Rediscovering and reconstructing the art of Harold Cohen

Explore the work of Harold Cohen and the origins of digital art

Talk
  • Saturday, 9 March 2024 at V&A South Kensington
  • V&A South Kensington
  • Past event
+44 (0)20 7942 2000

  • V&A South Kensington

    Cromwell Road
    London, SW7 2RL

  • Hochhauser Auditorium, Learning Centre Arts Education, Level 1

  • Free event

Past Event
Rediscovering and reconstructing the art of Harold Cohen photo

Harold Cohen was a painter, printmaker, designer of textiles and creator of AARON, the earliest artificial intelligence software for artmaking. Join Professor Paul Cohen, trustee of the Harold Cohen Trust, Mila Askarova, founder of Gazelli Art House and V&A digital art curator Melanie Lenz as they discuss Harold Cohen’s process of making images, explore some of the challenges of reconstructing digital art code and consider the posthumous production of artwork.

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