The New Real 2023 AI Art Commission : Uncanny Machines

The New Real announces a new AI Art commissioning opportunity.
Deadline: 23 January 2023


December 19, 2022
The New Real announced a funded opportunity for an established creative practitioner (or practitioners) to work with The New Real's cross-disciplinary team, AI tools and textual data to develop a new AI Art work for presentation with a festival/venue/presentation partner in 2023, that probes the uncanny interplay of humans and machines, and illuminates the social implications of recent developments in AI.

The commission will take place across 2023 beginning in February, with work in progress at events in March and May, and culminating in the launch of the work produced in Edinburgh in Summer/Autumn 2023.

The project will be presenting concepts and/or work in progress at events in March (Stage 1) and May (Stage 2), and culminating in the launch of the work produced in Edinburgh in Summer/Autumn 2023. 

What they offer:

Total value GBP 20,000: 5 x GBP 1,000 development awards, 1 x GBP 15,000 full commission.

The commission is open to artists/groups based in UK/Europe or no more than a short haul flight or equivalent land transit distance to Edinburgh - group applications including applicants outside this travel zone are welcome as long as one member of the group is within this zone and able to travel to participate in dissemination events.

The Deadline for the application is 5pm, 23rd January 2023

They also offer an Artists' Information Session on 4pm, 11th January 2023.


Find more information here