After the Machine: How to Imagine in the Age of AI
About this Event
As generative AI reshapes the cultural landscape, artists are confronting new questions around authorship, originality, labour, and refusal. In a world flooded with synthetic imagery, automated aesthetics, and algorithmically generated content, what does it mean to create something truly human and who actually cares?
Bringing together artists and thinkers, the panel will explore the emotional, ethical, and political implications of AI generated culture. Beyond questions of efficiency or innovation, we'll ask what happens when imitation becomes infinite. Does authorship still matter? Can cultural labour survive in an economy increasingly driven by automation? And what stands to be lost as we enter this new era?
Moderator: Contra
Speaker 1: Caedance Weapon
Speaker 2: Pseudo Antigone
Speaker 3: Jarett Sitter
Speaker 4: Kelly Sutherland
BUMP Festival is taking place from August 3rd to August 17th 2026. Get the full conference schedule and information on our website: https://yycbump.ca/festival/conference/
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