Marco Roso

Critic

Marco Roso is a cofounder of DIS, a New York-based art collective dealing with a wide range of media and platforms, exploiting the methods of production, use and dissemination of content online. They first launched DIS Magazine in 2010 — publishing fashion editorials beside mixes and critical essays. Later, DIS launched a stock image databank (DISimages) made by artists and a store (DISown) for products and accessories developed with artists as well. In 2018, they replaced dismagazine.com with their new streaming edutainment platform, dis.art. Over time, DIS has enhanced and amplified the possibilities and capabilities of art and its role in the artistic, commercial, entertainment and public spheres—folding all into one.

Most recently DIS wrote, directed and produced Everything but the World, a 38-minute pilot episode for a TV series plotting new narratives for new histories. The pilot was nominated for the New:Visions award at CPH:DOX and has played in theaters in New York and Los Angeles.

From the beginning, DIS has also been involved with art projects beyond the context of the magazine and satellite platforms, such as exhibitions at MoMA and the New Museum in New York. In 2016, the artist collective curated the 9th Berlin Biennale, and most recently they co-curated the Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement 2021 at Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève with the Centre’s director Andrea Bellini. DIS has had exhibitions at MoMA and the New Museum (New York), de Young Museum (San Francisco), La Casa Encendia (Madrid), Kunsthal Charlottenborg (Copenhagen), Secession (Vienna) and Schinkel Pavillon (Berlin).

Courses

Spring 2024 Courses

CTC 2017-01 - AI WILL EAT ITSELF
Level Undergraduate
Unit Experimental and Foundation Studies
Subject Computation,Technology, and Culture
Period Spring 2024
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

CTC 2017-01

AI WILL EAT ITSELF

Level Undergraduate
Unit Experimental and Foundation Studies
Subject Computation,Technology, and Culture
Period Spring 2024
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2024-02-15 to 2024-05-24
Times: TH | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM Instructor(s): Marco Roso Location(s): Waterman Building, Room 33 Enrolled / Capacity: 15 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

This studio course does not ask, “Is this Art?” instead, it queries, “Is this Real?” AI Will Eat Itself will take you on a journey into the AI utopian versus AI doomer cyberwarfare bedlam, exploring the stakes, fears, and hopes of all sides.

We’ll explore AI-powered work from blue chip artists like Jon Rafman, Sondra Perry, and Trevor Paglen to low-brow (for lack of a better term) content creators like Demonflyingfox and Pinkydoll.

Through weekly assignments, students will delve into the capabilities of large language models and platforms like Midjourney, DALL·E and ChatGPT. They will develop their prompt writing skills all while becoming proficient in the workflow of these tools.

ELECTIVE