International AiiA Festival

october 15, 2021 - october 17, 2021

Théâtre Saint-Gervais
Rue du Temple 5, 1201 Geneva

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Understanding AI through art and culture

A journey between exhibitions, reflections and experiments for an encounter with artificial intelligence beyond the frontiers of the mind.

Objective: To educate, engage and facilitate discussion around local and global AI issues through arts and culture.

A festival of AI arts and culture that explores how culture shapes and is shaped by technological innovation. We are witnessing the arrival of artificial intelligence as a tool for artistic expression. This technological innovation, like photography or video in their time, will lead to new reflections on art and society, as much as on technology itself. The AiiA festival is part of this movement.

Laboratory from September 13 to October 13 :

A residency for national and international artists from a variety of disciplines to explore, experiment with and hijack AI, and offer a co-creation to the public from October 15 to 31.

Opening evening on October 15, free and open to all

The opening evening in partnership with alp ict is free and open to all: join us on Friday, October 15 from 6pm for an aperitif and free access to theexhibition . At 7:30pm, we'll be hosting a DJ concert and musical performances by 4 artists and Chimère, the festival's IA entity. Registration form.

Exhibition from October 15 to 31:

Artworks with AI that use and/or question our relationship with AI and non-human entities.

7 conferences from October 15 to 17, in a hybrid format:

Multidisciplinary speakers and artists addressing the questions, issues and challenges posed by AI. Themes:

Arts & Startup
Hybrid intelligence
Does AI need its own Guerrilla Girls?
Our relationship with non-human entities
Awareness and creativity
Reality is a lie
How to survive?

Bar IA from October 15 to 17:

Meeting place, bar area to host an interactive installation enabling more intimate and direct exchange between artists, panelists and the public. Interactive keynotes broadcast via live streaming.

Workshops from October 15 to 31 to experiment with AI :

Workshops designed for young people (aged 8-20) to explore, experiment and question AI.

Documentary "Dystopia - Utopia" from October 15 to 31 :

For 3 weeks, 7 artists from different disciplines and different parts of the world will take over AI to co-create a common work. Will this residency, filmed from the inside and documented, be the beginning of new emerging arts or ...? Sessions: video capsules of key moments and questions from the artists, taken on the spot, to be viewed to immerse yourself in the impacts of AI on art.