When Do We Call It Art? An AI Art Salon and Artist Tour at "Ancestors of the Future"

​Can AI be creative? Who owns an AI-generated image? And what changes when an artist stitches, paints, and works with it by hand? When does a thing becomes art? IS there a new definition of art?

​Join artist, designer, and AI researcher Ulrike Kerber for a tour of Ancestors of the Future, followed by an open conversation about art and creativity in the age of AI.

​The exhibition brings together around 60 works created through experiments with AI and physical materials. Ulrike has stitched, painted, laminated, and transformed prints as a way of exploring her own relationship with AI. What happens when a super-fast process meets slow hand-craft?

​We’ll begin with a 30-minute artist-led tour, looking at selected works and the choices, surprises, and questions behind them.

​Then we’ll gather for a 60-minute salon conversation. Together, we’ll explore questions such as:

• ​Can AI contribute something original, and how do we recognize creativity?

• ​When does an AI-generated image become art? Does working on it by hand change our answer?

• ​Who can claim ownership or authorship when AI is involved?

• ​What should artists consider about the energy and resources AI uses?

​You don’t need to be an artist or know how AI works. Curiosity, questions, and different perspectives are welcome.