Artificial Intelligence in Art and Design

A one-week workshop about applying artificial intelligence and machine learning in art and design. The workshop takes place in a remote location in Ramberg and gathers students and teachers of KISD, KHM, Academy of Media Arts Cologne (Prof. Dr. Georg Trogemann, Experimental Computer Science), and Bauhaus University Weimar (Prof. Ursula Damm, Media Environments). For one week, we will work on and discuss practical projects that use, abuse, criticize or embrace artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Understanding Machine Learning

A seminar at KISD on understanding (deep) machine learning through building and using machine learning systems.

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The Post-digital Condition

A project at KISD on the post-digital condition in design, covering strategies, tools and techniques. In collaboration with the department of design at FH Dortmund. The results will be shown in a collaborative exhibition in Fall 2019.

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Voodoo Resistor Club at Meta Marathon

Meta Marathon is a 42 hours non-stop digital culture festival at NRW-Forum focusing on robotics. During the festival, KISD is building an exhibition/performance landscape and living lab of robotic rituals: a Voodoo Resistor Club.

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What is Interaction?

A seminar at Köln International School of Design trying to develop a collective understanding of interaction.

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On the Internet, nobody knows you are a toaster

A project at Köln International School of Design.

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IoT at the Zoo. Designing Connected Products

IoT at the Zoo is a project with students of KISD and the computer science and business administration programs of TH Köln, in collaboration with the Cologne Zoo.

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Design for Machines

A project at Köln International School of Design.

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Technology Studio

The Technology Studio at SFAI is an interdisciplinary place for all art projects dealing with technology. It provides infrastructure for work involving electronics and prototyping, multi-channel sound, interaction, and virtual reality.

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Berlin Exhibition Project: The Pacific Wall

In March 2017, students of San Francisco Art Institute travel to Berlin to meet with students of Bauhaus University Weimar. Together, they develop an exhibition at the Schillerpalais project space. The exhibition is accompanied by one evening of experimental interactions in the studio of ACUD. After the group returns to San Francisco digital re-configurations of the works shown in Berlin are presented in a show at the Invisible Gallery at SFAI.

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