Art Meets AI
Students learn to both create with and critique AI in this midterm group project.
Course Info:
- ARTHIST 254A / EASTASN 254A: "Art Meets AI: Algorithmic Bodies in East Asia"
- Fall 2024
- Instructor: Gerui Wang
Pedagogy:
In this assignment, students leverage capabilities of AI tools to create virtual exhibits that would not otherwise be possible. This course and the online exhibit that students created were featured in this article.
Mid-term group project
Imagine you are a museum curator. Each team designs an art exhibition. Include artworks by both human artists (can be living or historical figure) and AI-generated images.
Step 1:
Discuss and decide on a theme of your exhibition.
Step 2:
Select around six artworks created by human artists to show in your exhibition. Create three artworks using AI image- or video-generation tools. Organize your artworks so that they can have dialogue with each other. Think about questions such as what you hope your audience feel, think, appreciate, or take away from your exhibition. What does this exhibition mean to your life experiences? How does this exhibition comment on social/cultural happenings around you?
Step 3:
Make a 15-20 min presentation imagining you are giving your audience a tour of your show.
Examples of Student Work:
https://sites.google.com/stanford.edu/a-digital-humanities-project/introduction