AI Art Night by Fundacja Augmentika

20—08

On August 20th, the Augmentika Foundation transformed the migrant bar Karma into a multi-tiered AI Art Space. The first floor hosted an Internet café, designed as an incubator for creative expression, where anyone could generate AI art using popular neural networks. The second floor hosted the exhibition "Hallucinations" — a deep dive into the uncanny and deceptive reality of our AI-augmented present reality, as well as the imminent future.

Even though it was really hot that day, more than 400 people came to our AI Art Night. However, we were aware that a pop-up event came with its limitations, and not everyone would get the opportunity to see the exhibition in person. This realization prompted us to craft a digital gallery complete with a digital twin on the Matterport platform, enabling anyone to explore it online.

by Fundacja Augmentika

Hallucinations

Exhibition

As part of the pop-up exhibition "Hallucinations," we showcased the works of four Belarusian artists working in various media such as photography, sound art, video, fashion design, and installation. What united them was their interest in new media and the possibilities brought about by neural networks and programs for generating images, texts, videos, and sound. Under the guidance of experts from the Augmentika Foundation, they have prepared works that premiered during the AI Art Night Lab at Karma in Warsaw.

Artists: Palina Dabravolskaya, Alina Hlyaba, Elena Rabkina, Sasha Velichko
Curator: Michalina Sablik

"Hallucinations" refer to fabricated, AI-generated information that deceptively resembles facts, presented to the recipient as if they were objective scientific knowledge. These are mistakes, logical errors that are difficult to catch by humans. They arise when AI lacks sufficient data and begins to confabulate, often reflecting the functioning of the human mind, which also invents "missing data." This can be compared to optical illusions, where the brain misinterprets sensory data, leading to the perception of something that isn't there. Hallucinations are also colloquially understood as various types of narcotic visions, dreams, bad trips, and future images.

by Augmentika Foundation