Beyond Production Symposium

Now in its third iteration, Beyond Production confirms Ilaria Bonacossa as its curator, Director of the Museo Nazionale dell’Arte Digitale – MNAD of Milano, and organized a Symposium, a context of in-depth reflection on the relationship between new technologies, art and society, which resulted in a cycle of research at the OGR Torino. The symposium, open to the public, aimed to enhance and reflect on the Beyond Production platform. Distinguished international speakers, representing various perspectives including artists, art professionals, technicians, and those focused on legal and ethical aspects of new media, provided insights.

After giving a critical view of the NFT phenomenon in 2021 and the Metaverse in 2022, a new identifying ingredient was introduced again this year: the involvement of Artificial Intelligence in the restitution of symposium content. Alia, an artificial entity developed by the department of Deep Learning e Big Data of Alkemy Spa, the partner of the project specialized in the digital transformation of businesses, joined the mediators of the symposium in the processing of the emerging contents, acting as a live “smart” editorial staff, and was questioned on various themes during the summarizing talk hold at the Meeting Point of the fair. The objective of this engagement was to approach the question that enlivens the contemporary debate: is AI an ally, a substitute, or an enemy?