Digital Art and Identity Merging Human and Artificial Intelligence: Enter the Metaverse

Giannini, Tula; Bowen, Jonathan P.; Michaels, Chris A.; Smith, Carl Hayden

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Author(s): Tula Giannini , Jonathan P. Bowen , Chris Michaels , Carl Hayden Smith

Publication date (Print): July 2022

Conference name: Proceedings of EVA London 2022 (EVA 2022)

Conference theme: Use of new and emerging technologies in Digital Art, Data, Scientific and Creative Visualisation, Digitally Enhanced Reality and Everyware, 2D and 3D Imaging, Display and Printing, Mobile Applications, Museums and Collections, Music, Performing arts, and Technologies, Open Source and Technologies, Preservation of Digital Visual Culture, Virtual Cultural Heritage, Ethical Issues, Historical Issues, Digital Culture, Artificial Intelligence, NFTs

Conference date: 4–8 July 2022

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Digital art, Digital culture, Digitality, Identity, Metaverse

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This Symposium explores themes of digital art and identity with respect to Artificial Intelligence and the developing ideas of the “metaverse”. The paper provides some background to the concept of the metaverse in the context of digital culture. Then each participant provides a statement from their viewpoint and experience. These cover diverse issues based on the varied backgrounds and expertise of the contributors.

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Tula Giannini: http://sites.google.com/view/tgiannini

Jonathan P. Bowen: http://www.jpbowen.com

Chris Michaels: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/chris-michaels

Carl Hayden Smith: https://www.ravensbourne.ac.uk/people-and-stories/meet-team/carl-smith

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Publication date: July 2022

Publication date (Print): July 2022

Pages: 1-7

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[0001]Pratt Institute

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[0002]London South Bank University

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London, UK

[0003]National Gallery &

King’s College London

London, UK

[0004]Ravensbourne University London

London, UK

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EVA2022.1

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Conference location: London

Conference date: 4–8 July 2022

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

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[1] J. P. Bowen (2020) A personal view of EVA London: Past, present, future. In Weinelet al. (2020), pp. 8–15. DOI: [Cross Ref]

[2] J. P. BowenG. Diprose, and N. Lambert (eds.) (2016) EVA London 2016: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts. BCS, Electronic Workshops in Computing. ScienceOpen. DOI: [Cross Ref]

[3] J. P. BowenG. Diprose, and N. Lambert (eds.) (2017) EVA London 2017: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts. BCS, Electronic Workshops in Computing. ScienceOpen. DOI: [Cross Ref]

[4] J. P. Bowen and T. Giannini (2014) Digitalism: The new realism? In K. NgJ. P. Bowen, and S. McDaid (eds.), EVA London 2014: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts. BCS, Electronic Workshops in Computing, pp. 324–331. DOI: [Cross Ref]

[5] J. P. Bowen and T. Giannini (2016) From analogue to digital in literature and art. In Bowenet al. (2016), pp. 1–4. DOI: [Cross Ref]

[6] J. P. Bowen and T. Giannini (2021) Digitality: A reality check. In Weinelet al. (2021), pp. 12–19. DOI: [Cross Ref]

[7] J. P. BowenT. GianniniR. AraA. Lomas, and J. Siefring (2019) Computational Culture and AI: Challenging human identity and curatorial practice. In Weinelet al. (2019), pp. 1–9. DOI: [Cross Ref]

[8] J. P. BowenT. GianniniR. FalconerM. T. Magruder, and E. Marconi (2021) Beyond Human: Arts and identity between reality and virtuality in a post-Covid-19 world. In Weinelet al. (2021), pp. 7–11. DOI: [Cross Ref]

[9] J. P. BowenT. Giannini, and G. Polmeer (2017) Coded communication: Digital senses and aesthetics, merging art and life. In Bowenet al. (2017), pp. 1–8. DOI: [Cross Ref]

