FROM TEXT TO IMAGE, AI ART
Moderator: Gözde Mutluer
Speakers: Bager Akbay, Selçuk Artut
Artificial intelligence has been around for quite some time now, and as technology advances, so does the creativity of people who are using it. Not only does artificial intelligence allow artists to create amazing works of art, it also teaches people about art and gives them a better understanding of how the artist produced their artwork. In this conversation, we will talk about machine learning and how it can be used to fuel creativity in the world of artificial intelligence art. We will also talk about how it can change the way people see and think about art in their everyday lives.
* This seminar is for free. Participation is limited to 120 people and the entrance invitations can be obtained 1 hour before the event from Akbank Sanat Info Desk. Events will be held in Turkish.
Gözde Mutluer
Born in 1991, Gözde Mutluer is an actress, videographer, and painter. She studied at Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts - Cinema and Television. In her artworks, she primarily focuses on glances and uncanny eye contact which she considers to be the mediators to reflect human feelings and expressions. In 2021, she co-founded Disyon and has been curating the platform ever since.
Bager Akbay
Artist, Designer, Educator. Storyteller of Robot Poet Deniz Yilmaz. Bager's artworks are exhibited in Ars Electronica, Todays Art and Transmediale festivals. He is the co-author of Programming Scratch for Kids, co-founder of Iskele47 Studio and co-curator of Istanbul Maker Faire. Bager is currently on the board of Amber Platform which hosts art and technology festivals since 2007 and Baska Bir Okul Mumkun NGO which works in the democratic school movement. Currently teaching in Todays Art History at Istanbul Mimar Sinan University and Marmara University and Programming for Puppeteers at Berlin Ernst Busch University and running an “Art Talk Show” at FLU TV.
Selçuk Artut
His artistic research and production focus on theoretical and practical dimensions of human-technology relations. He holds a Ph.D. in Media and Communications from European Graduate School Switzerland. Currently, Artut is working as an Assoc. Prof. for the Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design Program at Sabanci University, Istanbul, where he mainly teaches Sound and Interaction Courses. He has six published books, a book of which he is an editor, and many academic articles. He has released several albums as a member of a Post-Rock Avangard music band, Replikas since 1998. In 2016, he co-founded the audio-visual performance group RAW together with Alp Tuğan, which produces works through creative coding and live-coding techniques.