Non-human Subjects in Contemporary Art: A Focus on Robotic Art

Description

This conference about radical humanities was held at the Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS), Seoul National University, Korea. It was co-hosted by the Ewha Institute for the Humanities, the Academy of East Asian Studies at Sungkyunkwan University, and the Association of Japanology in East Asia. I had a talk about non-human subjects in contemporary art as one of the six invited speakers.

The presentation examines the implications of non-human subjects in contemporary art, focusing on arts using smart machines, such as AI and robots. Contemporary art has escaped the myth of singular authorship, distributing authority power and embracing various creative subjects. In such a context of author discourse, art using AI or robotics can be understood as a collaboration between non-human and human subjects. This presentation attempts a systematic analysis through examples of robotic art referring to the previous studies on the levels of human participation and human-nonhuman collaboration.

Number of attendees (for events)

100

Income

300,000KRW

Period	26 May 2023
Event title	Radicalism and Trans-East Asia: Centering upon Life, Labor, and Solidarity
Event type	Conference
Location	Seoul, Korea, Republic ofShow on map
Degree of Recognition	International