[10] J. P. BowenT. GianniniG. PolmeerR. FalconerA. I. Miller, and S. Dunn (2020) States of Begin: Art and identity in digital space and time. In Weinelet al. (2020), pp. 1–7. DOI: [Cross Ref]

[11] J. P. BowenT. GianniniG. PolmeerC. GannisJ. GardinerJ. KearneyB. Wands, and J. Weinel (2018) States of Begin: Art and identity in digital space and time. In Bowenet al. (2018), pp. 1–7. DOI: [Cross Ref]

[12] J. P. BowenJ. WeinelG. Diprose, and N. Lambert (eds.) (2018) EVA London 2018: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts. BCS, Electronic Workshops in Computing. ScienceOpen. DOI: [Cross Ref]

[13] B. J. CopelandJ. P. BowenM. SprevakR. Wilsonet al(2017) The Turing Guide. Oxford University Press.

[14] Expo 2020 (2020) Visitor Guide. Expo 2020 Dubai LLC, Medina Publishing. http://expo2020dubai.com

[15] T. Giannini and J. P. Bowen (2016) Curating digital life and culture: Art and information. In Bowenet al(2016), pp. 237–244. DOI: [Cross Ref]

[16] T. Giannini and J. P. Bowen (2018) Of museums and digital culture: A landscape view. In Bowenet al(2018), pp. 172–179. DOI: [Cross Ref]

[17] T. Giannini and J. P. Bowen (eds.) (2019) Museums and Digital Culture: New Perspectives and Research. Springer, Series on Cultural Computing. DOI: [Cross Ref]

[18] T. Giannini and J. P. Bowen (2019a) Digital culture. In Giannini & Bowen (eds.) (2019), chapter 1, pp. 3–26. DOI: [Cross Ref]

[19] T. Giannini and J. P. Bowen (2019b) Museums and digitalism. In Giannini & Bowen (eds.) (2019), chapter 2, pp. 27–46. DOI: [Cross Ref]

[20] T. Giannini and J. P. Bowen (2021) Museums at the crossroads: Between digitality, reality, and Covid-19. In V. Cappellini (ed.), EVA 2021 Florence Proceedings, pp. 48–55. Leonardo Libri. DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/2g567

[21] T. Giannini and J. P. Bowen (2022a) Museums and Digital Culture: From reality to digitality in the age of COVID-19. Heritage, 5(1):192–214. DOI: [Cross Ref]

[22] T. Giannini and J. P. Bowen (2022b) Computational Culture: Transforming archives practice and education for a post-Covid world. ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage, 15. DOI: [Cross Ref]

[23] Magnopus (2021) Expo 2020 Dubai enters the metaverse world connecting millions across the physical & digital globally. NewsDirect, 7 December. URL: https://newsdirect.com/news/expo-2020-dubai-enters-the-metaverse-world-connecting-millions-across-the-physical-and-digital-globally-652848762

[24] Meta (2021) The Tiger & The Buffalo. YouTube, 4 November. URL: https://youtu.be/G2W9YVkkn9U

[25] NGX (2019) National Gallery X: Tomorrow’s museum now. The National Gallery, UK. URL: https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/national-gallery-x/national-gallery-x

[26] C. H. Smith and K. Templar Lewis (2021) The Metaverse: A New World of Extended Reality. Masters and Robots, Poland. YouTube. URL: https://youtu.be/bHXEPdwh5ws

[27] J. WeinelJ. P. BowenA. Borda, and G. Diprose (eds.) (2021) EVA London 2021: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts. BCS, Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC). ScienceOpen. DOI: [Cross Ref]

[28] J. WeinelJ. P. BowenG. Diprose, and N. Lambert (eds.) (2019) EVA London 2019: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts. BCS, Electronic Workshops in Computing. ScienceOpen. DOI: [Cross Ref]

[29] J. WeinelJ. P. BowenG. Diprose, and N. Lambert (eds.) (2020) EVA London 2020: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts. BCS, Electronic Workshops in Computing. ScienceOpen. DOI: [Cross Ref]

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