Name: Algorithmic Art: Creative Missteps and Masterpieces
Start: 2025-03-03T18:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-03-03T20:00:00+00:00
Location: Newspeak House

Come join us as we explore the unpredictable journey of algorithmic art, from failed experiments to stunning masterpieces!
About this Event

Algorithmic Art: Creative Missteps and Masterpieces

Join us for an event sharing art works created with, but noy by AI. In this event we share the work for 3 creators, exploring different methods and concepts in their work.

This event is kindly hosted by Newspeak House, The London College of Political Technology. Find out more about it at https://newspeak.house

This event is part of the Algorithmic Art community in London. If you're not already a member, please do join us!

Schedule

6-6:30PM - Arrive and social
6:30-6:40PM - Introductions (Ben Gilburt)
6:40-6:55PM - Algorithmic Photography (Alex May)
6:55-7:10PM - ReFrame (Ben Gilburt)
7:10-7:25PM - AI & Creativity (Lorenzo Belenguer)
7:25PM onwards - Drinks and social (location TBC)

Our Artists

Alex May - Algorithmic Photography

Bio: Alex May is an internationally recognised artist known for his innovative exploration of the intersection between art, science, and technology, focussing on creating multi layered works that resonate with the human experience in a digital world.

Website: https://alexmayarts.co.uk
Instagram/X: @alexmayarts

Description: Alex will discuss "Algorithmic Photography", his hand-crafted software technique and ongoing project that aesthetically reveals the complex patterns of movement of everyday scenes. He will also introduce his brand new AI based work "ESSENCE" that explores the artistic and existential challenges of how computers currently see us and the world.

Lorenzo Belenguer - AI and Creativity: Failing to Reach Originality (Not Quite There Yet)

Bio: Lorenzo Belenguer is a Queer, non-binary artist exploring themes of Queer visibility, power structures, and non-organic reasoning in the intersection of art and AI. With exhibitions at the British Museum and the Venice Biennale, he challenges traditional narratives through innovative, concept-driven works.

Website: www.lorenzobelenguer.com

Description: Belenguer discusses his attempt to create an original video animation using Python and an LLM, highlighting the model's limitations with unprecedented ideas. He proposed integrating random reasoning as a tool to mimic chance, fostering more innovative and artistic outcomes.

Ben Gilburt - ReFrame

Bio: Ben is an artist of precisely zero renown, but plenty of ideas which occasionally get completed with varying levels of success. Professionally, Ben works in AI, Digital and Data Ethics, with research interests in language model bias and privacy.

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/bengilburt/
Medium: https://medium.com/@benjamin.gilburt
X: @RealBenGilburt

Description: To anyone who played Pictionary over Christmas with family and friends, the difficulty in drawing what is described to us, or describing what we see is clear. Ben will be presenting the project ‘ReFrame’. A project which takes famous film scenes, and sees how accurately AI can describe them, and then draw what it describes, to re-create the film scene through a strange pipeline of AI-enabled broken-telephone.