events

  • The Opticality Unconscious

    The Opticality Unconscious

    Lecture by Amanda Wasielewski Tue May 28, 2024, 7pm, Room E.O2.29, Neubau, AdBK München Inspired by Rosalind Krauss’s book The Optical Unconscious, Amanda Wasielewskis lecture explores how a hybrid practice of writing and image creation can shed light on the often-derided strictures of mid-century modernism in New York, namely the ideas of opticality and visual…

  • Dreamworlds of Platform Capitalism: Synthetic Media in Networked Image Cultures

    Dreamworlds of Platform Capitalism: Synthetic Media in Networked Image Cultures

    Lecture by Roland Meyer Tue May 14, 2024, 7pm, Room E.O2.29, Neubau, AdBK München While the initial hype surrounding AI image synthesis models such as Dall-E, Midjourney, or Stable Diffusion is fading, their massive impact on networked image cultures is becoming ever clearer: Social media platforms are flooded with increasingly absurd synthetic clickbait, right-wing online…