Last year (26 Feb - 20 Apr 2020), the Centre Pompidou organized Neurons, simulated intelligence, an exhibition dedicated to the theme of Artificial Intelligence in the context of neuroscience.
The show is part of the series Mutations/Creations, a framework that positions the Centre Pompidou as a leading institution for innovation and cross-collaboration among different domains, including science, engineering and art. In each edition of Mutations/Creations, artists are invited to reflect on technological, scientific or industrial issues. Neurons confronts the theme of AI and computational cognition.
Several works have been exhibited, including the ones of AI Art pioneers Refik Anadol, Mario Klingemann, and Anna Ridler.
Frédéric Migayrou, Professor of Architecture at The Bartlett School of Architecture and Deputy Director of the MNAM-CCI (Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre de Création Industrielle) at the Centre Pompidou Paris, has been the curator of the show and commented:
“Neurons, simulated intelligence sets the latest creations – both technological innovations and industrial applications – in context, in a type of archaeology of artificial intelligence, over a fifty-year period. Through artistic works, the exhibition offers a critical take on technologies for simulating intelligence. It’s all about demystifying the idea itself of artificial intelligence, which is all around us today, and causing it to come up against human intelligence through mechanical, machine and computer simulation. In order not to think of artificial intelligence as a fantasy concept, we need to understand it instead as something that is rooted in logic and mathematics. It is a long-running and ongoing story, which has reached the point today of built-in intelligence, in the form of aids to driving, for example.”
[Fig.2] Neurons, simulated intelligence. Credit: Centre Pompidou.
Neurons has been arranged around five areas of research and outlines “a genealogy of intelligence simulation.” The artists’ participation enriches the dialogue with their critical and innovative points of view, positioning them as an essential part of a project that aims to open a critical discussion on new technologies. This discussion would benefit from public involvement too.
The interview with art critique and curator Frédéric Migayrou can be read here: https://www.centrepompidou.fr/en/program/calendar/event/cbEr6Ko.
Further reading here: https://www.seditionart.com/magazine/neurones-simulated-intelligence-at-the-centre-pompidou
Hopefully this was interesting, as conversations about Art and AI are going on. All the posts are available here on the website at any time, where they are up-to-date. Have a good week.