Future Experts: AI in arts and culture

Some of the sessions in the Museum of the Future’s Future Experts talks series have been a tad over-technical, but this one should hit the mark. Apparently it’s designed “to ignite intellectual discussions and foster collaborative exploration at the intersection of academia and artificial intelligence” by providing “a unique platform for academia to come together, exchange ideas, and share cutting-edge research on AI’s pivotal role in design and various other domains”.

In fact the speakers all look well qualified to deliver ideas and insights, albeit in bite-sized chunks – they only get ten minutes apiece, with a wrap-up Q&A to round out the hour. On the panel:

→ Isaac Sullivan ZU CACE – writer and artists as well as Assistant Professor of Visual Arts with research interests including AI, sound art, and “the problematics of space and place

→ Peter Chanthanakone ZU CACE – an award-winning director and producer specialising in 3D animated shorts, director of a Bangkok animation studio, and in-demand speaker at events like Siggraph Asia and several of the International Symposium of Electronic Arts dates

→ Sara Niroobakhsh NYUAD – Iranian-born Canadian-based artist, currently a visiting assistant art professor in the Interactive Media program at NYUAD, who has spent the last decade experimenting with a variety of multimedia projects involving living tissue, chemistry, virtual reality, and performance

→ Dr Noor Yusoff University of Wollongong – an artist and educator (and an Assistant Professor for Media & Communication) whose research interests include the practice-based approach to understand intellectual identity, social semiotics and visual cultures