[Commlist] CFP: Artificial Creativity. Looking at the future of Digital Culture conference

We are delighted to announce the forthcoming First Conference On 
Artificial Creativity <https://www.artificial-creativity.it/>, that will 
be held in Milan at SAE Institute. The conference, promoted and funded 
by UTP (Pegaso University), aims at being the opportunity for 
discussion, reflections and presentations of research, studies and 
artwork that can show an aspect of the connection between Artificial 
Intelligence and Creativity, with a special focus on creative media 
languages.

ABOUT

The question of how technology moulds physical and social environments, 
collective and individual identities, and cultural and artistic 
production serves as a driving force for practitioners across various 
disciplines. The impact of technology on social systems, economic power, 
moral judgments, notions of reality, and the integrity of human identity 
encompasses two competing ideas: the concept of inherent progressive 
intent in modern technological advancement versus the unintended 
consequences and repercussions of technological influence, which, once 
set in motion, cannot be undone.

Thus, digital evolutions - up to the ultimate incorporations of 
artificial intelligence - have determined two opposing movements: on one 
hand, reflections, questions, and concerns about the future of culture 
and knowledge, regarding the processes of construction, sharing, and 
acquisition; on the other hand, new aesthetics and new potentialities 
for artistic and cultural expression.

In this highly polarized framework, characterized by controversial and 
opposing positions, the proposal for a joint SAE-UTP (Pegaso Digital 
University) event represents an opportunity for International scholars 
to engage in a dialogue, with the aim of bringing together the debate 
offered by the different perspectives surrounding visual, auditory, 
audiovisual, and textual creative productions.

CALL FOR PAPERS DETAILS AND DEADLINE

We invite scholars, technologists, artists, and industry professionals 
to send a 300 word abstract (English or Italian) with the presentation 
of their own research, theoretical reflections or literary review on the 
impact of AI in artistic and, more generally, creative production. 
Artistic installation or AI-combined creative products are welcomed for 
the exhibition panel, during the second day of the conference, in which 
artists can describe and show their production.

It will be possible to submit a poster-presentation. In this specific 
case, it is necessary to send a short abstract with title and the main 
core of the poster (max 200 words).

Please, send your proposal by the following form: 
https://forms.gle/XEWNim83mLKZDQXF7 <https://forms.gle/XEWNim83mLKZDQXF7>

The selected authors are invited to send the first draft of the paper 
(no more than 8000 words bibliography included) two weeks before the 
conference.

The conference is organized in 5 panels:

Panel I. Creative Narrative: Text, Hypertext and Digital Plots [Gilda 
Policastro, Alessandra Micalizzi]
Panel II. Artificial Imaginary: Narratives, Culture and Counterculture 
about AI [ Teresa Savoia – Giuliano Cenati]
Panel III. Machine and Language: Models, Interaction Issues and Learning 
[Anna Rinaldin, Mirko Tavosanis]
Panel IV. Artificial Music: Limits, Opportunities and Perceptions 
[Alessandra Micalizzi, Massimiliano Zanoni]
Panel V: New Gaze Era: Digital Images, Visual Effects and Audiovisual 
Products [Corrado Santoro, Lenonardo Galtieri]

Deadlines:

● Deadline for submission: March 15, 2024: ● Selections announced: March 
31, 2024.
● first draft of the paper: June 15, 2024.
● Conference date: June 28-29, 2024.

Here the website of the conference with more specific details and 
confirmed keynote speakers: https://www.artificial-creativity.it/ 
<https://www.artificial-creativity.it/>

T*_he conference is free of charge._*

For any questions write to (alessandra.micalizzi /at/ unipegaso.it) 
<mailto:(alessandra.micalizzi /at/ unipegaso.it)> (a.micalizzi /at/ sae.edu) 
<mailto:(a.micalizzi /at/ sae.edu)>

AFFILIATION:

Affiliation:

SAE Institute SAE Institute, the largest Creative Media College, is an 
academy in the creative industries founded in Australia in 1976, and 
counts more than 54 campuses. The Italian structure, inaugurated in 
1996, today offers courses in the creative production: Audio, Film and 
Television, 2D/3D animation, gaming and music business.

Pegaso University is the first digital university in Italy, based in 
Naples but with two more operative campuses in Milan and Rome. It hosts 
a center of research on Digital Humanities with a vocation to study the 
impact of AI on creative processes.

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