MishMash is a Norwegian research consortium that works on creating, exploring, and reflecting on AI for, through, and in creative practices. More than 200 researchers investigate AI’s impact on creative processes, develop innovative co-creative AI systems and educational strategies, and address AI’s ethical, cultural, legal, and societal implications in creative domains. More about MishMash…
MishMash Events
MeshUp #28: Making Movement Matter
Lise Amy Hansen and Roos van Berkel on Making Movement Matter, the research theme of the ENACT group at AHO, and a preview of the symposium (UN)TRACKABLE: Movement Data and AI.
MeshUp #29: Curating, collaboration and working with AI
Eamon O'Kane on curating, collaboration and working with AI, from digital narratives to the artist's studio.
MeshUp #30: The Body in Context: Wearable Biosensing for Music, Art and Health
Ulysse Côté-Allard introduces SiFi Labs' wearable research platform, which records muscle activity, movement, heart activity and skin temperature in sync, with examples from health research and creative interaction.
Partner Events
Artist@IMV: Open-ended algorithmic music performance with Mike McCormick
«'Nuther SuperCollider Frame Work» (NSFW) is a modular software system for algorithmic performance
Extending the musical body: Virtual embodiment and performance
Professor at Ghent University, Pieter-Jan Maes, will speak at RITMO's Seminar Series.
When Culture Becomes Data for AI
Talk on who controls the cultural data that AI systems are trained on, and on what terms, with Oonagh Murphy, Birgitte Vézina (Creative Commons), Yngvil Beyer (National Library of Norway), and Birgitte Aga and Nikita Mathias (MUNCH). Part of Oslo Innovation Week, in collaboration with Creative Commons, and shown alongside the interactive exhibition "Connect the Lines", where visitors draw on tablets and an AI system links their drawings to works in the museum's archive, raising questions about consent, copyright and institutional responsibility. In English, free, limited capacity. Time: Thursday 22 October 2026, 17:30, doors at 17:00. Place: MUNCH, floor 10, Oslo.
MishMash News
From copyright law to concrete silos: MishMash Opening Conference in Kristiansand
The MishMash opening conference brought researchers, artists and cultural partners together at Kilden and Kunstsilo on 14 and 15 September 2026.
Sustainable use of AI in MishMash: workshop highlights and call for collaboration
Findings from the seed funding project on environmental sustainability in MishMash: what sustainable use of AI could mean for art, creativity and culture, and how members can get involved.
Become a MishMash Master Fellow
MishMash launches a Master Fellowship programme: master's students at partner institutions can join the network, take part in work package activities, and apply for funding to attend MishMash events.
Partner News
Atelier Nord Residency: three artists selected
Lin Pei-Han, Ørjan Amundsen and Beatrice Alvestad Lopez are selected for Atelier Nord's residency programme for artistic research on artificial intelligence as environment, developed and funded with MishMash, Kristiania AI Centre and Talent Norge. Each artist has six months in residence between January 2027 and June 2028.
Back home in the U.S., he could find A without any problem
A music professor with absolute pitch lost his bearings when he moved to Norway. The explanation may lie in the hum of the buildings around him, which runs at a different frequency on each side of the Atlantic.
Research unlocks new ways of searching video and music archives
Anna-Maria Christodoulou at RITMO trains AI models that combine audio, video and context, so music and film archives answer far more complex questions. The work continues in MishMash together with the National Library of Norway.
Vacancies
Master’s students at affiliated institutions can apply to become a MishMash Master Fellow. There are currently no open (post)doctoral positions. Get in touch if you are interested in applying for external funding through one of our partners (for example, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions or Fulbright fellowships). Partners are also open for hosting self-funded internships (for example through the ERASMUS programme).
Partners
+ Norwegian research partners
- The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO)
- Norwegian Business School (BI)
- Østfold University of Applied Sciences (HiØ)
- Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL)
- Institute for Energy Technology (IFE)
- University of Inland Norway (INN)
- The Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHiO)
- Kristiania University of Applied Sciences (Kristiania)
- National Library of Norway
- The Climate and Environmental Research Institute (NILU)
- NLA University College (NLA)
- Norwegian Academy of Music (NMH)
- Nord University (Nord)
- Norwegian Institute for Sustainability Research (NORSUS)
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
- Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet)
- Simula Research Laboratory (SIMULAMET)
- SINTEF
- University of Agder (UiA)
- University of Bergen (UiB)
- University of Oslo (UiO)
- University of Stavanger (UiS)
- University of Tromsø (UiT)
+ Other Norwegian partners
In alphabetical order:
- AI Mission Hub Association
- Aldea — Center for Contemporary Art, Design and Technology
- ANNO museums
- Atelier Nord
- Barratt Due musikkinstitutt
- Bergen International Festival
- Cultiva
- DHKO Norwegian network for digital humanities and cultural organization
- ForzaSys
- GramArt (In Norwegian)
- Halogen
- Human Learning Lab
- i/o/lab
- Kilden Performing Arts Centre
- Kristiansand International Children´s Film Festival
- Kunstsilo
- Kulturskolerådet (In Norwegian)
- Media Cluster Norway AS
- Moonframe
- Musikk i skolen
- Muzziball
- The National Museum of Norway
- Rockheim og Ringve Musikkmuseum (MIST)
- Notam
- Norwegian Society of Composers and Lyricists (NOPA)
- Pahn - Performing arts hub Norway
- PUNKT
- Reimagine AS
- Skapia (In Norwegian)
- StoryPhone AS (In Norwegian)
- TEKS - Trondheim Electronic Arts Centre
- Vest‐Agder Museum
- Østfoldsmuseene
+ International partners
- Aalto University
- Australian National University
- IMT Mines Alès
- Jam Music Lab
- Kingston University
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology
- Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics
- SiFi Labs
- Simon Fraser University, School of Interactive Arts & Technology
- University of Music and Performing arts - Institute of Electronic music and Acoustics
- University of Plymouth - Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research (ICCMR)
- University of Music Lübeck
