Minor [Art]ificial Intelligence

The Artistic Taste of Artificial Intelligence
Offered by Technology Driven Art (Faculty of Arts, Zuyd University)

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This hands-on elective explores the artistic use and implications of Artificial Intelligence through the lens of artistic research. Designed and guided by Casper Wortmann and Peter Missotten, in collaboration with iArts and What Art Knows, the minor invites participants to investigate how AI can be used as both a medium and a collaborator in artistic practice.

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Using an approach grounded in intermediality and the principle of “thinking-through-making,” students engage in experimental, practice-based research. The minor creates a dynamic environment where students from various artistic and scientific disciplines collaborate on digital projects, guided by workshops, artist talks, guest lectures, and collective inquiry.

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The course challenges participants to creatively engage with unfamiliar technologies and develop a critical, intuitive, or subversive artistic voice in relation to AI. It is particularly suited for students willing to navigate new and sometimes uncomfortable territories in their creative process.

This minor is part of the research framework of Technology Driven Art, an artistic research group investigating the impact of technology on the arts across disciplines. In 2024, the course received an average rating of 9/10 from participating students.

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Course Leaders:

• Casper Wortmann – Performance artist and AI specialist (MSc, University of Amsterdam), known for work with clients such as Dries Verhoeven and Nike.

• Peter Missotten – Intermedial artist and head of the research group technologydrivenart.com.