VISAP - Reimagining Archives: AI, Performance, and Cultural Memory

Session chair:Weidi Zhang

Room:St. George

Time:Wednesday, Nov 11 @ 10:00 - 11:30 (US/Eastern)

The papers examine how AI, artistic performance, and computational methods transform archival material, cultural collections, text, and representation. They also raise questions about institutional power and visibility.

Presentations in this session

10:00 - 10:12

Playing the Archive: Audiovisual Latent Space Exploration with The Ocular Harpsichord 2.0

Authors: Johan Malmstedt

10:12 - 10:24

Peeling Cycle: Performative Visualization of Synthetic Datafication in Live AI Performance

Authors: Han Zhang , Anqi Liu , Mingyong Cheng

10:24 - 10:36

In Between Portraits: Institutional Archives and the Artist's Voice

Authors: Magdalena Navracruz, Thiago G. Hersan

10:36 - 10:48

Meta-Acervos: AI, Metadata, and the Politics of Visibility in Brazilian Museum Collections

Authors: Thiago G. Hersan, Giselle Beiguelman, Ana Gonçalves Magalhães

10:48 - 11:00

The Choreographic Genome: Amplifying the Silent Structure of Text into Dance

Authors: Michael Li, Alison Ding