“Still You Bloom in this Land of No Gardens”: The Black Female Artist in the Age of AI

The explosion of generative AI tools and immediate access to generative AI image software at the end of 2022 sparked seemingly new and urgent conversations about the role of images, the maker and our networked cultures. Would humans now be sidelined? How would we discern what was real? And what of the potential for AI Hallucinations, inaccurate outputs creating nonsensical iterations of reality? Drawing on the works of artists Lynette Yiadom-Boakye and Njideka Akunyili Crosby the paper suggests the strategies employed by these two artists in their attempts to explore the experience of the African diaspora, provides us with a possible framework with which to consider the process of image making in the age of AI.

Presenters: 

• Natasha Bonnelame, Programme Director: Digital Learning (London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London)

Session type: Paper

Time listed is Singapore time.