Hexagone Scène Nationale Arts Sciences is associated to the European ARTificial Intelligence Lab project (nov. 2018 – oct. 2021) co-funded by the Europe Creative – Culture – programme of the European Union. Ars Electronica is leading the project alongside 12 cultural institutions from 11 European countries.
Partners : Austria (Ars Electronica – leader du projet) , Slovenia (Zavod Kerniskova/Kappelica Gallery), Serbia (Center of promotion of science), Spain (Laboral Centro de arte y creacion industrial), Irland (Trinity college/Science Gallery), France (Hexagone Scène Nationale Arts Sciences/ Atelier Arts Sciences – Grenoble – Lieu Unique Nantes), Georgia (SOU Festival), Belgium (Gluon), Danemark (The culture Yard/Click festival), Greece (Ariona Hellas SA/Onassis Cultural Center) and Netherlands (Waag Society).
Human beings are already armed with fast and convenient automatic devices and AI has already fundamentally altered our working and daily lives. The latest developments in artificial intelligence truly are astonishing, and they will soon be advancing exponentially with the increasing scientific and economic power that is invested by the big companies. Deep learning, self-learning neuronal networks, autonomous mobile robots and smart digital assistants will surely change the fundamental system and social paradigm of life and affect our society in yet unknown ways. These developments brings us to an up-close – and-personal encounter with fundamental questions of our own identity and existence.
The European ARTificial Intelligence Lab will be bringing AI related scientific and technological topics to general citizens and art audiences in order to contribute to a critical and reflective society. The project will be focusing on aspects beyond the technological and economic horizon to scrutinize cultural, psychological, philosophical and spiritual aspects.
The partners are connecting artists with research institutions and scientists to fill a gap in dealing with the social components and political questions arising from these enormous technological advances. How can we support our citizens to become creative and independant thinkers, embracing and at the same time looking at innovation from a critical viewpoint ? How can we engage and involve the whole society in decisions about the development of art, culture and, science so we can all contribute to the smart, sustainable, and inclusive growth of Europe ?
Artists are able to have a disruptive look on our society and to invent new practices. This is why the position of the artist is central in this project.
Thus, 13 major cultural operators in Europe will offer an extensive cultural and educational activity program in the form of exhibitions, labs, performances, workshops, conferences, talks, mentoring and residencies representing various European cultural approaches and visions on AI.
This panel of activities will foster interdisciplinary work, transnational mobility and intercultural exchange.
In
total, the project will realize 211 activities such as 26 residencies, 22 exhibitions, 23 workshops, 9 performances and 32 discursive programs.
In Grenoble, the project will support :
The artistic project ARTIST IMAGINATIONS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE How do artists embrace AI? Speakers Moderator Presented as part of the European Artificial Intelligence Lab project co-funded by the European Union’s Creative Europe programme and IDEX – UGA.
Publication scheduled for November 2021. 1 ART SCIENCE RESIDENCY
G5 interespèces is a show that was presented at the Hexagone Scène Nationale Arts Sciences in Meylan as part of EXPERIMENTA, the Arts Sciences Biennial in February 2020. For her research and the development of her creation, Rocio Berenguer is back in residence at the Atelier Arts Sciences.
For this project, she worked in collaboration with Léopold Frey.
+ information : G5
2 PROFESSIONAL SEMINARS
This seminar is supported by the European project “European Artificial Intelligence Lab” launched by Ars Electronica and started in November 2018. It gathers 13 cultural structures, whose objective during 3 years is to propose a range of activities around AI.
This second exploratory session took place on 01 and 02 June 2021 at the Maison de la Musique in Meylan and at the Atelier Arts Sciences. This seminar is supported by the European project “European Artificial Intelligence Lab” launched by Ars Electronica and started in November 2018. It gathers 13 cultural structures, whose objective during 3 years is to propose a range of activities around AI.
2 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
THURSDAY 13 FEBRUARY> 03:30
Auditorium Grenoble INP
French/English simultaneous translation
A magical solution to the great ills of this world for some, the early stages of an ecological, social and moral apocalypse for others. Fantasy, the daily companion of some and for others, the enemy of the free will and of freedom, artificial intelligence is everywhere and leaves no-one indifferent. All research fields are affected by its progress.
From objects to subjects, from tools to words, artistic creation is also embracing AI, in ways that are just as varied as the many different imaginations that it appeals to. Between demystification, praise, criticism and other approaches, artists are a key to the door for understanding all the ambivalence that AI pre-supposes. For a long time the protagonist of science-fiction books, both dystopic and utopic, AI has also been in artists’ minds for quite some time. How do they embrace it, how does it change their way of seeing things and how does it shape their work? What new techniques, approaches, tools or artistic approaches does it lead to?
Birk Schmithüsen, Audio-visual Artist (Speculative Artificial Intelligence)
Anna Ridler, Artist (Mosaic Virus)
Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrom, artist (Artificial Intelligence Mary)
Andreas Broeckmann, Art Historian and Curator, History of Art and Media Theory Guest at the Fine Arts Academy of Leipzig
FRIDAY 14 FEBRUARY > 10:30 am
Auditorium Grenoble INP
French/English simultaneous translation
How can we fight against the amplification of discrimination by artificial intelligence?
Why are artificial intelligences able to lead to discriminatory practices linked to gender or ethnic, social or geographic origin? The algorithms that reign over our AI are not neutral. They simply learn what we show them. They can be affected by numerous biases that have a discriminatory effect on individuals. These biases are introduced by the programmer or by the data that feeds the algorithm. Hence, when we assert that an AI makes decisions, it is the result of a chain of almost instantaneous decision-making events from the production of the algorithm through to its utilisation.
AI is spreading into ever more vast sectors of our lives. So how can we support its development in order to make it fairer and more egalitarian and prevent the different forms of discriminatory practice that could potentially emerge?Speakers
Patrick Loiseau, INRIA Researcher and Member of the IT Laboratory of Grenoble. Co-holder of the “Ethical and Responsible Artificial Intelligence” Chair at the Multidisciplinary Institute for Artificial Intelligence of Grenoble (MIAI)
Vytautas Jankauskas, Artist, Designer, Member of the Cached Collective (Cached)
Marie Lorphelin, INRIA légal counselModerator
Claire Richard, Author, Journalist, Translator, Chief Editor of the Digital Society ForumWithin the scope of the project entitled European Artificial Intelligence Lab project co-funded by the European Union’s Creative Europe programme and IDEX – UGA.
10 DISPOSITIFS POUR EXPERIMENTA, LE SALON
A WORKBOOK
This booklet is supported by MIAI, two researchers who have taken up the theme: Jean-Luc Schwartz – GIPSA-LAB and Jean-Pierre Chevrot – UGA
Co-funded by the creative programme of the european union.
