Creative Technologies Fellowship
A unique development and commission opportunity for an artist who is looking to explore the ways in which computational systems can be used as part of a critical practice exploring social or environmental questions.
The Creative Technologies Fellowship, in partnership with UAL Creative Computing Institute (CCI), offers a unique development and commission opportunity for artists looking to explore the ways in which computational systems can be used as part of a critical practice exploring social or environmental questions. Over the Fellowship period, across both sites and running in parallel with the academic year, fellowship artists receive practical and technological support to develop new work, which is presented within the Somerset House Studios Programme. The opportunity includes access to workspace, labs, technical expertise, and academic support to facilitate practice-led research, along with curatorial advice, producer support and studio facilities. Artists were invited to demonstrate an interest in one or more of the creative computing research areas outlined below, highlighting how this opportunity might benefit their practice, and propose a project they would like to develop throughout the Fellowship, with relevant and achievable aims using the chosen technology.
What does this fellowship include?
- £7,500 artist fee, £7,500 production budget.
- Shared studio at Somerset House and access to workspace and labs at UAL: University of the Arts London.
- Research mentorship and academic expertise from CCI: Creative ML / Robotics, XR, Philosophy of Technology, Critical Design & technical support, including access to Slack / UAL channels.
- Curatorial support for the development of the new commission at Somerset House.
- Access to project space (including rehearsal space and recording studio) and year-round artist development and social programmes at Somerset House Studios.
- Participation in public outcomes at UAL Creative Computing Institute (CCI), which could include a symposium, public lecture, workshops, etc.
Main Areas of Creative Computing Research
- Creativity, Machine Learning and AI: This platform explores how a foundational technology of the 21st century can be used in creative ways and examines how people will act with such technologies in deploying their personal and collective creativity.
- Human Computer Interaction: This platform explores how we behave with emerging technologies and what they will mean for products, services and culture.
- Platforms, Big Data and Digital Citizenship: This platform explores how the huge amount of data aggregated to the key platforms of our time can be understood, explored and contribute to a public discourse of a globalised and networked society and associated equalities dynamics.