Synthography – AN INVITATION TO RECONSIDER THE RAPIDLY CHANGING TOOLKIT OF DIGITAL IMAGE CREATION AS A NEW GENRE BEYOND PHOTOGRAPHY

Description

With the comprehensive application of Artificial Intelligence into the creation and post production
of images, it seems questionable if the resulting visualisations can still be considered 'photographs' in a classical sense - drawing with light. Automation has been part of the popular strain of photography since its inception, but even the amateurs with only basic knowledge of the craft could understand themselves as author of their images. We state a legitimation crisis for the current usage of the term. This presentation is an invitation to consider Synthography as a term for a new genre for image production based on Al, observing the current occurrence and implementation in consumer cameras and post-production.

Period	6 Mar 2023
Held at	The University of Western Australia (UWA)
Degree of Recognition	International