MARCH 15 | BRAVE NEW WORLD | 5-7pm | Free Admission
4/F Karrivin Studios, Building A, 2316 Chino Roces Ave Ext. Makati
Join the first in a series of participatory conversations.
A Brave New World will explore the use of Artificial Intelligence for Artists and creative individuals - possibilities and downsides, ethical parameters such as privacy and digital rights to surveillance challenges.
Featuring:
A collection of AI-generated images by Photographer Jake Verzosa
Creative Coding projects presented by Ian IC Jaucian
Writings on AI and Pop culture by Carl Javier and Tad Ermitaño
Curator and Art theorist Gunalan Nadarajan brings insight into the intersection of Art, Science and Technology
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Tad Ermitaño
Tad Ermitaño is a key figure in new media art in the Philippines and South East Asia, with a sphere of influence reaching as far back as the late 80s. Considered to be one of the pioneers of sound art in the country as well as an explorer of experimental film, his artistic practice has since grown into a remarkable assertion of technology to creative projects that could be described as an examination of the processes, senses and structures surrounding man’s relationship with machinery. His projects often involve the manipulation of aural and visual phenomena - something that the artist combines with an instinctive aesthetic understanding of how time-based elements interact with spatial structures.
Ian IC Jaucian
Ian Jaucian draws much of his inspiration from science, exploring its relationship with visual art through various media, which through the years have included paintings, sculptures, kinetic, and interactive installations. Representative of the artist’s integrative practice is the prominence of peculiar forms that serve as conduits of critique towards the Anthropocene.
Carljoe Javier
Carljoe Javier is a writer, and AI Ethicist. He served as CEO of PumaPodcast, an award-winning podcast production house, and has worked in diverse fields such as journalism, publishing, social enterprise, and academia. With nearly two decades of experience in writing, Carl has contributed to publications, authored fiction and poetry, and worked on projects in television and film. He was a key figure in relaunching Anino Comics, which won multiple awards. Carl holds a BA in English Studies and an MA in Creative Writing from the University of the Philippines, and currently teaches Creative Writing at Ateneo de Manila University.
Gunalan Nadarajan
Gunalan Nadarajan is an art theorist and curator working at the intersections of art, science and technology. His publications include Ambulations (2000), Construction Site(edited; 2004) and Contemporary Art in Singapore (co-authored; 2007), Place Studies in Art, Media, Science and Technology: Historical Investigations on the Sites and Migration of Knowledge (co-edited; 2009), The Handbook of Visual Culture (co-edited; 2012) and over 100 book chapters, catalogue essays, academic articles and reviews. He has curated twenty international exhibitions including Ambulations(Singapore, 1999), 180KG (Jogjakarta, 2002), media_city (Seoul, 2002), Negotiating Spaces (Auckland, 2004) and DenseLocal (Mexico City, 2009). He was contributing curator for Documenta XI (Kassel, Germany, 2002) and the Singapore Biennale (2006) and served on the jury of a number of international exhibitions, like ISEA2004 (Helsinki / Talinn), transmediale 05 (Berlin), ISEA2006 (San Jose) and FutureEverything Festival(Manchester, 2009). He was Artistic Co-Director of the Ogaki Biennale 2006, Japan and Artistic Director of ISEA2008 (International Symposium on Electronic Art) in Singapore.