2023
BendMakeChange: Künstliche Kreativität
Computermuseum DigitalretroPark, Offenbach
September 2023
Im Rahmen des Festivals BendMakeChange im DigitalRetroPark (Computermuseum Offenbach) habe ich einen Workshop über die Kreative Praktiken mit Künstlerischen Intelligenz gehalten
KI-KUNST: Der Antonyme Salon
Der Antonyme Salon, Berlin
September 2023
'We had discussions with artists, writers and researchers - Annika von Taube, Olaf Schirm, Ivo Wessel, Nils Pooker and me - in Berliner galery "Der Antonyme Salon" (Galerist Anton Henning) during my presentation and reading from "KI-KUNST".
KI-KUNST: 20 Bänder auf der Volksbühne, Berlin
Volksbühne, Berlin
September 2023
Authors of the book series "Digitale Bildkulturen" discussed the current paradigm change in visual and cultural dimensions of human history. I was speaking about my book "KI-KUNST"
#KIKUNST: Frühe KI-Programme und ihre Anwendung
September 2023
Wagenbach Verlag / Online
Together with publishher of by book "KI-Kunst" Wolfgang Ulrich we have spoken about earlier Generative AI models. I have shown them in action - you also can see the legendary "Latent Space Browser" (not available anymore).
"Angewandte Data Science":Presentation + Discussion
August 2023
Darmstadt Data Science / Online
Authors of "Angewandte Data Science" presented their chapters from this anthology. I spoke about my part "Am Anfang war der Prompt"
Festival of the Future 2023
July 2023
Deutsches Museum / Munich
As last year, I was present on the Festival of the Future with my workshop "AI as a creative engine" and an exhibition of my works.
3DEXCITE Live: The Generative AI Explosion
June 2023
3DEXCITE live / Munich
3D Experience Lab by Dessault Systèmes organizes yearly discussion panel about new technologies and its impact on society, industry, culture. This time we will speak about Generative AI.
Goethe University: Practical lecture
May 2023
Goethe University / Frankfurt am Main
Vom Medien-Hiwi zum Commander Data: Wie Leidenschaften und KI die Karriere formen. So heisst mein Praxisvortrag in Rahmen des Qualifizierungsprogramms für Uni-Absolventen vom Career-Service Center der Goethe Universität.
Hier erzähle ich über meine berufliche, akademische und kreative Erfahrungen der letzten 23 Jahre.
AI Hub Frankfurt: AI Talent Night 2023
May 2023
AI-HUB, Family Montez / Frankfurt am Main
AI Hub Frankfurt is an indisciplinary network, connecting researchers, culture, industry, economy, politics together under the sign of AI.
UAI Talent Night is their format for bringing all members, but broad society together. In numerous presentations, experts from research companies, but also from the Bundestag, Google, Microsoft share their experiences, insights, ideas with the audience.
Together with Ratata Gallery I was invited to present our AI art and experiments, to explain how does it work, to demonstrate, what AI can do for artists.
Goethe-University: Künstliche Intelligenz, Kunst und Kreativität
May 2023
Goethe-University / Frankfurt am Main
I gave a 2-day workshop at Goethe University as part of the key skills acquisition program for students.
Der Gallery Talk: KI und Kunst
February 2023
Gallery Greulich / Frankfurt am Main
The discussion about AI, Art, and Creativity in the Greulich Gallery was a bliss - great discussion partners and brilliant contributions from auditory. I'm more obsessed with speaking about AI and creativity now. Thank you, Andreas Greulich, Adi Phil Coufal and Ekaterina Leo!
1E9: Künstliche Intelligenz in der Kunst – ja, nein, vielleicht?
February 2023
1E9
Discussion about AI and its impact on culture and art for German Digital Community 1E9 (German WIRED).
Movie making with AI
February 2023
Italian Journalist Institute Zeta Luiss
For Journalist Institute Zeta Luiss, I held a workshop "Movie Making with AI", explaining different approaches - beginning with Generative Adversarial Networks till Diffusion models.
Critical Topics: AI Images
Artist and researcher Eryk Salvaggio provides on Bradley University an Undergraduate Class "Critical Topics: AI Images". I present in the Class 21 as an Artist Talk my art and creative approach.
BR24 | Wie künstliche Intelligenz die Kunstwelt revolutioniert
Januar 2023
German radio broadcast Bayerischer Rundfunk
Entire Broadcast about AI, creativity, Art, gaming etc. is published by German Sender Bayerischer Rundfunk: https://www.br.de/mediathek/podcast/radioreportage/dall-e-co-wie-kuenstliche-intelligenz-die-kunstwelt-revolutioniert/1929153.
Journalist Christian Schiffer speaks with game makers, stabil diffusion researchers, artists (me among of them) about the ways how AI reshapes our culture.
