Date & time
10 September 2025
18:00–19:00
Venue
IKEA Auditorium
© Alan Warburton
The Master Photography at ECAL welcomes British artist Alan Warburton for a lecture (in English) on his work with Computer-Generated Imagery and Artificial Intelligence. Warburton’s practice, bridging art, industry, and academia, critically examines and deconstructs cutting-edge technologies.
With a background in the visual effects and animation industry, his practice critically examines Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Extended Reality (XR) and Virtual Reality (VR), with a particular focus on commercial 3D software. Through acclaimed video essays such as “The Wizard of AI” and “Goodbye Uncanny Valley”, Warburton has built an international reputation as an artist deeply engaged in contemporary debates around media, film, and technology. His work has been exhibited worldwide in institutions such as The Photographers’ Gallery, Ars Electronica, Transmediale, Fotomuseum Winterthur and the Barbican, among others.
Soft Photography is a research project conducted by the Master Photography at ECAL with the support of the HES-SO. Under the direction of Milo Keller, it aims to shed light on the role of human emotions in the creation and reception of images produced using generative Artificial Intelligence or computer-generated imagery.