Interaction Design MA SUPSI — Syntethic bias

The exhibition SYNTHETIC BIAS is a collaborative work between the Master of Arts in Interaction Design at SUPSI University and Recontemporary in Turin. This exhibition aims to redefine photography in the age of automation, offering a dynamic exploration of contemporary visual culture. Featuring interactive and robotic installations, it delves into the possibilities of experiencing photography through innovative metadata, while also highlighting the distorted perspective of today’s artificial intelligence.

Master Principal SUPSI and Recontemporary are honored to invite you to visit the exhibition Synthetic Bias. The exhibition features interactive and robotic installations that look at the possibility of experimenting with photography through new types of metadata, highlighting the partial “gaze” of today’s artificial intelligence.

Tangible Algorithm – by Alice Mioni, Alessandro Plantera, Sophie Sprugasci – makes tangible the way algorithms and computer vision technology govern our daily access to images by “exposing” the mechanism behind the interpretation and classification of images through the repetitive actions of robots.

Echoes of Exclusion – by Cathrine Hansen, Hanna Kastrytsa, Amina Fatou-Cissé uses images to start the discussion. Prejudices, misrepresentations, stereotypes and discrimination propagated by artificial intelligence pose significant harms and challenges.

Program: Master in Interaction Design SUPSI
In collaboration with: Ricontemporaneo
Supported by: Torino Foto Festival 2024 on display
University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland SUPSI

Course: Interactive Installation Prototyping a.a. 23-24
Course leader: Leonardo Angelucci, unstated.co
Team: Dr. Serena Cangiano – project leader, Antonella Autuori – content supervision, Marco Lurati – technical supervision, Matteo Subet – teaching and exhibition assistant
Program leader: Prof. Dr. Massimo Botta
Visiting teachers: Yehwan Yen Song, Marco de Mutiis, Salvatore Vitale, Menno Liauw
Students: Raffaele Amietta – Amina Fatou Cissé – Matteo Dell’Agostino – Anna Freri – Vittorio Gennuso – Kristina Greco – Cathrine Wibholm Hansen – Hanna Kastrytsa – Ieva Kavaliauskaite – Alessia La Rocca – Ka Young Lee – Marco Luraschi – Giulia Martin – Alice Mioni – Claudia Neo – Vittorio Pace – Marta Piatti – Alessandro Plantera – Dajana Anja Devi Seefluth – Sophie Sprugasci – Davide Vitrano