutting-edge developments in robotics and art and present an art exhibition featuring works by EACVA artists in residence program.
