Film is entering its third age. Following the analog and digital eras, we now find ourselves in the generative age. With a touch of irony, we can call this AI-supported medium "Cinema.3." What film captures now is no longer the reality in front of the camera, nor solely the vision imagined by a filmmaker or storyteller; instead, it is a virtual reality that ultimately exists in the mind of an algorithm. On the screen, we no longer see a reflection of the actual world, nor a world apart; rather, we encounter a set of possibilities that challenge our own ideas of the world.
What are the implications of this multi-layered shift, which touches on industrial, psychological, aesthetic, and epistemological perspectives? By bringing together award-winning and multidisciplinary experts, this round table aims to discuss the complex changes that artificial intelligence is inducing in the ways film as visual art is produced, exhibited, and represented.
Speakers:
- Giaime Alonge, Full Professor in Film, Photography, and Television, University of Turin
- Giulia Carluccio, Deputy Rector, University of Turin
- Francesco Casetti, Sterling Professor of Humanities and Film and Media, Yale University
- Simone Natale, Associate Professor in Media Theory and History, Department of Humanities, University of Turin
- Gabriella Taddeo, Dean of the Scienze della Comunicazione Program, University of Turin
- Moderator: Habib Zargarpour, VFX Supervisor, AI expert for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences