Data & Drama: Pixels, Prose, Voice and Art

Participants will be introduced to the intersection of AI with vision language models, AI-generated audio and speech tools. Through interactive demonstrations and hands-on exercises, participants will learn how to create visual art pieces using AI tools. The workshop will also facilitate a discussion on the future of AI and art, exploring how emerging technologies are shaping the visual art landscape and creative industries.

We encourage visual artists as well as students and enthusiasts in the field of visual creation to join the workshop. No prior experience of AI is required.

Date: Saturday, 04.11.2023
Time: 4 - 7 PM
Ages: 18+
Participation: upon application About the Workshop Facilitator: Blessin Varkey

© Blessin Varkey

Blessin Varkey leads an engineering team for Generative AI and ML/DL applications for enterprises, via rapid prototyping at Tata Consultancy Services. Additionally, he is a visiting faculty at NIFT Delhi, where he instructs the elective “Theatre: Performance, AI & Design.” As a BeFantastic Fellow in 2023, Blessin, along with a team, showcased the first improvised AI performance, centred on Climate Change at the Future Fantastic Festival, Bangalore, and the LaLaLand festival in the Netherlands. Blessin has a B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering and a postgraduate degree in Artificial Intelligence.

About the Series: Data & Drama - Pixels, Prose, Voice and Art

In the contemporary digital age, the confluence of data, storytelling and visual art is revolutionising the way we communicate, understand, and interpret our world. In this series of events, we want to explore both the potential and the challenges of AI tools in the artistic fields of theatre, writing, storytelling, and visual art. In which ways can these tools help us in creation, in generating and shaping ideas, in overcoming creative blockages etc. – and what are the limits, challenges, legal implications etc.
This event series is a part of the project DigiVerse. How to Read Media.