Mr Gaston Welisch
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An interdisciplinary artist, designer, and researcher, Gaston Welisch explores the intersections of play, AI, and daily life, aiming to demystify technology through creative practices. He combines graphic design, interaction design, and photography to craft accessible narratives on complex technological and societal concepts. Gaston's past self-directed works, "Botter" and "OMEN.os", employed AI to probe into digital culture, examining concepts of truth, belief, and trust in relation to artificially intelligent agents. These interactive works aim to challenge in engaging ways.
His current PhD work, "AI Oracles and Creative Practices: Demystifying the Black Box through the Analogical Framework of Divination and Magic", aims to critically assess AI's ethical and social impacts by drawing systematic parallels between AI, magic & divination. Gaston's practice is characterised by a playful and practical engagement with technologies, not as instrumental artefacts but as agents in a critical examination of societal issues.