Art by Humans and Machines

Join us for this Campus Point Connection, where Larry O’Gorman of Nokia Bell Labs will consider how art and technology fuse to create interactive experiences.

O’Gorman will trace the evolution of tech-enhanced artworks by examining the histories of video, audio, biometrics and machine learning. Expect to hear about Bell Labs’ earliest collaborations with visionaries like Robert Rauschenberg and Merce Cunningham to today’s cutting-edge creations.

Gateway South: Room 216

ABSTRACT

In the last decade, the art and theater worlds have increasingly endeavored to create immersive experiences for their audiences. In many cases, this entails the use of cameras and other sensors, combined with recognition techniques so audience input can modify the artwork. Recent machine learning advancements have also increased artists’ enthusiasm for creating technology-enhanced artworks.

In this talk, Larry O’Gorman of Nokia Bell Labs will discuss interactive methodologies using patterns from video, audio, biometrics, and machine learning. O’Gorman will also show a sampling of the interactive artworks starting with the Experiments in Art and Technology that involved New York artists such as Robert Rauschenberg and Merce Cunningham working with Bell Labs engineers in the 1960s, and up to present day.