Promptography: AI, self-image and visual storytelling

Together with the artist Maja Korczyńska, we will focus on promptography - the practice of creating images using text input in AI models and the question of identity.

This online workshop offers a critical and practice-orientated examination of identity in the context of artificial intelligence.

Together we explore how promptography allows us to rethink, change or merge identity in a way that is not possible with traditional media. By creating digital portraits and narratives, this practice challenges the concept of a fixed identity and opens up hybrid representations that transcend conventional categories such as gender, ethnicity or external characteristics. This raises fundamental questions about authenticity, prejudice and the role of AI-generated image narratives in our self-image.

Participants will be introduced to easily accessible digital tools and guided through a series of structured exercises aimed at exploring self-representation, narrative construction and the aesthetic potential of AI-enabled processes.

The session will also include a short presentation of recent work by the artist, providing a practical framework for discussion and reflection.

The workshop is aimed at artists, philosophers and anyone interested in the impact of AI on society and art.

Maja Korczyńska is a visual artist and researcher. In her work, she examines the construction of identity and self-representation through the lens of mass culture and tradition. She studied photography at the University of Arts in Poznań and uses the image as a means of artistic expression. Her works have been shown at numerous exhibitions and festivals and she has been awarded several prizes and scholarships, including the Grand Prix of New Polish Performance. She is also an author, with texts published by the Institute of Network Cultures in Amsterdam, among others.