FAMU Guest Talks: Rosemary Lee

Name: FAMU Guest Talks: Rosemary Lee
Start: 2025-10-22T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Smetanovo nábřeží 2, 11000 Prace, Czech Republic

Schedule

Wed, 22 Oct, 2025 at 05:00 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Smetanovo nábřeží 2, 11000 Prace, Czech Republic | Prague, PR

Algorithmic Processes in Image Production

In this talk, Rosemary Lee will present her investigations into the historical threads that converge in generative image production, centering on her recent book, Algorithm, Image Art (2024), as well as drawing on her artistic practice. Lee argues for approaching the recent hype around machine learning and artificial intelligence by grounding recent developments in relation to discourses and examples from the past that meaningfully inform our grasp of present issues concerning art and technology. This work expands on Lee’s PhD research on the adoption of machine learning in contemporary artistic practices and what it means for image studies (2020). Rosemary Lee will also frame her theoretical insights within the context of her practice-led approach, discussing how artistic explorations contribute to her methodology and giving an overview of several recent and ongoing projects including A Structural Plan for Imitation (2024–present) and Digital Dark Matter (2025–present).

Rosemary Lee (b. 1986, Providence, USA) is an artist and media studies researcher whose work considers how current developments in image production fit within larger narratives about art, knowledge, and technology. Informed by the perspective of media archaeology, she seeks to develop a better understanding of how current methods and ideas are influenced by those of the past. Specializing in the impact of artificial intelligence on visual culture, Lee completed her PhD at the IT University of Copenhagen in 2020 with a thesis entitled Machine Learning and Notions of the Image. Her recent book Algorithm, Image, Art expands on that research. Rosemary Lee teaches in the Multimedia program at the University of Porto Faculty of Engineering. She is currently a fellow at Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart.