Topics
Conversational Technologies
While public debates about generative artificial intelligence tend to be framed as a competition between humans and machines, a media-historical perspective reveals the ongoing evolution of our dialogue with computers. But how does the co-creation of meaning and aesthetics change our understanding of ourselves as creative individuals, as creators of culture, and as a society as a whole? And how can we shape and steer the conditions and effects of such technologies and the modes of cultural production associated with them? By promoting and critically reflecting on new technologies based on the requirements and practices of design, film and art, the Hub opens up new avenues for transdisciplinary collaboration and contributes to the creation of a dynamic intersection between technology and the arts.
Hybrid Spaces
Digital spaces only exist with their analogue counterparts – whether as semantic references, social spaces or material infrastructure. Seeing digital and analogue spaces not as opposites but as extensions of each other opens up new possibilities for communication, interaction and participation – for education and research as well as for culture and civil society. By embracing the concept of hybrid spaces, the Hub transforms the art school into a laboratory of dialogue, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, cultural exchange and social inclusion through the possibilities of immersive technologies. This approach encourages the exploration and implementation of new forms of creative practice, critical thinking and problem solving, ultimately contributing to a more inclusive and connected society.
Digital Sustainability
Digital technology not only requires vast amounts of resources and thus poses challenges to sustainability goals, but also offers many opportunities for social and work-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In this regard, art schools can make effective contributions to the social, cultural and political empowerment of individuals and institutions, both regionally and globally: by creating and using open educational resources and open source software and hardware solutions, and by supporting open access publishing to make research results available. The Hub seeks to rethink the means and outcomes of knowledge production in the arts by exploring innovative, collaborative and sustainable approaches for knowledge societies.
Initiatives
Publications
Budelacci, O. (2022). Mensch, Maschine, Identität—Ethik der Künstlichen Intelligenz. Schwabe Verlag. doi:10.24894/978-3-7965-4634-1
Budelacci, O. (2023). Creativity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Nummer, 11, 56–59. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7418222
Budelacci, O. (2024). Turbulent Times: Human Creativity, Artificial Intelligence and the Meaning of Life. Nummer, 12, 14–17. doi:10.5281/zenodo.10912153
Budelacci, O., & Holzer, J. (Hg.). (2024). Algorithms and Imagination. Nummer, 12. doi:10.5281/zenodo.10911814
Pfammatter, A., Knüsel, T., & Alves Capa-Schilliger, B. (2023). Interweaving Disciplines: How Workshop Spaces Generate New Forms of Creating. Nummer, 11, 46–51. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7418195
Ritter, C. (2022). Die Herstellung der «Digitalen Gesellschaft». Technikerfahrung im Horizont einer kommenden Gesellschaft. In R. Wichum & D. Zetti (Hg.), Zur Geschichte des digitalen Zeitalters (S. 13–31). Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. doi:10.1007/978-3-658-34506-8_2
Ritter, C. (2024). Art Schools in the Age of Algorithmic Image Production. Nummer, 12, 18–21. doi:10.5281/zenodo.10912166
Weiberg, B. (2023). Against Programming: On the Development of Cultures of Coding in Art and Design. Nummer, 11, 52–55. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7418207
Weiberg, B. (2024). How to Prepare Art School Students for Tech-Driven Economies: Towards Small and Participatory Technologies. Nummer, 12, 22–24. doi:10.5281/zenodo.10912177
Partners
The Hub works closely with study programmes, research groups and workshops at the Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art, as well as with external partners and experts. The exchange and joint initiatives with the Lucerne School of Computer Science and Information Technology strengthen the Hub's profile.
The objective of these partnerships is the development of a sustainable research network of experts and thus to strengthen the transfer of knowledge between education and research as well as with civil society and creative economies.
