MishMash Events
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Upcoming MishMash Events
Experiencing text
An attempt at experiencing text through aesthetic reading in a world that invites efferent reading transactions and a comment on automating reading events using AI.
MeshUp #27: AI and creativity at Aalto's Autotelic Interaction Research group
Christian Guckelsberger on recent, ongoing and future work on AI and creativity in the Autotelic Interaction Research group at Aalto University.
MeshUp #28: Making Movement Matter
Lise Amy Hansen and Roos Berkel present on the topic of digital movement
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: Weekly MishMash Gathering
Ulysse Côté-Allard will give MeshUp #30. Title and abstract coming soon.
MeshUp #31: Weekly MishMash Gathering
David Hebert will give MeshUp #31. Title and abstract coming soon.
MeshUp #32: Weekly MishMash Gathering
Placeholder for MeshUp #32. Speaker and topic to be announced.
Generative Artificial Intelligence: Benefits and Dangers for the Creative Process and Product
James Kaufman explores how generative AI influences creativity, its benefits for creative work, and the potential long-term implications for creative processes and products.
MeshUp #33: Weekly MishMash Gathering
Ole Andreas Rognstad will give MeshUp #33. Title and abstract coming soon.
MeshUp #34: Weekly MishMash Gathering
Placeholder for MeshUp #34. Speaker and topic to be announced.
MeshUp #35: Weekly MishMash Gathering
Hans Skaug / Shayan Dadman will give MeshUp #35. Title and abstract coming soon.
2nd MishMash Conference / 9th Annual Artistic Research Conference – AR@K27
Save the date. The 2nd MishMash conference will be organised together with AR@K27, the 9th Annual Artistic Research Conference. The theme is AI as Environment.
Past MishMash Events
MeshUp #26: Value creation in tech-culture partnerships
Lyuba Boncheva on value creation when a theatre and a technology company make an AI-mediated performance together.
MeshUp #25: Where Does AI Enter the Creative Process?
Alice Demattos Guimarães presents Where Does AI Enter the Creative Process? Mapping Artists' Uses, Choices and Creative Agency.
WP1 Labinar #01: MishMash Playground with NMH and ANU
The first WP1 Labinar visits NMH's MishMash Playground, featuring Morten Qvenild from NMH and Charles Martin from ANU exploring IMPSY.
MeshUp #24: The Impact of 'Artificial Creativity' on the Aims of Education
Matthew Landers presents The Impact of 'Artificial Creativity' on the Aims of Education.
Human-Centered AI
Half-day workshop on Human-Centered AI at the University of Oslo (UiO), organized by the Gemini Center for Trustworthy and Sustainable AI and the MishMash AI Center.
MeshUp #23: Beyond Engagement: Rethinking Music Recommendation for Affect Regulation and Well-Being
Vinoo Alluri presents Beyond Engagement: Rethinking Music Recommendation for Affect Regulation and Well-Being.
MishMash Opening Conference
The opening conference will feature parallel thematic sessions, keynote lectures, performances, and art installations, bringing together artists, researchers, and the public.
MeshUp #21: Deep Image Sonification: Towards a Perceptually Aligned Correspondence between Images and Sounds
Balint Laczko presents Deep Image Sonification: Towards a Perceptually Aligned Correspondence between Images and Sounds.
MeshUp #20: Aesthetic Images and AI: What Does the Machine See?
Mohamed-Bachir Belaid will discuss how machine learning systems have learned to assess visual aesthetics over time and future directions.
MeshUp #19: Neck-Deep in Digital Oil? Public Broadcasting Archives as AI Training Data Sets
Brecht Declercq discusses how public broadcasting archives are positioned as strategic AI training datasets, and the strategic, legal, and ethical implications.
WP1 Research Webinar: NCA for Artistic Exploration
Etienne's Presentation will cover Neural Cellular Automata (NCAs), their high-level applications in the machine learning community, their capabilities, and their potential applications to art.
MeshUp #18: Copyright, Street Art and AI
Siri-Helen Egeland discusses copyright, street art, and AI, including legal challenges around web scraping and text-to-image systems.
WP4 Webinar #02: Young people's practices with Generative AI: Emerging relationships of (dis)trust
Fride H. Klykken explores how young people navigate trust and responsibility in their everyday engagement with Generative AI
MeshUp #17: Weekly MishMash Gathering
Hanne Maren Meldahl presents on co-creating with AI, pedagogical innovation, and postdigital practices in online creative collaboration.
