This Thursday, January 12, we will host "AI and the Artist Book," the fourth edition of the Arion Press Artist Talks bringing artists and writers into public dialogue.
Artist, musician, and avant-garde pioneer Laurie Anderson will be in conversation with trailblazing AI artist Helena Sarin about the imaginative potential of artificial intelligence. Join us on Thursday, January 12 for a stimulating exploration of artificial intelligence and the artist book moderated by Davia Nelson.
Reception at 5:30 p.m. Talk at 6:30 p.m.
The Arion Artist Talks are a series of public events made possible by the generous support of Agnes Gund.
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One of America’s most renowned and daring creative pioneers, Laurie Anderson is best known for her music, multimedia presentations and innovative use of technology. As writer, director, visual artist and vocalist she has created a series of groundbreaking works that span the worlds of art, theater, and experimental music. Introduced to mainstream pop culture through the single “O Superman” from her 1981 debut album Big Science and large-scale theater piece United States, Anderson released a procession of albums including Mister Heartbreak, Strange Angels, Bright Red, Life on a String, and Homeland, among others, and has collaborated with artists including Brian Eno, Lou Reed, Peter Gabriel, Philip Glass, John Zorn, William S. Burroughs, Spalding Gray, Christian McBride, Bobby McFerrin, and the Kronos Quartet. She continues to produce new touring productions combining her music and visual art that range from simple spoken word to elaborate multimedia stage performances, and she directed the 2015 documentary film Heart of a Dog, which received an Independent Spirit Awards nomination.
Visual artist and software engineer Helena Sarin has always worked with cutting-edge technologies for tech companies. But art and software ran as parallel tracks in her life, all her art being analog, until she discovered GANs (Generative Adversarial Networks). Since then, generative models became her primary medium. Helena’s artwork has been exhibited at AI Art exhibitions in Zurich, Dubai, Oxford, Shanghai, Zaragoza, Lutz, Miami Basel (each year since 2019) and was featured in “Art In America” as well as upcoming books on NFT Art by Rizzoli and Taschen. She is a frequent speaker at ML/AI conferences, in the last two years delivering invited talks at MIT, Eyeo Festival, Library of Congress, Capitol One, Adobe Research, CMU, TEDx Konstanz, and Nvidia GTC. Her celebrated artist book include “The Book of GANesis,” “GANcommedia Erudita,” “Leaves of Manifold” and “The Book of #veGAN”.
All proceeds from ticket sales will benefit the Grabhorn Institute .
Photo credit: Ron Blunt. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden