ON AI and artistry
Ongoing research
What is the role of the human artist when machines can generate seemingly artistic outputs? This is a theme I’ve been exploring both practically and theoretically since generative AI’s public breakthrough in 2022.
My practical explorations include Artificial Intern and Alter Ego, in which I’ve explored different ways of using AI-tools that can strengthen my creative practice. I like to keep myself updated in the field, curiously exploring everything from sound and video tools, to text, 3d-modelling and image making.
Though I’m generally positive towards technological advancements, I think it’s important to have a critical view of how they are created and used. Generative AI is largely developed by a handful of big corporations that hold a lot of power over the field. The sources of the training data are often murky and AI still holds a lot of bias in the way it represents the human experience. Is it possible to make changes in the field? Can changes be brought forward by art?
I argue that in the flood of automated outputs, the human artist remains irreplaceable. Using AI tools or not, maybe it’s the context, intentionality, and interpretation of the human experience that makes the work art?
I regularly teach the subject and have had talks at Malmö Museum for Media Evolution, at Beckmans Design School in Stockholm, and at Form/ Designcenter, to name a few.
In May of 2026 I held a workshop called “Exploring the Latent Space” together with Researcher/Curator Laura Herman. This workshop will inform an exhibition we are working on.
PS. I have two upcoming exhibitions on the subject, one at Tomelilla Konsthall in 2027, together with Freja Andersson, and one in the works together with Laura Herman.
