Presentation
Deconstructing Computational Colonialism: An Eco-Relational Framework for Decolonial AI Art (1960s-Present)
SessionEcological Worlding
DescriptionComputational technologies integrated into ecological art paradoxically perpetuate anthropocentric violence despite their environmental ethos, constrained by Western-centric datasets and unsustainable practices. This study critically examines this historical tension from 1960s land art to contemporary bio-digital works. Current AI eco-art manifests a fundamental contradiction where tools intended for ecological care instead enable computational colonialism through epistemological erasure, material extraction, and ethical hypocrisy. We develop the Earmarked Eco-Relationship Framework(EERF), transforming computational systems into ecological negotiators through decolonial data protocols, entropic material accounting, and redistributed agency mechanisms. Applied through case studies (for example, Hong Kong's blockchain-mediated mangrove restoration), this framework proves algorithmic systems can serve as active co-stewards rather than extractive tools. This work advances ecological art beyond virtual representation by establishing a tripartite methodology for shifting the paradigm from human-centered control to actionable multispecies material ethics and fostering symbiotic co-creation.
Event Type
Art Papers
TimeMonday, 15 December 20251:00pm - 1:12pm HKT
LocationMeeting Room S222, Level 2
