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“Still You Bloom in this Land of No Gardens”: The Black Female Artist in the Age of AI

NAFA Campus 1, Towerblock Room 10-02 (PC)

The explosion of generative AI tools and immediate access to generative AI image software at the end of 2022 sparked seemingly new and urgent conversations about the role of images, the maker and our networked cultures. Would humans now be sidelined? How would we discern what was real? And what of the potential for AI… Read More »“Still You Bloom in this Land of No Gardens”: The Black Female Artist in the Age of AI

Online Dexterity—Applications for Enhancing Teachers’ and Students’ Competence and Confidence in Online Spaces in Tertiary Art and Design Education

NAFA Campus 1, Towerblock Room 5-36 (SU)

Digital tools and artificial intelligence are disrupting and transforming pedagogies in higher art and design institutions. In this session, we introduce research that advances the notion of 'online dexterity,' framing the technological proficiency of university educators and students not as fixed abilities but as immediate, flexible responses to the evolving landscape of online learning. Utilising… Read More »Online Dexterity—Applications for Enhancing Teachers’ and Students’ Competence and Confidence in Online Spaces in Tertiary Art and Design Education

Fabricating ‘the skull of Thotsakan’ using virtual reality sculpting

NAFA Campus 1, Towerblock Room 10-02 (PC)

Global megatrends predict that virtual reality will transform numerous facets of human existence. Sculpting is currently feasible with the aid of this technology. Could the spatial interaction capabilities of virtual reality be advantageous in the context of sculpting? By employing a practice-based methodology, the investigator has constructed a virtual reality sculpting framework in this investigation.… Read More »Fabricating ‘the skull of Thotsakan’ using virtual reality sculpting

Authorless Futures: Redefining Authorship. AI, Synthetic Creativity, and the Future of Design.

NAFA Campus 1, Towerblock Room 10-02 (PC)

Authorless Futures" examines the evolving role of AI in art and design, presenting it as a pivotal partner in creative processes. It scrutinizes the impact of synthetic creativity on authorship and artistic expression, envisioning a future where AI and human creativity merge, blurring traditional roles and boundaries. This study advocates for a paradigm shift towards… Read More »Authorless Futures: Redefining Authorship. AI, Synthetic Creativity, and the Future of Design.

Space for Many: Designing Soft, Pliable Public Spaces

Description: Within the realm of design (interiors and architecture), there is a prioritization of westernized ideals that dictate materiality, spatial organization, interaction and form. Often, the messiness of the domestic sphere is excluded from these conversations, in favor of modernization, cleanliness, and hard materials. By centering and prioritizing the body within our approach to interiority… Read More »Space for Many: Designing Soft, Pliable Public Spaces

An Unfinished Manifesto for Arts Education in the Age of Chaos & Technology

Online - Zoom

A celebration and critique of technology in an age of chaos. The early 21st Century will be presented as a defining period in human cultural evolution, and the challenges faced unprecedented on a global scale. Climate change, and it’s likely consequences, food and water scarcity, mass migration, and uninhabitable environments, will be conceptualised as an… Read More »An Unfinished Manifesto for Arts Education in the Age of Chaos & Technology

Error Aesthetics: Glitch Art as a Nexus of Creation and Theory

Online - Zoom

Glitch art represents a critical intersection between artistic practice and academic inquiry, challenging established paradigms of digital aesthetics, authorship, and the concept of error. As a disruptive force within digital culture, glitch art offers unique opportunities to explore innovative methodologies in art production, media and design while questioning the cultural, social, and philosophical implications of… Read More »Error Aesthetics: Glitch Art as a Nexus of Creation and Theory

Families Learning Together: Expressive STEM Inquiry in San Marcos, TX

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For nearly a decade, Families Learning Together (FLT) has explored the intersections of art, design, and creative computing through a community-based, intergenerational learning model. Anchored at the Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos and the San Marcos Public Library, FLT invites families, youth, elders, university students, and K-12 educators to engage in computational storymaking, dramatic… Read More »Families Learning Together: Expressive STEM Inquiry in San Marcos, TX

Interrogating AI: Positionality and identity of artificial intelligence

Online - Zoom

We bring a unique set of lived experiences to our practice as educators, artists, designers, and learners. When we use artificial intelligence tools to supplement or enhance our work through a humanistic lens, we use it as an extension of ourselves seeking to learn or create something new. In initial use of AI, we can… Read More »Interrogating AI: Positionality and identity of artificial intelligence

Student Panel on AI

Online - Zoom

Join us to hear from a panel of art and design students will discuss their projects, experiences and perspectives on the ethics of Panelists include: Parsons School of Design: Camila Bravo del Corral, Muskan Niraj Gupta, Ritika Suryawanshi Penn State University: Kaydee Dambeck Texas State University: Harshini Kaparaju University of the Arts London: Zhongyuan Zhang… Read More »Student Panel on AI