Images are today one of the main spaces in which the transformations of contemporary culture take place. They no longer simply represent the world, but actively contribute to the construction of imaginaries, narratives and forms of shared experience.
In this context, students from RUFA’s Multimedia Design and Creative AI course present a series of video essays exploring some of the central tensions surrounding the contemporary image, moving between body, aesthetics, sexuality and automation: Rachele Cominella reflects on the speed and automation imposed by the proliferation of images; Angela D’Onghia explores the relationship between sexuality, desire and technology; Cor Langerak examines the relationship between the documentation of a process and the data that feed a machine; Simona Vacca investigates self-perception and the beauty standards that shape it; and Marta Zorzan addresses the theme of consent and its forms of representation.
Through their works, the authors question a visual landscape increasingly shaped by algorithms and artificial intelligence systems, in which images become spaces of encounter, and often of conflict, between the human gaze and automation; spaces for critical reflection in which the social, cultural and political dynamics of our time are reflected and which, at the same time, contribute to shaping them, continuously redefining the boundaries between reality, representation, simulation and imagination.
The screenings will be accompanied by a talk exploring these themes in greater depth, taking place on Saturday, 24 October at 8:30 pm.
