Some museums hope that they can harness a new stream of funding from their audiences online.
February 17, 2021
The Baden State Museum has created a Tinder-like app to match visitors with exhibits. Photo by Uli Deck/picture alliance via Getty Images.
Since the pandemic first forced museums into lockdown last spring, a growing number of institutions have been trying to supplement lost income by selling tickets to experience their exhibitions online. If successful, the business model could provide a new source of revenue in the future and support further digital investment.
But, let’s face it it’s a hard sell. To audiences used to experiencing museum objects in full IRL splendor, a wander around the Google Street View version of the Temple of Dendur is unlikely to measure up. And it’s equally tough to imagine an audience that isn’t your typical museum-going public ponying up $10 to watch a video of a curator walking through an exhibition when there are more sophisticated off
16February 2021
In 2019, Ai-Da became the world’s first AI humanoid to pick up a pencil and create art without any human input. Armed with a microchip in her eye, a robotic hand, and a groundbreaking algorithm, the robot can draw and paint from sight, and has since staged her first solo exhibition (raking in a fair amount of cash in the process).
Now, Ai-Da has been taught to “look” in a mirror and create self-portraits in her distinctive style. The hyperreal robot artist is set to exhibit a series of these self-portraits – or “selfies” – in a new show at London’s Design Museum.
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Robot Artist Ai-Da Presents Her First Art Exhibition Published February 16th, 2021 - 07:28 GMT
The world s first robot artist is set to have her first exhibition in London. (Twitter)
Highlights
Ai-Da, a humanoid AI robot created by Leeds engineers and named after mathematician Ada Lovelace, uses AI algorithms to create art works that comment on the current and future uses of artificial intelligence.
The world s first robot artist is set to have her first exhibition in London s Design Museum.
The exhibition, Ai-Da Self Portraits is to open in May 2021 and will present three large scale self-portraits.
Ai-Da, a humanoid AI robot created by Leeds engineers and named after mathematician Ada Lovelace, uses AI algorithms to create art works that comment on the current and future uses of artificial intelligence.
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