What artificial intelligence does to art: a cartography

Location: Art Talks at Luxembourg Art Week
Language: English
Guest speaker: Klaus Speidel 
Moderator: Vincent Crapon
In collaboration with Kultur | lx – Arts Council Luxembourg

"The opposite of art" or "the future of creativity" —debates surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) are harsh and controversial. In a context where emotions often prevail over arguments, Klaus Speidel will map important positions, and revisit current debates in light of major questions and art theories of the 20th and 21st centuries. What happens when style — which continues to define the practice of many artists — becomes reproducible with a simple "prompt"? How do we judge the value of an AI-assisted creation? And what makes a work created with the help of AI truly a work of art? These are some of the questions the talk will address, not to provide definitive answers but to lay out ways in which they might be found. The talk is based on a book on AI and art that Klaus Speidel is currently working on.

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Biographical notes: 

Klaus Speidel is an art and image theorist, academic philosopher, art critic, and curator. He studied philosophy and art history in Munich (LMU) and Paris (Ecole normale supérieure, Sorbonne). In addition to numerous academic publications on topics related to art, narrative, depiction, style, drawing and digital media, Klaus Speidel writes about art and images for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Der Standard, Spike, artpress and The Art Newspaper, as well as in catalogues for institutions such as the Centre Pompidou, Schirn Kunsthalle, Albertina, mumok, Belvedere, and Mudam Luxembourg. In 2015, he received the AICA France Prize for Art Criticism. He curated exhibitions in Germany, Austria and France and teaches at the Unversity of Applied Arts Vienna and Paris College of Art. He is currently working on a book about Artificial Intelligence and Art.

Vincent Crapon is a curator and exhibition organiser. He is the co-founder and curator of Elektron, a new platform for digital art. Previously he held curatorial positions at European Capital of Culture Esch2022, Mudam Luxembourg and MAC Lyon. He curated and organised exhibitions with artists Ziyang Wu + Mark Ramos, ScanLAB Projects, Roberto Fassone, Cecilia Bengolea, Jutta Koether, Nairy Baghramian, Adam Linder, Trajal Harrell and Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker. He has collaborated with several institutions including ZKM | Center for Art and Media (Karlsruhe), HEK (House of Electronic Arts Basel), Ars Electronica (Linz), Museum Brandhorst (Munich), CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts (San Francisco), Musée des arts et métiers (Paris). Vincent regularly contributes to research projects, publications, talks and conferences on contemporary art and digital culture.

Partner: 

Kultur | lx – Arts Council Luxembourg is a public establishment whose mission is to support and accompany Luxembourg culture and creativity. Kultur | lx works hand in hand with players on the cultural scene to network and support the career development of Luxembourg artists.