The activity, Machine Learning workshop with the Algorithmic Gaze, will take place at Sint Lucas Antwerpen and will offer a space for experimentation, exchange and applied learning.
The workshop is coordinated by Dominique Cunin and Frederik De Bleser, and will take place in a research setting in Antwerp that reinforces its practice-based approach to machine learning and artistic experimentation.
Rather than approaching AI only through its most visible or mainstream applications, the workshop is designed to open a more exploratory perspective on how machine learning can become part of an artistic process. At its core is an interest in personalised image-to-image models built from participants’ own datasets, encouraging a more situated and hands-on engagement with generative technologies.
A distinctive aspect of the activity is its attention to movement, gesture and embodied creation. By working with visual material generated from participants’ own movements and gestures, the workshop creates a framework for exploring how artistic expression can interact with AI-supported experimentation. In this sense, the sessions combine technical processes with a broader reflection on creative practice.
Across the two working days, participants will explore key stages of the process, including dataset collection, segmentation, preparation using the open-source tool Figment, cloud-based model training, inference and installation setup. The programme will conclude with experiments and open presentations emerging from the work developed during the sessions.
Within AI-SECRETT, this kind of practice-based activity plays an important role in connecting conceptual discussions around AI with concrete learning experiences. It contributes to a wider effort to explore how emerging technologies can support future-oriented approaches to creativity, knowledge exchange and interdisciplinary collaboration across Europe.
More updates from the workshop will be shared soon on the AI-SECRETT website and social media channels.
