Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm (DK)
Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm is an award-winning artist who has been pioneering the use of artificial intelligence (such as LLM, GPT), since 2016. Her works have been exhibited at Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), Ars Electronica, Biennale Nemó, Wellcome Collection and Copenhagen Contemporary. Notably, she created the first-ever AI and blockchain artwork in space aboard NASA’s part of the International Space Station. Her contributions to digital art have been recognized by major media outlets like Forbes and the New York Times. Falkenstrøm has received numerous global awards, including the Lumen Prize for Digital Art in 2017 and 2021, an Honorary Mention from Prix Ars Electronica in 2023, and the TECHNE Award from the British Arts and Humanities Research Council. She studied Fine Art at University of the Arts London and Royal College of art in London.
Keywords: neurally controlled environments, learning, mind+technology, immersive environments, games, AI, tech
Afternoon topic: Constructive utopia (Play)
Playful interactions, storytelling, and game dynamics are among the most powerful influences on the human mind. Let's step into the impressive dimensions of large-scale installations and immerse ourselves in the connection between cognition, control, and technology.
The phenomenon of play is (seemingly) a light-hearted way of fascination with the world, order, chaos and the joy of the sheer play of forms, but also of cognition. The interactivity of computer games or objects, like the fusion of monumental static architectural structures with moving images, are valuable ways to tap into positive energy. Play is not only a way of education, but also of ancient rituals in which the duality of light and darkness has always played a central role. Fairy tales, stories, metaphors, parables, dramatic light séances lead to a balance of the elements.
