2024-09-28, 16:10–16:40 (Europe/Zurich), Werk
This talks presents the AI-based intervention »Flatware, Hardware, Software, Wetware« (2024) by the Hertzlab, ZKM Karlsruhe’s own department of artistic research. Through the usage of AI, we are constantly challenged to find new individual interpretations of classic »flatware«, artworks drawn for the ZKM Collection. The supposedly true description of a work shown in a smart text label is actually tongue-in-cheek AI disinformation that invites us to make our own interpretation on the institution itself.
What if the museum information text label for an artwork was "personalized" to the reader (and perhaps a little untrustworthy)?
This talks presents the AI-based intervention »Flatware, Hardware, Software, Wetware« (2024) by the Hertzlab, ZKM Karlsruhe’s own department of artistic research. The interactive work draws on previous development with smart text labels from the ZKM’s intelligent.museum project. The artworks, here called »flatware«, come from the ZKM Collection and are rarely shown to the public. Through the usage of AI, we are constantly challenged to find new individual interpretations of classic »flatware«. In the process, the supposedly true description of the picture actually turns out to be tongue-in-cheek disinformation that invites us to make our own interpretation. The installation thus questions our subliminal trust in the written text and undermines the cultural institution's presumed sovereignty of interpretation over what we see.
»Flatware, Hardware, Software, Wetware« can be seen in the "(A)I Tell You, You Tell Me" exhibition at ZKM Karlsruhe, 04 May - 24 Nov 2024.
https://zkm.de/en/exhibition/2024/05/ai-tell-you-you-tell-me
Dan Wilcox is an American artist, engineer, musician, and performer who combines live musical performance techniques with experimental electronics and software for the exploration of new expression. He grew up in the Rocket City, and has performed in Europe, Asia, and around the US with his one man band cyborg performance project, robotcowboy.
Dan lives in Karlsruhe, Germany and is a part-time artist & researcher for the ZKM | Hertzlab.