MeshUp #16: AI and the Material Footprint of Cultural Heritage
Eivind Røssaak presents on AI, nanofabrication, and the material footprint of cultural heritage research.
MeshUp #15: Human-Machine Musical Dialogues
Örjan de Manzano and Oded Ben-Tal discuss AI as a real-time improvisation partner, exploring how AI can participate meaningfully in live musical improvisation and what human–computer co-creation reveals about creativity and performance.
MeshUp #14: AI-Assisted Instrument Creation
Øyvind Brandtsegg presents on the topic of using AI tools in the development process of new instruments for musical expression.
MeshUp #13: Evaluating and Comparing AI Models
Changkyu Choi presents on how AI conferences evaluate and compare models, with a focus on benchmarks, specialized tracks, and opportunities for interdisciplinary research.
MeshUp #12: AI and the Future of Sámi Yoik
Camilla Brattland explores how AI can ethically support and protect Sámi yoik traditions, balancing cultural rights with digital accessibility.
MeshUp #11: Generative AI and Hyper-Abundance
Terje Colbjørnsen discusses how generative AI and streaming platforms are creating hyper-abundance in the creative industries.
WP4 Webinar #01: Critical AI and Creative Practice
Eryk Salvaggio explores critical relationships with AI in creative work, questioning AI tools for more meaningful creative processes, with insights for educators.
MeshUp #10: AI Meets Music Therapy
Felicity Baker will talk about how AI delivers personalized interventions for dementia care through adaptive music therapy and wearable sensor integration.
MishMash Opening Ceremony
MishMash's grand opening features presentations, panel discussions, and performances exploring AI and creativity. Open to everyone.
Det umuliges kunst: Panelsamtale om bruk av KI i kreativ praksis
Det umuliges kunst? Om bruk av KI i kreativ praksis
Work Package Meetups
Parallel sessions organized by the various MishMash work packages.
Workshop on research application development
Learn about research funding sources, grant writing, and leveraging the MishMash network in application processes. Led by Thomas de Ridder (UiB) with Research Council of Norway representatives.
RAVE Hackathon
Join our mini-hackathon exploring realtime sound interaction with RAVE models controlled by biosignals.
MeshUp #9: Visual Literacy in AI Information Ecologies
Steven Bachelder presents on AI-generated imagery, deepfakes, and new forms of visual literacy in information ecologies, with insights from the UPEXRE research group's ongoing projects on perception, disinformation, and participatory learning.
MeshUp #8: Klangen av Fremtiden?
Anders Tveit presents a short lecture exploring the use of machine learning and AI-based technologies in composition and live electronic performance.
MeshUp #7: AI-Driven Sports Highlights
Pål Halvorsen presents a short lecture on AI-driven sports highlight production, covering automated generation and platform-tailored publishing of soccer and ice hockey highlights at scale.
MeshUp #6: The Intellect of Sound
Dániel Péter Biró presents a short lecture exploring how musical features are understood, translated, and applied across ethnographic and compositional research.
MeshUp #5: Deepfake Deception and Human Resilience
Sascha Frühholz presents a short talk on human neurocognitive vulnerabilities and resilience to AI deepfake deception.
MeshUp #4: AI in the Music Classroom
Olav Renolen Aasbø presents a short talk on digitalization and use of AI in music education, with survey results from 597 teachers with insights into tools, uses, and teacher attitudes.
MeshUp #3: MotionComposer and the Role of AI
Robert Wechsler presents a lecture on MotionComposer 3.0, a device that translates movement into music for people with disabilities, covering technical and psychological challenges and the potential role of AI.
MeshUp #2: Prompting as Algorithmic Folklore
Marianne Gunderson presents a lecture on prompting as algorithmic folklore, examining vernacular practices like the 'eigenprompt' and how online communities shape interactions with large language models.
MeshUp #1: Teaching Machines to Move
Benedikte Wallace presents a lecture on AI-generated dance and expressive movement, exploring how generative models and non-human bodies convey intent and emotion in human–AI and human–robot interaction.
Concert: Quantum Loops, Broken Symmetries
An evening concert and presentation exploring generative music created with AI and quantum computing, featuring Eduardo Reck Miranda and Victoria Johnson.
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