Join us at the Bayes Centre for a dynamic panel discussion featuring Tipping Point artists Wesley Goatley, Rachel Maclean, and Kiki Shervington-White, followed by the opening reception of Tipping Point and Authtenticity Unmasked the two new art and AI exhibitions at Inspace and Informatics Forum fearutred as part of the 2025 Edinburgh Art Festival and Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
ARTIST PANEL
Join us at the Bayes Centre for a dynamic panel discussion featuring Tipping Point artists Wesley Goatley, Rachel Maclean, and Kiki Shervington-White, Studio Above&Below. Collectively, their works delve into the intersections of historical technological advances and contemporary AI developments, employing critical and speculative design, installation, interactive art, community engagement, and filmmaking. These artworks are not only designed to inspire us creatively but also to challenge us politically. How can art best serve as a powerful tool for empowering our creativity while critically exploring and advocating for more responsible, sustainable, and ethical futures in technology?
Date: Fri 8 Aug 2025
Time: 15:00 – 16:30 | Free/Ticketed
Location: Bayes Centre, 47 Potterrow, Edinburgh EH8 9BT
EXHIBITION OPENING
Join us at Inspace and Informatics Forum, to meet the artists behind the work and for the opening reception of Tipping Point: Artist Responses to AI, and Authenticity Unmasked: Unveiling AI-Driven Realities Through Art, celebrating and presenting two captivating exhibitions featuring ten new art commissions from the Bridging Responsible AI Divides (BRAID) art commission programme and BRAID funded project Cultivating Responsible Engagement with AI Technology to Empower Creatives (CREA-TEC), for the 2025 Edinburgh Art Festival and Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
This evening reception features artworks by artists Louise Ashcroft, Julie Freeman, Wesley Goatley, Identity 2.0, Rachel Maclean, Kiki Shervington-White, Studio Above & Below at Inspace and artworks by Georgia Gardner, Kinnari Saraiya, dmstfctn at Informatics Forum.
Join this event to discover how artists are opening up new perspectives on AI, envisioning desired futures, and exploring the communities essential for shaping them.
Date: Fri 8 August 2025
Time: 18:00-20:30 | Free/Ticketed
Locations:
Inspace, 1 Crichton St, Newington, Edinburgh EH8 9AB
G.07 Informatics Forum, at University of Edinburgh
About BRAID
BRAID (Bridging Responsible AI Divides) is a 6-year national research programme funded by the UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council, led by The University of Edinburgh in partnership with the Ada Lovelace Institute and the BBC. It is co-directed by Shannon Vallor and Ewa Luger, working alongside a team of co-investigators representing the breadth of the Arts and Humanities.
About CREA-TEC
CREA-TEC (“Cultivating Responsible Engagement with AI Technology to Empower Creatives”), a research project at the University of Edinburgh conducted in collaboration with Adobe and the Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI), co-founded by Adobe in 2019 to enhance transparency and access to the provenance history of digital media. The outcome of the commission and exhibit will be twofold: 1) informing old and creating new approaches for digital transparency and 2) increasing the audience’s awareness around content provenance and authenticity—and AI in general.
CREA-TEC is supported by the Bridging Responsible AI Divides (BRAID) programme with funds received from the Arts and Humanities Research Council.