CO-lab
The CO-lab project deals with the question of authorship in art. A question that has been raised in a completely new way by the spread of text and image generating AI.
The tools used by visual artists in particular have a significant influence on their works. This can be seen in the end result, the approach and even the idea. But what happens when the tool no longer just influences an idea or a work, but is its origin? And is a tool still a tool or already a collaborator as soon as it actively shapes the work?
CO-lab explores the relationships between artist, tool and work by testing and blurring boundaries. The exhibit expands the question and invites exhibition visitors to participate collaboratively. Photos are taken at regular intervals, which are algorithmically processed and drawn by the machine. The visitors become part of the artwork – either passively, because they can be seen in the image without doing anything, or actively, by deliberately placing themselves in front of the camera.
The use of AI is deliberately avoided throughout the project – for ethical reasons, but also to emphasise processes that would otherwise take place in a black box. In addition, the entire work, from the concept to the implementation procedures, is documented in multimedia and made freely available online at co-lab.mur.at
Category
- Art
- Design Research
- Generative Design
Collaborators
- Alexander Kremser
Exhibition
Project Website
