In the context of the series of seminars by the European Laboratory for Culture and Technology (ECT Lab+), the Media Arts and Design Laboratory (MADLab - Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts, Cyprus University of Technology) and the Department of Fine Arts (School of Fine and Applied Arts, Cyprus University of Technology) organized a round table on the topic:
"Creative Machines: Reflections on Creative Mediation and Artistic Values"
A round table on critical philosophical questions directed towards computational creativity, creative software mediators, and their aesthetic/artistic values. Specifically, the focus is on computational processes such as artificial intelligence and machine learning and their aesthetic/artistic values. By viewing creativity through a critical lens, can we assume that the computer exhibits creativity independently of the human creator, or is mediation a necessary part of the creative process?
Guest lecturers:
Prof. Catherine Hayles (UCLA and Duke University, USA), Prof. Michael Wheeler (University of Stirling, UK)
Discussion participants:
Dr. Marinos Koutsomichalis (MADLab, Cyprus University of Technology)
Dr. Efi Kyprianidou (Department of Fine Arts, Cyprus University of Technology)
Dr. Doros Polydorou (MADLab, Cyprus University of Technology)
"Creative Machines: Reflections on Creative Mediation and Artistic Values" will take place on September 30, 17:00 CEST (16:00 London, 8:00 Los Angeles, 18:00 Limassol) online at the following address: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6980871405?pwd=M1daTjcrSFVRU0VHYWlXeDhBVjNsQT09#success
