Exploring Digital Media and Creative Practices: An Interview with Bob Sweeny

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In today’s rapidly evolving world, digital media continues to reshape how we learn, teach, and create. To explore these intersections, I sat down with Robert (Bob) Sweeny, a professor of art education at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. With nearly two decades of experience, Bob is not only a leader in his field but also the founder of the Digital Visual Study Research Group. His latest book, Digital Visual Art Education: Making, Learning, and Teaching Through Digital Media, delves deep into the complexities of integrating digital media into art education.

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Exploring the Intersection of Technology and Art Education with Ryan Patton

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Ryan Patton is an associate professor and undergraduate program director of Art Education at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). With a career spanning over two decades, Ryan has become a leading voice in exploring the dynamic intersection of technology and art education. His research and teaching delve into the evolving role of digital media, human-computer interaction, and the ethical and educational implications of integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into the arts and education. In this interview, Ryan reflects on digital art education's past, present, and future, offering valuable insights into how technology shapes the way we learn and create.

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Book review: Audiovisual Disruption: Post-Digital Aesthetics in Contemporary Audiovisual Arts

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Audiovisual Disruption: Post-Digital Aesthetics in Contemporary Audiovisual Arts offers a compelling exploration of the post-digital, providing a solid theoretical and practical foundation for understanding this critical concept. By situating the post-digital not as a mere chronological marker after digitalisation but as an entangled condition where digital, analogue, and material practices coexist, the book establishes itself as an essential resource for scholars and practitioners alike.

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Not AI, but Abstract Statistic Systems

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Recently, I held a keynote on The Al Conundrum in Photographic Art-seminar, focusing on the general understanding and discussion around generative AI. The seminar explored the reasons and ways that artificial intelligence is being used by artists today and included interesting artist talks from Hilde Honerud, Tuomo Rainio, Mikaela Steby Stenfalk, Ida Kvetny and Diana Velasco.

Moreover, the Director of the Finnish Museum of Photography, Anna-Kaisa Rastenberger, gave a wonderful commentary on my keynote, and after the talks, there was a lively discussion from the panel consisting of Anna-Kaisa Rastenberger, artists and Donald Weber, Associate Professor at Aalto University. The seminar was organised by the Association of Photographic Artists (FI) in collaboration with three Nordic photography institutions, Centrum för fotografi (SE), Fotografisk center (DK), Preus Museum (NO), and Aalto University.

Below is a transcript of that talk.

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