The AI and Cultural Production Workshop is a two-part workshop series exploring the profound, transformative, and often contentious relationships between artificial intelligence and cultural production. Over recent years, AI has evolved far beyond its role as a mere technical tool, becoming a powerful and pervasive force shaping contemporary cultural practices. This shift challenges conventional notions of authorship, creativity, agency, and responsibility across a broad spectrum of artistic fields. These include AI-enabled literature, music, visual arts, narrative construction, translation, and collaborative creative processes, where human-machine interaction redefines the boundaries of artistic expression.

The workshop series is designed as an interdisciplinary convergence, fostering a dynamic platform where scholars, artists, technologists, and cultural practitioners from diverse backgrounds can engage in critical dialogue. It offers a unique opportunity to explore the implications, opportunities, and challenges posed by AI in cultural contexts, encouraging cross-pollination of ideas and perspectives between the academic and creative communities.

In this workshop, we are proud to feature four distinguished speakers, representing a spectrum of expertise—from leading scholars who critically analyze AI’s impact on culture to visionary artists who harness AI as a creative partner. Their presentations will offer diverse insights and inspire thoughtful discussions on how AI continues to reshape the landscape of cultural production in innovative and sometimes unexpected ways.

Talk #1

1:20 pm – 2:20 pm

“Computational Models of Cinematic Time in the Age of AI Video”

Speaker:

Prof. Daniel Chávez Heras

Associate Professor in Digital Culture and Creative Computing

Department of Digital Humanities

King's College London

Talk #2

2:20 pm - 3:20 pm

Cinema in the Kino-Field: Twenty-Fifth Hour as Practice-Led Research in AI–Virtual Production

Speaker:

Prof. Chul Heo

Professor in School of Culture and Creativity

Beijing Normal–Hong Kong Baptist University

Talk #3

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

“Beyond the Prompt: Ubiquitous Computing and AI Art”

Speaker:

Prof. Tristan Braud

Assistant Professor in Division of Integrative Systems and Design

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Free admission

Registration link: https://forms.gle/HUoWckyA6iWnEmHHA

Registration deadline: 3 June 2026 (Wednesday), 17:00

For more details, please visit: https://www.scm.cityu.edu.hk/events/ai-and-cultural-production-workshop-2