Artificial intelligence - machine learning and computer vision - constantly analyze and produce images.
AIIM - Centre for Aesthetics of AI Images explores how these new image practices significantly shape us aesthetically – and thereby also culturally, socially, and epistemologically.
Dr. Jasmin Kermanchi, Research Associate at the Institute of Media and Communication, University of Hamburg, will visit AIIM during the first week of March. Her area of specialization encompasses theory of documentary and new practices, cultures and aesthetics of the digital, interactive audiovisual media and Artificial Intelligence in documentary film / media. She will participate in lectures and in the AIIM event “AI-generated images as visual documentation”.
New publication:
Democratization and generative AI image creation: aesthetics, citizenship, and practices
This article interrogates the intersection of generative AI and the democratization of the image, moving beyond mere access to examine the shifting foundations of citizenship and truth. Through a series of collaborative workshops, the authors introduce the concepts of ‘formative’ and ‘generative’ visual citizenship to analyze how AI reshapes our digital communities. Discover how an aesthetic lens reveals new, nuanced modes of belonging in an increasingly mediated visual landscape.
New publication:
On Deepfakes and Dog Whistles: Thinking Aesthetically about AI
Is it real, or is it AI? Maja Bak Herrie argues that we’re asking the wrong question. By diving into the "weirdness" of Samsung’s moon shots and the deliberate construction of doubt, she explores how generative AI is quietly reshaping our perception of reality. Discover why we must look beyond the hunt for fakes to truly understand the complex, mediated world we now inhabit.
