Artists and Technology Discussion
Title: Artists and Technology Discussion
Date: 15th April 2026
Group: CAS London
James Bloom and Alex May join moderator Bronac Ferran at BCS Moorgate to discuss artistic agency and automated creativity. Bloom tests machine learning systems through failure, while May develops algorithms investigating memory and time. Their contrasting practices raise questions about progress, control, commercial tools and artists’ relationships with technological systems.
Artists and Technology Discussion
James Bloom and Alex May discuss artistic agency, progress and automated creativity at BCS Moorgate, moderated by Bronac Ferran. Bloom pushes machine learning systems towards failure, while May writes his own algorithms to explore memory and time. Their contrasting approaches question control, commercial tools and the artist’s relationship with technology.
https://www.computer-arts-society.com/events/james-bloom-alex-may-2026.html