Art and Media Research

Public Defence in Art & Media, MFA Jaana Okulov

MFA Jaana Okulov will defend her thesis: "Quantifying Qualia – Aesthetic Machine Attention in Resisting the Objectifying Tendency of Thought" on April 19th, 2024, at 12:00 in lecture hall 215 Meyer, Otakaari 4, in Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Department of Art and Media and online.

Zoom link: https://aalto.zoom.us/j/66001791721

Event webpage: https://www.aalto.fi/en/events/public-defence-in-contemporary-art-mfa-jaana-okulov

abstract image of green and dark textures

DEFENCE ANNOUNCEMENT

These images contain nothing. They might feel suffocating as the mind’s tendency to seek semantic meaning is so persistent. 

Language-based approaches currently drive the development of machine learning. The thesis recognizes this perspective on information as a worldview that constructs a categorical perception of incidents. The concept of aesthetic machine attention is introduced in the thesis as an ethical alternative to invite perceptual and interpretational variations from phenomena. 

When aesthetic attention takes place, where does one turn when ordinary meanings are lost? Is it a place of safety, comfort, uncertainty, or chaos? Is it a queer position, outside categories and the normal?

Thesis available for public display 10 days prior to the defence at: https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/doc_public/eonly/riiputus/

INFO & SCHEDULE

The title of the thesis: Quantifying Qualia – Aesthetic Machine Attention in Resisting the Objectifying Tendency of Thought
Doctoral student: Jaana Okulov
Opponent: Associate Professor Elizabeth Jochum, Aalborg University
Custos: Professor Anniina Suominen, Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Department of Art and Media
Time: Friday 19.4.2024, 12:00–14:00
Location: Lecture hall 215 Meyer, Otakaari 4 (Konetekniikka 1)
Zoom: https://aalto.zoom.us/j/66001791721

  • Published:
  • Updated:
Share
URL copied!

Show other posts from this blog

Schedule of activities and cover image of Antonio Lieto's book titled "Cognitive Design for Artificial Minds".
Published:

Cognitive Design for AI

Doctoral school on the topic of Cognitive Design for AI.
Pencil drawing of a chart
Published:

Public Defence in Art Education, MA Marja Nurminen

MA Marja Nurminen will defend her thesis: The teaching of drawing in higher arts education – articulating the practitioners’ orientations
Still image from performance, where a person is dropping liquid into someone's eye.
Published:

Public Defence in Art Education, MFA Einat Amir

Thesis: Synthesizing Art and Science: A Collaborative Approach to Understanding Intergroup Relations and Contributing to Social Change
Green book cover with round image of children playing with sand.
Published:

Public defence in New Media, MA Jaana Brinck

Doctoral Thesis: "Grounded Principles for Open Design Pedagogy: Design Perspectives on Early Years Pedagogy with Digital Technologies"