Abstract
In the sphere of Sardinian figurative culture from the early twentieth century onward, weaving has represented a terrain of repeated encounters between art, design, traditional knowledge and practices, which has allowed artisanal production to be attributed a degree of aesthetic autonomy that makes them comparable to artistic creations tout court. The goal of the project was to stimulate the role of AI in rethinking one of the most typical and identifying aspects of Sardinian culture: weaving and pottery forging. In the imagery preserved in the forms and figures represented in traditional crafts, it is possible to discern a narrative of ancient Sardinian society and its evolution. Defining new forms and figures inspired by a nonlinear, data-driven narrative was the goal of the project; a narrative new in themes and forms, but grounded in those aspects of tradition still significant in the common Sardinian imagination. The goal was achieved by analyzing the relationship between cultural production, social evolution, new technologies and artificial intelligence applied to the design, realization and communication of the artistic/craft product. New techniques and technologies were developed and in part flowed into the definition of an audiovisual kinetic art installation based on the reinterpretation of traditional forms and figures by GAN networks; capable, the installation, of making these figurative elements dialogue with new technological paradigms - IoT, AI, 3D modeling- so as to reconsider the forms of craftsmanship in a semantic context linked to new media and new forms of communication, interaction (digital storytelling and gamification), content production.
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IOT, AI, MODELING, ART, DESIGN, TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE
