Jan 1
Merzmensch in 2022
What have I done!? Entering Mainstream Media.
What a year… I mean, if not this horrible war in Ukraine, not the ongoing COVID, not evolving Climate Change, our world would be a better place. But everybody does what s/he can to enhance it.
Here is the small contribution I made this year to… to whom actually? The world? Society? Culture? I don’t want to sound pathetic (and yet I do)…
Books
What? My interview “Natural Language Processing and the Human Factor Empathy”
When? January 23rd 2022
Where? Decisively Digital, the anthology about creating a culture and designing strategy published by Alexander Loth.
What? Introduction about artist and designer Mez Breeze for her AI-driven book [Por]TrAIts
When? 2nd September 2022
Where? [Por]TrAIts by Mez Breeze
Essays (published outside of Merzazine)
What? Kann DALL-E 2 fotorealistische Bilder erzeugen?(about photorealism and prompt design with DALL-E)
When? 19th of June 2022
Where? Kann DALL-E 2 fotorealistische Bilder erzeugen? for Decoder/Mixed, (English Version here)
What? KI als Filmemacher: Wie man Kurzfilme nur mit Machine-Learning-Modellen macht (about movie making with AI)
When? 15th July 2022
Where? 1e9 (reboot of German Wired) [English version here]
What? KI-System DALL·E: Ein Alleskönner für Kreative / An article about DALL·E and its creative use.
When? 10th of August 2022
Where? Heise Developer
This article was №2 in the Reader’s Top 10 favourite Articles in 2022.
What? My very personal review of the year 2022
When? 31st of December 2022
Where? CulturMag
Radio / Podcasts
What? Conversation about Sentient AI with Matthias Bastian from MIXED
When? 21st June 2022
Where? Mixedcast (MIXED)
What? Tod der Kunst? Discussion wit Martin Holland and Silke Hahn
When? 08th September 2022
Where? #heiseshow
What? Wie KI-Bilder die Kunstwelt aufmischen, A conversation about collisions and synergies between AI and Art, by Juli Rutsch
When? 23th September 2022
Where? Hessischer Rundfunk / hr-iNFO Netzwelt
What? Kreativität auf Knopfdruck. Discussion about AI and creativity with Johannes Kuhn, Ramona Westhof and me.
When? 16th December 2022
Where? DeutschlandFunk / Kompressor
What? Wie Künstliche Intelligenz Kunst & Gaming verändert. A conversation about AI and its transformative power
When? 27th of December 2022
Where? Bayerischer Rundfunk 24
TV
What? My works were presented in a documentary about Creative AIs.
When? 10th August 2022
Where? 3Sat, “Ich rechne also bin ich”, Documentary by Volker Strübing
What? Conversation with me about AI and creativity.
When? 23rd November 2022
Where? ARD ONE, “aufgeheizt & zugespitzt”
Festivals, Presentations and Lectures
Karajan Music Tech
What? Conversation about new technologies and art
When? 8th April 2022
Where? Karajan Music Tech, online
ZWST
What? Two Presentations: about Crypto and about creative AI approaches
When? April 2022
Where? Symposium “Network policy and consumer protection in digital spaces” for Central Welfare Board of Jews in Germany, Initiative “Mabat” (Imparting of Digital Competence)
State of Interim
What? “Artificial Creative Intelligence”, a Workshop about creativity and new technologies
When? 27th May 2022
Where? International conference “State of Interim”, by Kaeur Studio
Here is the presentation:
Council for the US and Italy
What? “AI: New World, New Ways, New Challenges”, a talk about cultural impact of new technologies on society
When? 15th of June 2022
Where? Congress “A New World is Coming”, organized by Council for the US and Italy.
What? “DALL-E: a creative AI tool”, discussion
When? 23rd June 2022
Where? Frankfurt AI Meetup, “Dynamic Playground of AI”
Waterkant Festival 2022
What? Presentation “How to create an NFT with the help of AI”
When? June 2022
Where? Waterkant Festival, Kiel
My most important slide from the presentation:
Festival der Zukunft / Festival of the Future
What? DALL·E 2, GPT-3, StyleGAN: Kunst mit KI — Presentation about creative AI-driven models and their use in cultural field.
When? 22nd-24th of July, 2022
Where? Festival der Zukunft / Festival of the Future, Art and Science Festival in Munich, Deutsches Museum, https://www.festivalderzukunft.com/
36th Meetup Data Science Darmstadt
What? Talk: “DALL-E and Co in Interaction and Reflexion”
When? 10th of October 2022
Where? Darmstadt Data Science, 36th Meetup
What? KathAIna von Zimmern, multimedial PowerPointPerformance (review soon)
When? 29th October 2022
Where? Katharina von Zimmern Festival, online (organized by dissent.is)
Including this conversation “About Proof of God” between Katherina von Zimmern, Erasmus von Rotterdam & Huldrych Zwingli:
Exhibitions
AI Film Festival (by KnownOrigin)
What? “On the Run”, short movie, created by and with AI.
When? 10th April 2022
Where? CryproVoxels, #KnownAIFilmFestival
All entries:
Read also review by Digitale Leinwand.
merzDALLEum
What? My virtual DALL·E exhibition
When? Since 29th April 2022
Where? On Spatial, read also my introduction.
Waterkant Festival
What? EduArt Exhibition of my AI artworks and approaches
When? June 2022
Where? Waterkant Festival, Kiel
What? “Not a poet”, an animated Etherpoem
When? June 2022
Where? NYC NFT, Accelerate Art, in Elisabeth Street Gallery, New York
Some impressions by my friends:
Festival der Zukunft / Festival for the Future
What? Multimedial exhibition of my short movies and works
When? 22nd-24th of July, 2022
Where? Festival der Zukunft / Festival of the Future, Art and Science Festival in Munich, Deutsches Museum, https://www.festivalderzukunft.com/
What? Part of the exhibition of AI artists (Mario Klingemann, Claire Silver, Ivona Tau, Helena Sarin etc.)
When? July, 2022
Where? SoNSo / ai_gallery, curated by SoNSo
What? My work “Somebody in the Liminal Space”
When? 22th November 2022
Where? Galerie Greulich and Ratata Gallery in the House of Creativity & Innovation during Creative Week
Prompt Generations
What? Prompt Generations, a virtual exhibition by arte.go
When? 20th December 2022–28th February 2023
Where? Artist Portal arte.go
Collaborations
new session, issue 2
What? Series of poems about love (some of them dangerous), written by me in collaboration with AI
When? January 2022
Where? A New Session, Issue 2, published by Cara Esten / viewable via terminal
TXT-art, Crypto Poetry Anthology
What? My poem in collaboration with illustrator Ezra Igor
When? 20th April 2022
Where? TXT-ART by Redlion
What? ASite Toolkit, Carousel / AI/AR workshops and tools for artists.
When? 22nd September 2022
Where? ASite, an educational project for artists by Karen Vanderborght
What? AI-driven sequences for music video “WALK INTO THE OCEAN” by Engineering Bureau.
When? 16th December 2022
Where? Online, read also review by Post Punk.
Music video:
Interviews and Mentions
What? The computer stole my job! How artificial intelligence is making
a digital transition in the everyday life, by Giorgia Verna
When? 16th February 2022
Where? Zeta Luiss Magazine
What? La prima copertina creata con intelligenza artificiale, an essay by Giorgia Verna about various artist methods.
When? 28th June 2022
Were? Zeta Luiss Magazine
What? Navigating The Stormy Waters Of NFTs, in conversation with Beth Jochim
When? 30th June 2022
Where? Tech Art Talks magazine
NZZ Folio
What? Der Computer holt uns ein: Maschinen führen Gespräche und erschaffen Bilder — mit dramatischen Folgen / Interview with me about AI and art, including my work, by Reto Schneider
When? 6th of September 2022
Where? NZZ FOLIO, Special Issue “Artificial Intelligence”
W&V
What? So arbeitet es sich mit der Bild-KI DALL-E 2. An essay about my experiments with Diffusion Model by OpenAI, by Franziska Mozart.
When? September 2022
Where? W&V Magazine
What? “How the Artificial Intelligence reshapes the world of art — and how the creatives handle it”, an essay about various artists applying AI for their creative needs.
When? 22nd September 2022
Where? 1e9 Magazine
What? Kunst aus der Maschine. Various opinions about AI and art, by Jan Eggers
When? 23rd September 2022
Where? hr-iNFO
What? AI Shifting the Cultural Paradigm, Special about my art approach and use of AI technologies, including my works, by Ryan Ward
When? 12th December 2022
Where? Cambridge University AI Society.
What? L’intelligenza artificiale è diventata la mia musa. An interview with me about cultural impact of AI, by Yamila Ammirata and Caterina Di Terlizzi
When? 19th December 2022
Where? Zeta Luiss Magazine
What? Imagination: Interview & Inspiration / Interview with me by Dreaming Tulpa
When? 30th December 2022
Where? AI Art Weekly #15
K.I. Krimis
Dr. Jaromir Konecny, a lecturer for SRH Mobile University and poet, mentioned my art in his video lecture series “K.I. Krimis”
What? Mentioning my art experiments with AI
When? 12th June 2022
Where? K.I. Krimis: Kann Künstliche Intelligenz kreativ sein? A videocast series by Dr. Jaromir Konecny
2 Minutes Papers
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And this is just beginning. There is still so many aspects to explore, ways to go, approaches to apply.
Wish you all great New Year!
