AI_am

Year: 2013-2017

The interdisciplinary project  AI_am explores how artificial intelligence (AI) and contemporary dance can inform and advance each other. Founded in 2013, the project brings together experts from the fields of dance, cognitive science, graphics and coding.

I have been the lead artist in this project, contributing artistic direction, dance expertise which defined the technical approach to machine learning and interaction design.  I was also the main performer in the project. 

The project focuses on creating an improvised duet between an AI and a human dancer. The avatar, projected on stage, observes and learns the movements of the dancer, but also extends them with its own variations. Throughout the performance, the distinction between “teacher” and “student” gradually blurs, as the human dancer begins to find inspiration in the avatar’s novel movements.

The project was developed in several iterations, including the development of an interactive software tool for choreographic research around human–computer interaction, workshops, lecture demonstrations, academic publications, and an interactive installation entitled Kinetic Dialogues (2015) at international conferences such as the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence and International Symposium on Electronic Art. The project culminated with an evening-length performance entitled AI am here (2017), which premiered in Hungary and Sweden.