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AI-TO-AUDIENCE is a multi-stage project that explores the conversational qualities and potentials of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled real-time computational processing. Through the collaborative creation and training of Leo, an audience-aware AI character, media artists, spatial designers, software engineers, performing artists, and audiences work together to shape Leo's conversational abilities during a series of workshops and public presentations. The project culminates in a public exhibition where visitors engage with the 8 foot interactive character in dynamic, impromptu exchanges.
The project actively investigates the ethical complexities of responsive AI personalities, with artists contributing to the development of conversational technology. By leveraging technologies such as image detection, voice-to-voice responsiveness, and existing AI large language models, AI-TO-AUDIENCE aims to move beyond scripted, awkward formalities and to explore the nuances of conversational relationships.
AI-TO-AUDIENCE aims to provoke thought and feelings about the emerging relationships between humans and AI, raising important questions about the nature of conversation, empathy, artistic expression, and authenticity in the age of Artificial Intelligence.
As people interact with Leo, they confront the challenges and limitations of AI-driven communication, as well as the potential risks and benefits of developing increasingly sophisticated conversational agents. This project reminds us of the need to develop conversational AI with care and consideration to enhance human connection and creativity.
OPPORTUNITY: CALL FOR PERFORMING ARTISTS
Calling all performing artists in Tkaronto!
Apply now to participate in a series of reciprocal teaching workshops from June 27 to July 31, 2024. These workshops will explore the embodiment of an AI-enabled personality through voice, gesture, dance, and body language.
Program, Workshop and Elgibility Details (PDF)
Call for Performing Artists Application Link
Application Deadline: June 20, 2024, 11:59pm EST
Start Date: June 27, 2024
OPPORTUNITY: DIGITAL DISSEMINATION INTERN
We are seeking an upcoming Intern Digital Dissemination Intern to help develop an engaging website for our interactive exhibition featuring Leo, a projected personality using AI systems.
The Digital Dissemination Intern will thoroughly understand the exhibition features and conceptualize a complementary, exploratory web experience. The website should provide visitors with an engaging teaser of the exhibition while offering clear navigation and accessible information about the project. The Intern will collaborate closely with the artist team.
Digital Dissemination Intern Position Details (PDF)
Digital Dissemination Intern Application Link
Application Deadline: June 25, 2024, 11:59pm EST
Start Date: July 7, 2024
OPPORTUNITY: SPATIAL DESIGN TECHNICAL INTERN
We are seeking a technically skilled Spatial Design Technical Intern to support the exhibition's design and operational elements, including motion capture, animation, projection set-ups, mixed reality design, and live event coordination. This is a part-time, honorarium position with opportunities for hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies.
Spatial Design Technical Intern Position Details (PDF)
Spatial Design Technical Intern Application Link
Application Deadline: July 14, 2024, 11:59pm EST
Start Date: August 19, 2024
media artists, spatial designers,
software engineers, performing artists,
and audiences collaboratively shape
Leo—a naïve, audience-aware AI character.
Current Project Status
The AI-TO-AUDIENCE project brings together a multidisciplinary team with expertise across media arts, architecture, conceptual design, and software engineering.
Bria Cole brings her multidisciplinary background as a media storyteller, architectural designer, and educator, merging narrative, design, and cultural spaces.
David Mattiacci contributes his extensive expertise in concept art, digital media, gaming environments, and visual storytelling.
Evan Simpson is a software engineer specializing in machine learning applications, with a background in medical imaging, cybernetics, and robotics scholarly research.
Together, these artists bring diverse creative and technical perspectives to explore the making of Leo at the intersection of AI, performing arts, and immersive experiences.
GALLERY
Forthcoming
PARTNER
The Bridge
Building bridges to an unknown culture
The Bridge is an anti-disciplinary art space in downtown Toronto that empowers artists from all backgrounds by providing essential infrastructure and unwavering support. It serves as a powerful symbol, bridging the gaps between the past and the future, art and technology, the extractive and the generative, and knowing and unknowing.
379 Adelaide Street West,
4th Floor
PARTNER
Humber College
Faculty of Media, Creative Arts and Design
A catalyst for innovative multi- and interdisciplinary creative work, the Faculty of Media, Creative Arts and Design at Humber College offers the most comprehensive mix of media, design, arts and communications programs in Canada. We specialize in storytelling of all forms: journalism and writing; film, acting and television; advertising and public relations; interaction design and animation; industrial, interior and graphic design; music and fine arts.
PROJECT UPDATES // NEWS
This project is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse Grant 2024.
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