Bridging Responsible AI Divides (BRAID): Artist Panel & Exhibition Opening

ARTIST PANEL

Re-envisioning creative and critical engagement with AI through art

Speakers: Wesley Goatley, Rachel Maclean, Kiki Shervington-White, Studio Above&Below

Date: Fri 8 August 2025
Time: 15:00-16:30 | Free/Ticketed
Location: Bayes Centre, 47 Potterrow, Edinburgh EH8 9BT
Venue Access Info: Bayes Centre | AccessAble

Join us at the Bayes Centre for a dynamic panel discussion featuring artists Wesley Goatley, Rachel Maclean, Kiki Shervington-White and Studio Above&Below. Collectively, their works delve into the intersections of historical technological advances and contemporary AI developments, employing critical and speculative design, installation, interactive art, community engagement, and filmmaking. These artworks are not only designed to inspire us creatively but also to challenge us politically. How can art best serve as a powerful tool for empowering our creativity while critically exploring and advocating for more responsible, sustainable, and ethical futures in technology?

OPENING RECEPTION 

Date: Fri 8 August 2025  
Time: 18:00-20:30 | Free/Ticketed 

Locations:  
Inspace, 1 Crichton St, Newington, Edinburgh EH8 9AB [Fringe Venue 574] 
G.07 at Informatics Forum, 10 Crichton St, Newington, Edinburgh EH8 9AB [Fringe Venue 422] 
Venue Access Info: Inspace | AccessAble and Location | School of Informatics

Join us at Inspace and Informatics Forum, to meet the artists behind the work and for the opening reception of Tipping Point: Artist Responses to AI, and Authenticity Unmasked: Unveiling AI-Driven Realities Through Art, celebrating and presenting two captivating exhibitions featuring ten new art commissions from the Bridging Responsible AI Divides (BRAID) art commission programme and BRAID funded project Cultivating Responsible Engagement with AI Technology to Empower Creatives (CREA-TEC), for the 2025 Edinburgh Art Festival and Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 

This evening reception features artworks by artists Louise Ashcroft, Julie Freeman, Wesley Goatley, Identity 2.0, Rachel Maclean, Kiki Shervington-White, Studio Above & Below at Inspace and artworks by Georgia Gardner, Kinnari Saraiya, dmstfctn at Informatics Forum.  

Join this event to discover how artists are opening up new perspectives on AI, envisioning desired futures, and exploring the communities essential for shaping them. 

Please book the tickets for the events you would like to attend. If you have any enquiries about the events and the venue, please contact us at designinformatics@ed.ac.uk .

Image credit: Rare Metals 2 by Hanna Barakat & Archival Images of AI + AIxDESIGN 

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