Living in a time of relentless technological change can feel overwhelming: from endless LLM updates to the latest diffusion models and generative tools, it’s easy to lose sight of creative purpose. In this studio, we’ll shift the focus from technology as a shortcut to AI as a creative collaborator. Through hands-on experimentation, you’ll interrogate the possibilities and limits of AI, develop critical fluency with generative systems, and ultimately create an arts-based project of your choosing that reflects your own conceptual and aesthetic priorities. 

This studio is focused on how technological shifts impact creative practice and how artists and designers can critically adapt. We will explore historical precedents—how artists responded to past technological revolutions—alongside contemporary AI-driven experimentation. Readings and presentations will engage with discourse on AI, technology, authorship, labour, and originality. 
Students will develop research-based approaches, using a visual platform of their choice to curate their findings. Through gallery visits and arts presentations, they will gain insights into exhibition practices and research-based artmaking, ultimately positioning their own work within the evolving intersection of AI, art, and design. 

Students will build a visual research archive, forming the foundation for their final artwork, which could be a video piece, printed material, digital site, AR experience, or another experimental format of their choice. This open-ended approach allows students to explore AI’s potential within their personal style and interests. Students will be assessed on both creative execution and critical thinking in relation to AI. To contextualise their practice, they will also produce an 400-word written response, which may be published digitally or physically. 

This studio combines hands-on experimentation, research, and critique. Students will: 

·                Engage in group discussions and critiques, drawing from weekly readings, screenings and presentations. 

·                Develop a personal research archive presented either as an PDF, Miro board, Roam/obsidian workbook, or a custom-built platform. 

· Experiment with AI tools, from image diffusion models to text-based generative systems. 

· Participate in two excursions to arts spaces, meeting with artists and curators to understand presentation strategies and research-based practices. 

· Present their final artwork in an exhibition format with their peers.? 

· Explore different writing approaches, leading to a final written reflection contextualising their artwork and theoretical position. 

1.Proof of concept: 15% A short five minute presentation of your proposed work and outcome format, plus a PDF document. 

2.SKO– 25% 

Students will curate and organize their research using a visual platform (such as Miro, Roam, or a site of their choice) forming the intellectual basis for their final Artwork.? 

3. Artwork & exhibition outcome– 45% 

Students will develop a unique AI-driven or inspired artwork for a curated exhibition. This could include video, printed material, digital, AR, or other experimental formats.? 

4. Writing – 15% 

An 400-word reflection on the artwork, in any chosen style, addressing key concepts and influences, published either physically or digitally.  

Note: brief 2 and 3 contain gateway mandatory tasks (5%) which contribute to your final assessment. 

-Film: HyperNormalisation– Adam Curtis  

-Essay: ‘The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction’ by Walter Benjamin 

-Essay: In Defence of the Poor Image - Hito Steyerl