ARTILACS III – The Age of Latency
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- Subject according curriculum
- ARTILACS
- Teachers
- Benjamin Helmer , Dr. Benjamin Sprick
- Scope
- Thursdays, 12:00-13:30 Start: April 16, 2026
- Room
- Keine Angabe
- Duration
- 1.5 Semesterwochenstunden
- Description
In an attempt to further systematically unfold the epistemological implications of the acronym ARTILACS ("Artistic Intelligence in Latent Creative Spaces"), which is in charge of the Graudiertenkolleg of the same name, we are concentrating this semester on the concept of 'latency' (from the Latin "latēre" "to be hidden, concealed"), which we immediately ascribe the potential of a signum for an entire age.
Moving in latencies means being caught in an undefined space between 'stimulus' and 'reaction', the coordinates of which can simultaneously promote creativity and innovation. And so, in very different respects, we are currently moving through political and aesthetic phases of latency that are accompanied by different temporalities, fears and fantasies of the future. "The Age of Latency" - this motto will be the starting point for our comprehensive artistic research into current symptoms of algorithmic existence, which will focus on technological progress and current developments in the interplay between 'AI' and the 'arts'.
We look forward to your participation and are eager to hear your perspectives on the topic!
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In an attempt to systematically develop the epistemological implications of the acronym ARTILACS ("Artistic Intelligence in Latent Creative Spaces"), which is used for the graduate college of the same name, we are focusing this semester on the concept of 'latency' (from the Latin "latēre" "to be hidden, concealed"), which we immediately attribute the potential of being a sign for an entire era.
To move in latencies means to be caught in an undefined space between "stimulus" and "response," whose coordinates can simultaneously promote creativity and innovation.
And so, in many different ways, we are currently moving through political and aesthetic phases of latency that are accompanied by different temporalities, fears, and fantasies about the future. "The Age of Latency"-this motto will serve as the starting point for a comprehensive artistic investigation into the current symptoms of algorithmic existence, focusing on technological progress and current developments in the interplay between 'AI' and the "arts."
We look forward to your participation and are eager to hear your perspectives on the topic!
- Literature
Martin Heidegger: What does it mean to think? Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 1963; David J. Chalmers, "Could a Large Language Model be Conscious?" Boston Review, August 9, 2023; Nick Bostrom, Deep Utopia: Life and Meaning in a Solved World, London: Ideapress Publishing 2024; Brian Cantwell Smith, The Promise of Artificial Intelligence: Reckoning and Judgment, Boston: MIT Press 2019; Turing; John Mac Dowell, "6th Lecture - Vernunftbegabte und andere Lebewesen", in: ders, Geist und Welt, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp 2001, pp. 135-154; Hubert L. Dreyfus, What Computers Can't Do: The Limits of Artificial Intelligence, New York: Harper Collins 1978; Michael Thompson, "Handeln und Zeit", in: Life and Action. Grundstrukturen des Praktischen und des praktischen Denkens [Life and Action. Elementary Structures of Practice and Practical Thought, Harvard: Harvard University Press 2008], translated from the American by Matthias Haase, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp 2011, pp. 152-186; G.E.M. Anscombe, Absicht, translated from the English by Michael Schulte, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp 2011; Justin Joque, Revolutionary Mathematics: Artificial Intelligence, Statistics and the Logic of Capitalism, London: Versobooks 2022.
- Credits
- 2 Creditpoints
- Comments
The seminar takes place exclusively online, via ZOOM.
It is aimed at all students who are interested in a transdisciplinary discourse game between 'art', 'society' and 'technology' and who are interested in associative, material-saturated research and joint debate-like explorations.
Interest in the connection between theory and artistic practice, a presentation in the seminar and a written reflection are required to obtain credit points. Various approaches to theory work will be tested, including dialogic reading, clustering or AI-supported readings. Optional participation without the awarding of credit points is also possible and takes place after consultation with the lecturers.
Please register by April 10, 2026 to Benjamin.sprick@hfmt-hamburg.de
Online link for participation:
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Further information and materials can be found at:
=> www.artilacs.net
- Modules
- Promotionsmodul, Wahlmodul freie Wahl (alle Studiengänge), Studium generale Wahlmodul Master