2022
AI, Art, and Creativity (in German)
December 2022
Greman radio broadcast DeutschlandFunk
A featurette for Bayerischer Rundfunk by Christian Schiffer. An interview with Sabine @Bleeptrack Wieluch, Albert Bozesan and me about new ways for creativity, enabled for us by different AI approaches.
Deutschlandfunk: Kreativität auf Knopfdruck
December 2022
Gereman radio broadcast DeutschlandFunk
"Creativity at the push of a button" is the title of radio discussion between Ramona Westhof, Johannes Kuhn and me. We are speaking about cultural impact and technological developments, copyright and human-machine collaboration in the broadcast by Deutschlandfunk Kultur. (In German)
Aufgeheizt&Zugespitzt (ARD ONE)
November 2022
Gereman television ARD ONE
For the broadcast of German Channel ARD ONE "Aufgeheizt&zugespitzt" I was interviewed about my view on AI art, creativity, and human-machine collaboration. The program was aired on the 22nd of November 2022.
Darmstadt Data Science: Prompt Design
October 2022
Data Science Meetup (video conferencing)
I am talking for German Darmstadt Data Science about DALL-E 2 and other Diffusion models:
- About history of generative AI
- How does Gen AI work
- GANs versus Diffusion Model
- Basics of Prompt Design
- Interactive Prompt Design session with audience
hr_iNFO: Wie KI-Bilder die Kunstwelt aufmischen
September 2022
Radio broadcast by HR (Hessischer Rundfunk)
In this radio broadcast I tell about impact of AI on art world (German)
#heiseshow: Tod der Kunst?
September 2022
Videocast by Heise
Silke Hahn, Mratin Holland and me are discussing in this broadcast of German magazine and publisher #heise about Possibilities, Perspectives, Danger and Approaches of AI use in the culture and art.
Festival der Zukunft / The Festival of the Future 2022
July 2022
Festival der Zukunft, Munich, Deutsches Museum
1e9 is “Denkfabrik für die Zukunft”: a thought factory of the future. Brought to life by Wolfgang Kerler (chef editor of German Wired), this digital platform is the melting pot of ideas, concepts, future visions from all areas of human life. Culture, technology, science, art are meeting in one place — with huge community.
In this event, I was present with two activities:
* My talk about AI and Creativity
* My exhibition of AI art.
Waterkant '22
June 2022
Waterkant Festival, Kiel
On the 16th-17th of June, there was a Digital Summit "Waterkant Festival" in Kiel, Germany. Voices from culture, science, education and industry came together to discuss new approaches and ways to enhance society and the world. I took part in it with my Workshop about AI Art and NFT.
Council for the United States and Italy: A New World Coming
June 2022
Council for the United States and Italy, Online
The Council for the United States and Italy is an independent, private, non-profit bilateral organization. The Council promotes relations between Italy and the United States and brings together industry and finance executives, economists, professionals, scientists, communications and media representatives, and Italian and American scholars, through high-level initiatives in Italy and the USA.
I took part in the Council's workshop "A New World Coming" with my talk about Generative AI and its impact on cultur and media.
State of Interim
May 2022
Video conference.
During the international Symposium "State of Interim" (organized by the Art Studio Kaeur), I shared my experiences with generative models for artists: visual, textual, and musical approaches since 2015 till today.
ZWST: Krypto-Währungen, Künstliche Intelligenz
June 2022
Central Welfare Board of Jews in Germany (ZWST)
I gave two talks about Crypto and AI+creativity:
- Was sind Kryptowährungen? - Chancen, Risiken und Prognosen einfach erklärt
- Künstliche Intelligenz - Einblicke in die Technologie der Zukunft
Click on the links above to see recordings (in German)
2021 and before
Stanislaw Lem Festival
October 2021
As part of the interdisciplinary Stanisław Lem Festival (programme as PDF), I spoke about the creative use of AI in poetry:
on 29th of October 2021:
- Kann KI Gedichte schreiben? Mit Beispielen.
DADA.art and Merzmensch
March 2021
DADA.art is an international artist collective exploring Dadaism, modern avantgarde, machine learning and crypto art. In series of conversations we discuss new possibilities for creatives in context of new (or meanwhile not new anymore) technologies.
X-Talk: Do Androids Dream of Electric Poems?
Waterkant '21: Exhibition and Workshop
Summer 2021
Waterkant Festival, Kiel
Waterkant is an international Festival and Forum for innovative projects, new technologies and education.
I took part on this festival with
- Workshop about AI and creativity
- Exhibition of my AI-driven video art.
KI für Kids
Summer 2020
Museum für Kommunikation, Frankfurt am Main
Workshop about GenAI with interactive explorations of AI-driven models for text, images and music generation.
Social Media and University
February 2018
WebMonday, Frankfurt am Main
Back to my work at Goethe-University in Frankfurt am Main, we presented our Social Media strategy in the context of WebMonday, an established monthly media event in Frankfurt.