MishMash Events
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Upcoming MishMash Events
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 #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.
MishMash Opening Conference
The opening conference will feature parallel thematic sessions, keynote lectures, performances, and art installations, bringing together artists, researchers, and the public.
Past MishMash Events
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.