Technological progress, seemingly on an ever-increasing curve, often creates dislocation, unease and paranoia in its human beneficiaries, sometimes for very good reasons and other times not. As the pace of these changes accelerates so do the unintended side effects. As we become surrounded by devices that not only can see and sense, but soon, reason, we as a culture need to, if not completely solve all the issues such advancements bring, to at least examine them thoroughly and through different lenses. In response to this technological evolution, our personal work, which focuses on the human body’s physical and psychological frailties and our relationship to technology, has integrated human gesture and movement sensing, AI models of responses, autonomous machines, augmented reality, game development and 3D scanning and printing. We believe that employing science to explore issues inherent in technological development is only natural and as artists working in the 21st century these are the most contemporary and effective tools available to us.

With this in mind, we accepted the invitation to curate an online exhibition for ICCC’21 of artists who have employed artificial intelligence as a tool in their art practice. We’ve chosen 14 artists whose individual approaches vary widely but who all produce work we find both visually stunning and excitingly profound. The pieces these artists present should raise questions about the very nature of art, its relationship to technology and the role this type of creativity will have in future societies. Their work employs science in the service of art, visually and intellectually manifesting both the mysterious and the beautiful.