Leonardo/ISAST explores Nostalgia and Artificial Intelligence
At the [CODAME](/orgs/codame) [ART+TECH Festival [2018]](/orgs/codame/events/art-tech-festival-2018) [Gary Boodhoo](/artists/gary-boodhoo) ’s Neural Artistic work The sight reminds me of our stupid fights. I miss them so much! Nostalgia and other things AI can’t replace. What are the artistic attributes of Artificial Intelligence? How do they assist, produce, deprive, or mimic human memory, creativity, and the artist’s soul? Artists are using AI in collaboration, but can that replace the necessary growth that comes out of struggle, conflict and failure? How does AI understand nostalgic moments, triggered senses and memory? Can we capture the sounds and music that defined our adolescence through the assistance of neural networks? Explore this questions June 6th (Wednesday), 1.30pm-2.30pm in a panel at the CODAME [ART+TECH Festival [2018]](/orgs/codame/events/presenting-our-annual-codame-art-tech-festival-2018-artobots-b43), moderated by [Danielle Siembieda](/artists/danielle-siembieda) with [Raphael Arar](/artists/raphael-arar), ✩ [evo heyning](/artists/evo-heyning) ∞ , [Scot Gresham-Lancaster](/artists/scot-gresham-lancaster) and [James Morgan](/artists/james-morgan) As the founder of Art Inspector: Saving the Earth by Changing Art, Danielle Siembieda has turned this social practice project into a business acquiring funding from Silicon Valley Energy Watch and working with the City of San Francisco Department of Environment to help artists work healthier and safer. She defines her art at “Alter-Eco Art” bridging Eco-Art practice and New Media focusing on intersection of environment, technology and community. Danielle Siembieda is the Managing Director of Leonardo/The International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology (Leonardo/ISAST). As an active leader in the art, science, and technology community, she has served on the board of the Women Eco Art Dialogue and held the leadership role as Communications Director of Emerging Arts Professionals. She has served the art & tech community with multiple roles including Community Engagement Manager for ZERO1: The Art & Technology Network; Co-Project Manager of the San Jose Climate Clock Initiative; Managing Editor of SWITCH the online Journal of New Media (no longer in publication); and member of the San Jose Public Art Advisory Committee. Siembieda has an MFA in Digital Media Art at San Jose State University at the CADRE Laboratory for New Media with a focus on green technology and sustainable materials. Raphael Arar is an award-winning artist, designer and technologist whose work seeks to trace the trajectories of interpersonal and intrapersonal interaction in light of progress. These works manifest themselves in a variety of forms encompassing a synthesis of nostalgia and novelty often informed by scientific systems and humanistic research. His artwork has been shown at museums, conferences, festivals and galleries internationally including the International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA), ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Gamble House Museum, Boston Cyberarts Gallery, and Athens Video Art Festival.