Presentation
Subversive Methodologies: Dadaist Approaches to Generative AI
SessionSubversive Agencies
DescriptionAdvances in generative art offer distinctive creative possibilities while also raising questions about control, power, and agency. This paper examines the parallels between Dadaist photomontage — techniques that subverted readymade images through decontextualisation and aesthetic exploration — and recent generative AI art practices. While the Dadaists harnessed appropriation to disrupt dominant narratives and express dissent, generative AI’s algorithmic opacity complicates artists’ agency and muddles contextual meanings. By analysing Dadaist methodologies, this paper encourages artists to engage with generative AI in a deliberate and considered manner, reframing its outputs as tools for disruption and creative intervention.
Event Type
Art Papers
TimeWednesday, 17 December 202511:00am - 11:12am HKT
LocationMeeting Room S222, Level 2
