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“Man, metavers and construction with the Institut français – Centre Saint-Louis
Tuesday April 18, 7:30pm
Salle cinéma Michel Piccoli, Villa Médicis
Event in French
| This lecture is part of the “Man, metavers and construction” series of events organized by the Institut français – Centre Saint-Louis. By addressing a range of issues linked to the advent of metaversions and artificial intelligences, this cycle questions the consequences of this “digital revolution” and proposes to think about the new humanity that results from it. |
Villa Medici is delighted to welcome the Institut Français-Centre Saint-Louis for a conference questioning the relationship between art and artificial intelligence. The debate, moderated by Fr. Renaud Escande “Tech and art: who takes possession of the other? Mounir Ayacheresident at Villa Médicis, to talk about his work, alongside Brother Eric Salobir, a priest and teacher specializing in digital communication, and Olivier Ibañez, patronage advisor to the Centre des monuments nationaux.
Recent tech news has been marked by the public launch of ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence capable of writing articles, short stories and poems, and its counterpart DALL-E 2, which generates photos and illustrations of disconcerting quality. The aim is to explore the place that these AIs will occupy and their impact on human action in the creative process.
Just as photography pushed the practical arts out of their comfort zone, taking away their “monopoly” on the visual representation of reality, will the arrival of these AIs force artists to rethink their technique, their discipline, and even their status? How will these hybrid realities change the way both creators and the public understand the artistic process?
Mounir Ayache
Born in 1991, French-Moroccan artist Mounir Ayache invites us to take a fresh look at the political and social realities of the Arab world through his technological creations.
Using the codes of science fiction to blend family stories and the imaginary reappropriation of Arab experiences and identities, he is part of the unofficial trend of arabfuturisminfluenced by Afrofuturism of the 1990s, which draws on fiction to propose alternative narratives. Mounir Ayache apes representations of the Other and the Stranger in Western fiction, and uses new technologies to realize and convey his ideas, blurring the boundaries between contemporary art and entertainment.
Eric Salobir
Brother Eric Salobir is a Roman Catholic priest and member of the Order of Preachers (known as the Dominicans).
He is the founder and president of the OPTIC network, which promotes research and innovation in the field of digital humanities, and a consultant to the Holy See on media and technology.
He teaches digital communication at the Université Catholique de Paris, and lectures on topics related to technology and ethics.
Cover photo © Mounir Ayache
Mounir Ayache
Born in 1991, French-Moroccan artist Mounir Ayache’s technological creations invite us to take a fresh look at the political and social realities of the Arab world. Using the codes of science fiction to blend family histories and the imaginary reappropriation of Arab experiences and identities, he is part of the unofficial current of Arabfuturism, influenced by the Afrofuturism of the 1990s, which draws on fiction to propose alternative narratives. Mounir Ayache apes representations of the Other and the Stranger in Western fiction, and uses new technologies to realize and transmit his ideas, blurring the boundaries between contemporary art and entertainment.
