Recent advances in artificial intelligence research have unleashed a torrent of almost psychedelic imagery in both computer science and the arts. The workshop will introduce into the basics of this “neural aesthetic” (Gene Kogan) using convolutional neural networks and will probe the creative potentials of the technology through hands-on experimentations. The aim is to discuss and reflect the consequences of these technologies for design and art in particular, as well as for our societies in general. What are the characteristics of this emerging ‘neural aesthetic’ and what would be meaningful roles for it within our visual cultures? The participants will gain a foundational understanding of convolutional neural networks and will be enabled to conduct practical experiments with these. The course will give an introduction in working with models using Google Colab, Runway ML and ArtBreeder. The gained knowledge will be used for visual experimentation, allowing the participants to discuss the implications of artificial intelligence and deep learning based on an informed understanding. The course is aimed at designers and artists. Programming skills are not required. Additional costs for cloud computing might occur.
Ludwig Zeller, 1981, is a lecturer and design researcher at the Institute Digital Communication Environments IDCE. In his work he explores the connections between technology and society through a variety of design and scientific methods, blurring supposedly clear disciplinary boundaries. As a lecturer, he encourages his students to explore the poetic dimensions of our contemporary data culture through audio-visual translations between the physical and mediated. Ludwig Zeller is a graduate of the Royal College of Art London and the Academy of Media Arts Cologne. His work has been shown at V2_ Rotterdam, FILE Sao Paulo and Rio De Janeiro, MU Eindhoven, Arnolfini Bristol, technarte Bilbao and SIGCHI Boston, among others, and has been presented by the magazines FORM, PAGE, De:Bug, Fast.Co Design, wemakemoneynotart, Beyond the Beyond and the Creative Applications Network. www.ludwigzeller.net
The Institute Digital Communication Environments (IDCE) / The Basel School of Design offers workshops for students, educators and graphic designers.
The workshops afford insights into topical themes of visual communication in a study programme reflecting the rich tradition of the Basel School of Design. Practical exercises with a high level of professionalism form the core of the workshops focus. Reflection as well as contextual knowledge will be conveyed by way of input sessions, allowing participants’ work to be judged within a contemporary, future-oriented context relevant to professional practice. The trinational Rhine River Valley is a unique cultural environment with easy access to France and Germany and to sites such as the Vitra Design Museum (G), the Isenheimer Alter (F), or Ronchamps (F). In Basel, the Fondation Beyeler, Tinguely Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Schaulager, and Museum of Contemporary Art are world-renowned. Besides its museums, Basel offers a rich mixture of cultural events.
Registration feeper workshop season: CHF 40.
Booking within one workshop season: 1 week:CHF 900.– 2 weeks:CHF 1700.– 3 weeks:CHF 2400.– 4 weeks:CHF 3000.– 5 weeks:CHF 3500.–
Institute Digital Communication Environments (IDCE)
Visual communication is a tool of knowledge generation in its own right. Visualizations make things perceptible, imaginable and graspable.
FHNW Academy of Art and Design Institute Digital Communication Environments (IDCE) Freilager-Platz 1 Postfach CH-4002 Basel
Institute Digital Communication Environments IDCE
FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern SwitzerlandAcademy of Art and Design,
Institute Digital Communication Environments (IDCE)
High-rise: D 5.03Freilager-Platz 1CH - 4142 Münchenstein near Basel