Taking Stock: Photography and visual media in the context of GenAI

The field of photography is being rapidly transformed by new forms of algorithmic modulation including Generative AI image models. How should we understand the relation between photographs and AI images? What are the specific materialities and evolving cultural politics of photography’s entanglement with generative computational image models?

This one-day symposium is relevant to anyone interested in the future of visual culture. Speakers include Michelle Henning (Professor of Photography and Media, Liverpool University), Anna Munster (Professor, School of Art & Design UNSW), Aarati Akkapeddi (artist); Jasmin Pfefferkorn (Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Melbourne); Sara Oscar (artist and Senior Lecturer Visual Communication, UTS School of Design); Tom Penney (artist and Senior Lecturer Digital Design, RMIT School of Design); Jay Rosenbaum (artist and Lecturer Digital Design, RMIT School of Design); and Mat Spisbah (new media artist and curator, Artistic Director at Exhibitionist).

Date and time: December 4, 9.30am - 5.00pm
Location: North Lecture theatre, Old Arts Building, University of Melbourne
Cost: free but please register at https://events.humanitix.com/taking-stock-photography-and-visual-media-in-the-context-of-genai

The event is hosted by the Research Unit for Public Cultures, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne and supported by the Australia Research Council grant DP200102781 Digital photography: mediation, memory and visual communication