ARTEFACTO, AI and computational cinema

Filmmakers Anna Giralt Gris and Jorge Caballero invite us to get to know Artefacto, their research and production centre, as well as their interest in expanded cinema with artificial intelligence (AI). The session will include video screenings of their most recent creations.

The activity will address one of the contradictions they work with: how to manage the tension between rigorous artistic creation – focused on AI and computational cinema – and the quest to go viral in our time?

To reflect on this question, they will share their creative process and screen two recently produced works:

Membrana, volum I, a film essay based on the novel Membrana, b Jorge Carrión.

Direcció: Anna Giralt Gris
Guió: Jorge Carrión and Anna Giralt Gris
Producció: Jorge Caballero
Breu sinopsi: The year 2100. An enigmatic voice reveals the connection between humanity and technology in the Amazon, where AI has created the 21st-century museum and hybrids with algorithmic consciousness redefine the human essence.

#, a generative video experiment created by Jorge Caballero and Anna Giralt Gris, reflects on the patterns and automations derived from this same creative tension.

Activity curated by Koniclab / ECOSS

With the participation of Anna Giralt Gris i Jorge Caballero / Artefacto


Artefacto

Artefacto is a centre for research, production and innovation in film and technology promoted by Jorge Caballero and Anna Giralt Gris. Its mission is to promote the critical and creative use of technology, with a focus on film, artificial intelligence and computational methods. Through an experimental and interdisciplinary approach, they generate new methodologies for filmmaking and create synergies between the academic, artistic and professional sectors to produce films from this approach. They have a long track record in film production and have premiered at the most important festivals worldwide, such as IFFR, SXSW, IDFA, Hot Docs and CPH:DOX, among others, and have created alliances with leading universities such as the UPF, UAB, UPC and BAU.

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Anna Giralt Gris

Anna Giralt Gris is a filmmaker, producer and researcher specialising in artificial intelligence and film. Co-founder and executive director of Artefacto, she leads projects that combine technological innovation and audiovisual narratives. Her work has been selected for festivals such as IFFR, SXSW and CPH:DOX, among others. She co-directs the postgraduate programme Cinema, Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence at the UAB and is an aggregate professor at the UPF. Artefacto has been researching the impact of AI on cinema since 2017 and has presented its research at events such as Cannes, Sheffield and the Goethe-Institut. Its approach combines creation, pedagogy and technology from a critical and experimental perspective.

Jorge Caballero

Jorge Caballero holds a PhD cum laude from the UPF and researches on cinema and artificial intelligence. He co-directs the postgraduate programme in Cinema, Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence at the UAB. As co-founder of GusanoFilms and Artefacto, his films have participated and won awards at festivals such as Rotterdam, SXSW, IDFA, Hot Docs, Doc NYC, the Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara, Mar del Plata, BAFICI, Visions Du Réel and the Festival de Málaga. He has twice won Colombia's National Documentary Award. His productions have been broadcast on ARTE, Discovery Channel, TV3, YLE or RTS and have received the support of various film institutions such as the Sundance Institute or the Tribeca Film Institute. He has developed programmes such as OpenDocs and ArtefactoLabs, collaborating with start-ups such as Runway and Hailuo to integrate methodologies for using AI in film production. His research includes virtual reality projects with the UN and studies on the behavioural impact of cinema. He is currently a member of the selection committee of the IDFA Bertha Fund. He is co-author of the book La imaginación artificial. La imagen después de la imagen.