SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE

CHECK-IN & REGISTRATION

10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p

WELCOME & OPENING KEYNOTE

NATALIE SUMMERS, OPEN AI

INTRO: CHRIS THOMPSON

COFFEE BREAK

ARTIST PRESENTATIONS*

JANE ADAMS, MINNE ATAIRU, LAPO FRATI

INTRO: HEATHER FERRELL

LUNCH BREAK

WORKSHOP: JANE ADAMS

WORK FLOWS FOR AI ARTISTS

INTRO: DONNA RIZZO

BREAK

ARTIST PRESENTATIONS*

JENN KARSON, MAURO MARTINO, ALEX LEE

INTRO: CHRIS THOMPSON

COFFEE BREAK

CLOSING KEYNOTE

JOSH BONGARD, UVM

INTRO: JENN KARSON

THANK YOU & CLOSING REMARKS

DOREEN KRAFT, BCA

YOUTH WORKSHOP ISTHMUS

YOUTH WORKSHOP

KEY WEST

CREATIVE AI VERMONT RECEPTION

BCA CENTER. 135 CHURCH STREET

CO-CREATED: THE AGE OF INTELLIGENT MACHINES

EXHIBITION ON VIEW

TRAVEL TO BCA CENTER. 135 CHURCH STREET *

LAPO FRATI , ARTIST AND PHD STUDENT IN COMPLEX SYSTEMS AND DATA SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT

From Cyb to Cyber: A Peek into Loops‘ Inner Life

Using a unique combination of AI, JavaScript and GPUs, Lapo Frati explains the creative code behind his CyberLoops project featured in Co-Created . Frati leads an entertaining, deep-dive tour of mathematical spirographing, machinelearning, computer vision integration, graphic shader programming – and the approachable p5.js creative coding environment that holds it all together. Follow along with or without your own laptop

MAURO MARTINO , ARTIST AND PROFESSOR NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, MA DIRECTOR VISUAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LAB, IBM RESEARCH, MA

Mauro Martino’s Exercises in Style

Mauro Martino presents on his project, Mauro Martino’s Exercises in Style , as featured in Co-Created . He discusses the research and process behind the project that employs both live, voice actors and the emerging technology of text to video.

JENN KARSON , ARTIST AND LECTURER, AND FOUNDER OF ART + AI RESEARCH GROUP, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT

#OwnYourDataset

Jenn Karson presents on her Co-Created project, The Damaged Leaf Dataset , which uses AI to explore the local effects of climate change through maple and oak leaves damaged by spongy moth outbreaks.

ALEX M. LEE , ARTIST AND ASST. PROFESSOR, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, TEMPE AND MEDIA AND IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE CENTER, MESA CITY

Imbuing Agents with Qi ( 氣 ) Through Synthetic Digital Energy

Alex M. Lee traces the evolution of the use of neural models as a metaphysical form of synthetic energy driving simple to complex avatar performances in his multi-episodic, XR art game, The Fold .

Technical Workshop

JANE ADAMS , ARTIST AND COMPUTER SCIENCE PHD STUDENT IN THE DATA

VISUALIZATION LAB AT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, MA

Beyond Text-to-Image: How Can I Make My Own AI Art with Custom Data?

Designer-turned-computer scientist, Jane Adams, walks participants through sourcing their own image dataset from the web, and blending automation strategies from graphic design tools and code to develop generative, machinelearning models. Tools run the gamut from no-code approaches to advanced Python strategies, offering more flexibility and reduced material costs. Follow along with or without your own laptop.

Closing Keynote

JOSH BONGARD , PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR OF UVM’S MORPHOLOGY, EVOLUTION & COGNITION LABORATORY, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT

The World’s First AI-Designed Organism

The most creative act yet achieved was the origin of life on Earth and its subsequent evolution. However, the diversity of life on earth represents a vanishingly small fraction of all life forms that *could* exist. What else is out there? To begin answering this question, Bongard’s group created an AI that, in turn, created a brand new organism never before seen on Earth – the xenobot .

A xenobot is a millimeter-sized “robot” made from genetically unmodified frog cells. Xenobots are but the first of an imminent menagerie of AI-designed organisms that will transform biology from the study of “life as it is” into “life as it could be.”