Klingemann & Iwamoto: AI Art
Mario Klingemann and Kalen Iwamoto
Summary
Geoff Davis introduces artists Mario Klingemann and Kalen Iwamoto for a Computer Arts Society discussion on AI, art and curation. He frames AI as a form of alien, non-human creativity that produces vast quantities of output, making curation central to artistic practice. Klingemann is known for Botto, an autonomous decentralised AI artist that both generates and selects works, including recent algorithmic art shown in London. Iwamoto presents text- and technology-based pieces, notably “The Writing on the Wall”, a series of future-dated gallery labels for unseen artworks that invite viewers to imagine the works themselves, reversing the usual human-machine roles by letting the audience supply the mental image. She also discusses her Miniscribe word-synth hardware and her use of AI as a linguistic sparring partner. The conversation touches on institutional critique, ownership and authorship in AI-generated art, the cultural and economic pressures of overproduction, contentious intellectual property debates, the broader threat of AI-related job losses across many sectors, and the risk that on-demand personalised media might reshape the very idea of art. Throughout, both artists treat AI not merely as a tool but as a collaborator and subject, exploring how machine creativity, human curation and audience imagination intersect.
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