Artificial Intelligems talks with Prof. Tobias Rees

Artificial Intelligems is presented during Munich Jewellery Week (11 - 14.03.2021) through an online event consisting of live dreaming sessions and a series of reflective talks. During these live dreaming sessions, the algorithm envisioned a flow of constantly transforming, blending, glowing jewellery, based upon the 969 images of jewellery it was trained with, sent in by 124 artists! Generating these ‘ornamutations’ in real-time, the project urges to reflect upon making processes, wearability, materiality, tactility, value, authorship, human-centered design…
Hypnotized by the algorithm we indulged in speculative reflections. A series of talks on Machine Learning and jewellery practice contextualised the project and offered insights into the research. By bringing together voices from various domains - jewellery, philosophy, biology, mathematics, and software engineering - we were looking for fresh and critical perspectives on AI and the exciting challenges it has to offer for contemporary artistic practice. This is the recording of the conversation with Prof. Tobias Rees, which took place on the 11th of March, 2021.