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Workshop: Conversations with Machines

“Conversations with Machines,” a series of 2 lectures, 4 fascinating hands-on workshops, and 1 public showcase with Vernelle A. A. Noel (Situated Computation + Design Lab, CMU ), Madeline Gannon (PhD-CD ‘17, ATONATON), Jake Marsico (MTID ‘14, Deeplocal), and Audrey Desjardins (University of Washington, Studio Tilt).

The event was curated by Daragh Byrne, Associate Teaching Professor at Carnegie Mellon Architecture and core faculty at CodeLab. Supported by the Computational Design Program, the 2023-2024 Sylvia and David Steiner Speaker Series at the Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry, and the CMU Open Source Programs Office.

The workshops explored the relationship between humans and machines, and considered how we might resolve these dynamic relationships through architectural space and practice.

Event schedule

Lecture: Vernelle A. A. Noel

(Situated Computation + Design Lab, Carnegie Mellon Architecture)

Friday February 2

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Tepper 1403. Part of the Human-Computer Interaction Institute Seminar Series

Lecture: “Breathing Life into Machines”

by Dr. Madeline Gannon (PhD-CD ‘17, ATONATON)

Friday February 2

5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

STUDIO for Creative Inquiry, College of Fine Arts Room 111

Four Hands-On Workshops:

Koriobots: Choreographing Cable Robots with Madeline Gannon

Light & Code with Jake Marsico (MTID ‘14, Deeplocal)

Tradigital Wire-Bending: Conversations Between Craft Practices and Machines with Vernelle A. A. Noel

Zine Making with Small Data with Audrey Desjardins (University of Washington, Studio Tilt)

Saturday February 3

11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Showcase: Conversations with Machines

Participants showcased their outputs by collaborating with instructors of the four workshops allowing time for interaction and discussion.

Sunday February 4,

11 a.m.–1 p.m.

College of Fine Arts Room 21

Feb. 10. 24.