Keen Maribyrnong artists or those interested in the intersection between the natural world, art and artificial intelligence are encouraged to take part in the Machine Imagining arts project.
During the workshops, artist Kate Geck invites participants to draw creatures from the local area, such as plants, animals and insects or bring in natural objects to be photographed.
The drawings and photos created will then be used to produce a community database of observations of the natural world around Maribyrnong, which will then be used to train machine learning models to generate new machine creations depicting the Maribyrnong area.
The machine imaginings will be arranged through collage into large hanging textiles, and will finally be finished with hand embroidery.
Star Weekly photographer Joe Mastroianni visited one of the workshops on Tuesday, February 14 to capture some of the creations.
Future workshops will be held on Saturday, February 18, Tuesday, February 21 and Saturday, February 25 from 10.30am to 12.30pm.
Details: www.maribyrnong.vic.gov.au/Events/Machine-Imagining-Workshops-January-February-2023
