"Leigh added that she's an "eternal optimist" about how tech can benefit the arts. When asked about broader worries around AI, she countered that she's excited about artists who can use AI as "another tool in their toolkit, like a mixer for sound or a paintbrush for paint." She also suggested that for some artists, "technology is catching up to their vision, versus their vision catching up to this technology.""
"To illustrate some of this potential, Leigh pointed to Dream Machine, a installation by one of the first Collider Fellows, Nona Hendryx. Leigh said by using a combination of AI, VR, and augmented reality to immerse visitors, especially BIPOC visitors, in Afrofuturist environments, Dream Machine shows how art can help "people who do not see themselves in technology to start seeing themselves in it - particularly Black and Brown people, especially Black and Brown women.""
"At a time of high anxiety around technology's impact on arts and culture, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts' Collider Fellowship is a program that welcomes multi-disciplinary artists to explore the opportunities that new tech presents for live performance and the performing arts. Today, the famed New York performing arts center is announcing its second class of Collider Fellows - a group of six artists working in areas from virtual reality to artificial intelligence to the immersive 4DSound System."
Lincoln Center's Collider Fellowship welcomes multi-disciplinary artists to explore new technologies for live performance and the performing arts. The program announced a second class of six Fellows working across virtual reality, artificial intelligence and the immersive 4DSound System. Fellows were selected through a nomination-based process and will continue exploratory work with institutional support. Jordana Leigh, vice president of programming, frames technology as a beneficial tool and expresses optimism about artists using AI like other creative tools. The Dream Machine installation by a previous Fellow used AI, VR and augmented reality to immerse visitors, especially BIPOC audiences, in Afrofuturist environments and foster inclusion.
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