[Turing-Southampton] AI for Arts - Turing Interest Group

[Susan Davies]

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The Alan Turing Institute has recently created a new interest group on Artificial Intelligence for the Arts and is looking for expressions of interest from academics based on the Turing University Network who wish to participate as members.

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The overarching goal is to bring together academics, museums & galleries, and other cultural heritage stakeholders, with the aim to explore how artificial intelligence technologies can shape the general fields of the arts, including fine arts and beyond.

The group’s vision will encompass a number of activities including:

* Shaping an interdisciplinary scientific community cutting across areas that are traditionally siloed in the UK.

* Serving as a platform to scope cross-disciplinary collaborations, form research consortia, and outreach activities such as research seminars, research workshops, and public oriented events.

* Serving as a platform to build AI capability for cultural heritage institutions, contributing to the visibility of UK museums and galleries.

* Acting as a beacon of cross-disciplinary and co-created research within the UK and beyond.

To make sure there is a wide and diverse representation –- and also a manageable number of participants –- membership acceptance in a first instance will be coordinated by the group organisers in consultation with Turing University Liaisons. Therefore, while expressing interest will not lead to automatic acceptance, they are keen to hear from a wide range of academics who feel that they could both contribute and benefit from being part of the group. The group is also seeking to have representation from major and independent non-academic institutions, in order to be a platform for dialogue within the wider arts sector.

While the group will initially focus on visual arts, the aim is to expand its activities to wider arts disciplines and creative industries sectors in the near future. Therefore the Turing is welcoming expressions of interest from a wide range of backgrounds and research interests.

Please send your expressions of interest to Andre Piza [apiza at turing.ac.uk].
Best wishes

Susan
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Susan Davies
Coordination Manager, Web Science Institute<https://www.southampton.ac.uk/wsi/index.page?>
University Liaison Manager, The Alan Turing Institute<https://www.southampton.ac.uk/wsi/alan-turing-institute/alan-turing-institute.page>
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