Dr. Manovich will present a number of possible perspectives on visual generative AI that link it to the history of the arts from the 18th to the 21st centuries. In relation to these arguments, Dr. Manovich will discuss his own recent artistic work with AI, which draws on both his traditional arts training and his forty-year experience in digital arts (1984-).

Lev Manovich is an artist, author, and one of the world's most influential digital culture theorists. After studying visual art, architecture, and filmmaking, Manovich began using computers to create digital art in 1984. His work has been exhibited in 14 solo and 122 international group exhibitions at many prestigious institutions, such as the Institute for Contemporary Art (London), Centre Pompidou, The Shanghai Biennale, and The ZKM | Center for Art and Media.

Manovich played a key role in creating four new research fields: new media studies (1991-), software studies (2001-), cultural analytics (2007-) and AI aesthetics (2018-). He is Presidential Professor of Computer Science at City University of New York's Graduate Center and the director of the Cultural Analytics Lab. His books include Artificial Aesthetics, Cultural Analytics, Instagram and Contemporary Image, and The Language of New Media, which has been called "the most provocative and comprehensive media history since Marshall McLuhan." Manovich was included in the lists "25 People Shaping the Future of Design" (Complex, 2013) and "50 Most Interesting People Building the Future" (Verge, 2014). Learn more about Dr. Lev Manovich.

Date: Thursday, Feb. 29
Time: 3:30 - 5 p.m.

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