PhotoVogue Festival: Exploring the Frontiers of Creativity. Highlights from the 2023 PhotoVogue Festival’s A.I. Symposium
This year’s PhotoVogue Festival centered around a three-day symposium, held from November 17th to 19th at Base Milano. The event gathered experts and leaders at the forefront of the A.I. revolution to engage in a comprehensive dialogue. Topics discussed ranged from legal implications and copyright issues to biases in A.I. and its impact on the documentary value of photography. The symposium also explored how governments and major tech companies perceive A.I. and discussed strategies to mitigate its risks. In addition to these critical discussions, the symposium delved into philosophical questions about human identity and celebrated the marvels of artistic creativity unbound by traditional constraints. It offered a deep dive into the intricate and multifaceted implications of A.I. in visual representation, prompting attendees to reflect on the future of human creativity and expression.Â
For those who couldn’t attend or wish to revisit these insightful discussions, all the panels from the symposium are now available to watch online. Discover below the rich conversations and explore the myriad ways A.I. is reshaping the realm of visual arts.
NOVEMBER 15TH
Lectio Magistralis by Refik Anadol
NOVEMBER 16TH
Cyril Foiret and Nima Abbasi (Maison Meta)
Myesha Evon Gardner, Kennedi Carter, Mayan Toledano, Anthony Prince Leslie, and Sebastian Rodriguez.
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Moderated by Alessia Glaviano (Director and Head of Global PhotoVogue and Director PhotoVogue Festival) and featuring Karni Arieli (Artist and Founder of Eyemama) and several contributors of the EyeMama book in conversation
NOVEMBER 17TH
Mel McVeigh (VP Global Digital Product @ Conde Nast, Vogue, GQ, AD, CNT, Allure, Glamour, SELF | Trustee @ Photoworks UK | Photomedia Artist) (25 min)
Fred Ritchin (Dean Emeritus of the School at New York’s International Center of Photography and former picture editor of The New York Times Magazine) (1 hour)
Santiago Lyon (Head of Advocacy and Education for the Content Authenticity Initiative, Adobe) (20 min)
Guido Noto La Diega (Chair of IP & Privacy Law, University of Stirling and member of the European Commission’s Expert Group on A.I. and Data in Education and Training) (20 min)
Paolo Bestagini (Assistant Professor at the Image and Sound Processing Lab (ISPL), Politecnico di Milano) (20 min)
Daniele Moretti (Deputy Editor-in-chief, Sky Tg24) (20 min)
Florian Koenigsberger (Photographer and Image Equity Lead at Google) (20 min)
Millie Tran (VP, Content Strategy and Growth), Fred Ritchin (Dean Emeritus of the School at New York’s International Center of Photography and former picture editor of The New York Times Magazine), Santiago Lyon (Head of Advocacy and Education for the Content Authenticity Initiative, Adobe), Guido Noto La Diega (Chair of IP & Privacy Law, University of Stirling and member of the European Commission’s Expert Group on A.I. and Data in Education and TrA.I.ning), Florian Koenigsberger (Photographer and Image Equity Lead at Google), Giuseppe De Bellis (Executive Vice President News Sky Italia – Sky TG24 Editor-in-chief), Zahra Rasool (Director, Writer, Producer and Media Entrepreneur) (1 hour 25 min)
NOVEMBER 18TH
Lydia Mendola (Head of Intellectual Property Practice at Portolano Cavallo) (20 min)
Alessandra Sala (Sr. director of A.I. and Data Science at Shutterstock and President of Women in A.I.) (20 min)
Mutale Nkonde (A.I. Policy Advisor and the CEO and Founder of A.I. for the People) (20 min)
Michael Christopher Brown (Photographer and Artist) (20 min)
Filippo Venturi (Photographer) (20 min)
Nicki Lees (Social Justice Special Counsel at Maurice Blackburn Lawyers) (20 min)
Chiara Bardelli Nonino (Editor, Writer and Curator), Michael Christopher Brown (Photographer and artist), Filippo Venturi (Photographer), Mutale Nkonde (A.I. Policy Advisor and the CEO and Founder of A.I. for the People), Lydia Mendola (Head of Intellectual Property Practice at Portolano Cavallo), Jennifer Kanis (Principal Lawyer at Maurice Blackburn Lawyers)
Paola Mieli (Psychoanalyst, President of Après-Coup Psychoanalytic Association (New York), Co-Chair of the Section of Psychoanalysis in Psychiatry of the World Psychiatry Association (WPA)), Paolo Benanti (Presbyter, Theologian and Academic of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis, Ethics and Bioethics Extraordinary Professor at Pontificia Università Gregoriana). Moderated by Alessia Glaviano (1 hour 45 min)
NOVEMBER 19TH
Alessia Glaviano (Head of Global PhotoVogue) Juan Costa Paz (Vogue’s Global Creative Director), Carlijn Jacobs (Photographer and Director), Francesca Ragazzi (Head of Editorial Content, Vogue Italia) (55 min)
Bryan Huynh (Image Maker) (20 min)
Chiara Bardelli Nonino (Editor, Writer and Curator), Bryan Huynh (Image Maker), Margaret Zhang (Editor-in-chief, Vogue China), Cyril Foiret (Founder of AI Maison Meta, and Ai Fashion Week) (1 hour)
Charlie Engman (Photographer, Visual Artist) (20 min)
Alessia Glaviano (Head of Global PhotoVogue), Hans Ulrich Obrist (Artistic Director, Serpentine Galleries, London), Francesco Bonami (Art Curator and Writer), Ferdinando Verderi (Creative Director), Gea Politi (Publisher and Editor in chief of Flash Art), Charlie Engman (Photographer, Visual Artist) (1 hour)
