Posthuman Art, Creativity, and Play in the Age of Artificial Intelligence 

http://beyondhumanism.org/

Creativity and play are philosophical and cultural categories that go beyond mere activity. They are spaces for experimentation, relationality, and transformation. Art is a dynamic mode of engagement that embodies the tensions between freedom and constraint, spontaneity and system. It is rooted in structures of rules and improvisation. In the era of algorithms, the philosophy of play demands reconsideration, particularly in its intersection with post-, trans, and metahuman creativity. This interplay demands our reflection on the evolving relationships between human and non-human agencies, the aesthetics of co-creation, and the ethics of imaginative practice.

The papers should address the general theme of the conference. Possible topics may include, but are not limited to :

• Refining posthuman discourses : Critical, Cultural, Existential, European, Philosophical, Radical, and Speculative Posthumanism.
• Refining transhuman discourses : Classic, silicon-based, carbon-based Transhumanism, and Euro-Transhumanism.
•  Post-, trans-, and metahuman foundations of play.
•  Generative algorithms and post-, trans-, and metahuman methodologies.
•  Ethics and creative agency.
•  Critical Posthumanist and Transhumanist Ethics of Play and Experimentation.
•  Gaming Ethics and Posthuman Agency.
•  Politics of play : technology, autonomy, and control.
•  Redefining identity and agency through play.
•  Virtual and augmented realities : new dimensions of play and identity.
•  Games as Art and Activism.
•  Human and non-human creative collaboration.
•  Generative AI systems as artistic tools.
•  Technological singularity and creativity.
•  Performative arts and generative AI.
•  Non-human aesthetics.
•  Literary depictions of creative automata.
•  Existing and Developing Art Forms and Politics.
•  Emotions and algorithms in political and social contexts.

Abstracts will be reviewed upon receipt.

Deadline for submission : February 28, 2025.

Final notifications will be issued by March 31, 2025.

Deadline for early bird registration : April 30, 2025.

 

International Scientific Committee

Prof. Arnaud Regnauld, University of Paris 8, France

Prof. Evi Sampanikou, University of the Aegean, Greece

Prof. Sangkyu Shin, Ewha Womans University, South Korea

Prof. Stefan Lorenz Sorgner, John Cabot University, Rome, Italy

Jan Stasieńko., AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, Poland

 

Local organization and scientific committee – University of Paris 8

 Arnaud Regnauld TransCrit 

 Gwen Le Cor

 Georges Gagnéré AIAC-InReV 

 Cédric Plessiet

 Rémi Sohier

 Tania Ruiz AIAC-Teamed 

 Alexandra Saemmer CEMTI 

 Pierre Cassou-Noguès LLCP 

 Anne Alombert

 Everardo Reyes - Paragraphe 

More info and submission guidelines :

http://beyondhumanism.org/