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As part of our current exhibition, 'The Call', we explored frameworks for collective data governance.   We called this the Choral AI Data Trust Experiment.   The experiment raised questions about the future use of the data that was used to train the AI models that feature in the exhibition. For example: could this dataset and the models trained on it be available to others?   Today, the Choral AI Data Trust Experiment will feature at the Project Liberty Summit on the Future of the Internet, which looks to align new legal, technical and economic codes for the new digital era. Our R&D partner, Matt Prewitt, President of RadicalxChange Foundation, will be sharing insights from the project on innovative approaches to collective data ownership and governance!     Learn more about the Choral AI Data Trust Experiment: https://lnkd.in/dsMMmkGN   Learn more about the Project Liberty Summit: https://lnkd.in/dHhkKvDb

Lauren Halsey transforms Serpentine South into an immersive ‘Funk garden’. Watch the full film on YouTube: https://lnkd.in/ewUB_E72 ‘emajendat’, Halsey’s first exhibition in the UK, is on view through 2 March 2025. Directed by Barrington Darius. Filmed and edited by Mackai Sharp.

Looking for meaningful infrastructural transformation in art and advanced technology ecosystems? Join us at 5pm (London/UTC) today for our quarterly Future Art Ecosystems community call. We’ll share about the process of developing Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst's 'The Call' and the insights gleaned from conducting the data trust experiment. Send us an email at fae@serpentinegalleries.org and we'll reply with the link to join the Zoom!

Join us as we reflect on the practice of developing AI models for our current exhibition 'The Call' by artists Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst. This event will present and introduce the data trust experiment run with the choirs. In discussion with Serpentine’s curators, the artists, and the data intermediary, we will explore how the making of the exhibition, including the data trust experiment, envisioned protocols and materials for the creation of AI models differently. We worked in partnership with the Centre for Data Futures, King’s College London, RadicalxChange, AWO and Keystone Law to lead an experiment to develop legal and governance framework for the stewardship of a choral dataset, on which the AI models developed for 'The Call' have been trained. Panel Speakers: Jennifer Ding, Senior Researcher, Alan Turing Institute Mat Dryhurst, Artist (online participant) Victoria Ivanova, R&D Strategic Lead, Serpentine Arts Technologies Eva Jäger, Arts Technologies Curator, Serpentine Aidan Peppin, Policy & Responsible AI Lead, Cohere for AI Research Lab Mercedes Bunz, Professor in Digital Culture and Society, King’s College London (Chair) Hosted by Science Gallery London at King’s College London, with support from BRAID, an AHRC-funded program fostering collaboration in Responsible AI. Learn more or register: https://lnkd.in/eWsvrJ5Q

'emajendat' by Lauren Halsey is now open 💿 https://lnkd.in/eci-YVGm This exhibition transforms the gallery into an immersive 'Funk garden', at the heart of which is a walk-in version of her signature vignettes. The CD clad walls and floor create a prismatic effect, while scaled-up figurines share space with Funkmounds and a live water fountain. "A lot of the inspiration for my mindset has to do with claiming for myself an imaginative headspace I embodied via P-Funk as a pre-teen. I became a hardcore 'Funkateer' as a teenager and by adulthood I was dreaming up future possibilities that revolved around community building, equity, love, neighbourhood pride - all things Funk. That is the texture of who I am." — Lauren Halsey 🎟️ Free entry 📍 Serpentine South 📆 11 October 2024 – 2 March 2025 #emajendat #LaurenHalsey - ‘emajendat’ is made possible by Christian Dior Couture, with major support from Gagosian, Luma Foundation, Pamela and Jarl Mohn and Northern Trust. Images: ‘emajendat’, Lauren Halsey, Serpentine, 2024. Photos: Hugo Glendinning.

#EstherMahlangu's new mural is now on view at Serpentine North Garden! Painted over sixteen wooden panels, ‘Umuntu ngumuntu ngabant’ depicts Ndebele shapes and patterns outlined with a black borders. The title of the work translates directly from Ndebele as ‘I am because you are’, emphasising the importance of communities and unity among humans and other living species. See the work in person at Serpentine North Garden until 28 Sep 2025. Image: Esther Mahlangu, 'Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu', 2024. Courtesy of The Melrose Gallery. Photo: George Darrell

‘The Call’ by #HollyHerndon and #MatDryhurst opens today! https://lnkd.in/eNaRcmEW Taking inspiration from one of our oldest coordination technologies, choral singing, this exhibition explores what new rituals we might want to nurture for the age of AI. “If all media is training data, including art,” says Herndon, “let’s turn the production of training data into art instead.” The artists have created an interactive installation that guides visitors through the AI training process, focusing on three core element of AI: compute (computational power), data and model. Visitors can listen to whirring GPU fans play hymns, sing using a choral AI model and look at artefacts adorned with narrative imagery. 🎟️ Free entry 📍 Serpentine North 📆 4 October 2024 – 2 February 2025 - Exhibition made possible by 1OF1, with major support from LUMA Foundation, Nicoletta Fiorucci Foundation, Rosenkranz Foundation and Fellowship.xyz. Special thanks to Pictet Group and d&b audiotechnik. Images: The Call, Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst with sub, Serpentine, 2024. Photos: Leon Chew #TheCall

"We need to bring art, science and technology together."   Over the past two years, we've worked with the Tezos Foundation to develop projects on the Tezos blockchain at the intersection of these subjects, including Gabriel Massan's video game 'Third World: The Bottom Dimension' and Judy Chicago's exhibition 'Revelations'. Hear more from Artistic Director Hans Ulrich Obrist who discusses these projects and artists who minted their work on Tezos Blockchain. 

We are delighted to have collaborated on the 23rd Serpentine Pavilion, serving as Technical Advisor for the eleventh year and our third year as Project Manager. In this brief time-lapse, watch how this innovative pavilion came to life. We worked closely with Mass Studies, contractor Stage One Creative Services Ltd and technical advisor David Glover to realize this project in close to 24 weeks. Titled ‘Archipelagic Void’, this latest installment was designed by Seoul-based Korean architect Minsuk Cho and his firm Mass Studies.   Archipelagic Void consists of a void at the center of five distinct ‘islands’, the layout referencing the madang – an open courtyard found in traditional Korean houses. Each of the five surrounding structures is unique in terms of size, shape, name and purpose, providing a dedicated platform for Serpentine’s live program for the public to enjoy.   #SerpentinePavilion #MinsukCho #Architecture

This October, the LA-based artist #LaurenHalsey will transform Serpentine North through an immersive installation. https://lnkd.in/eci-YVGm For the past decade, Halsey has developed a distinctive visual vocabulary deeply rooted in the South Central neighbourhood of Los Angeles where she and her family have lived for generations. Reflecting on the way in which South Central's improvisational backyard culture thrives despite a lack of green spaces in the city, this exhibition, titled 'emajendat', offers an extension of the park into the galleries. Visitors can move through sand dunes and enter a life-size vignette. Expect vibrant works that traverse time, cultures and references - floors will shine with the mirrored side of CDs, bespoke wallpaper will provide a backdrop and there will also be a live water feature. 🎟️ Free entry 📍 Serpentine South 📆 11 October 2024 – 2 March 2025