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Creativity, the ability to devise new and useful ideas, is valued in fields as diverse as art, design, science, tech, and business. But the novelty and usefulness of creativity are culturally shaped and subject to a variety of interpretations. It is our aim to untangle and expand on the meanings of creativity through a series of lectures and events organised by the University of East Anglia and the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts.
Upcoming Talks
Description: Is “artificial” creativity just a matter of the novelty and value of the AI-generated artwork? Does “real” creativity require agents who are responsible for what they make? Under what conditions, if any, can we attribute agency to computational machines? Join us in a philosophical conversation about how the concepts of agency and creativity are transformed in the collaborative artistic pursuits between humans and the new generative AIs.
Time: Friday, April 26, 2024, 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Venue: Enterprise Centre LT 0.16
Chair: Maria Serban
Description: Debates about the potential for “creativity” to be automated and “augmented” by the integration of AI in human creative processes are framed either in terms of the transformative or disruptive potential of these new generative tools. How have these debates informed governance and policy approaches? Is there something that is lost in these polarisation dynamics? Join our speakers for a lively debate on the politics of AI uses in human creative practices.
Time: Friday, May 17, 2024, 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Venue: Enterprise Centre LT 0.16
Chair: Maria Serban
Description: Can we think about creativity in a way that privileges neither the human user nor machine algorithm but instead emphasises a relational and distributed form of agency? Join artist Rashaad Newsome, philosopher Mike Stuart and the Young Associates at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts to explore the relational character of creativity.
Time: Thursday, May 30, 2024, 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Venue: SCVA gallery
Chair: Maria Serban