Ben Stopher

Since 2008, CAN has defied big tech’s dominance, nurturing a global network of artists, designers, educators, hackers & makers—proving alternative networks not only exist, but flourish!

We just opened the submissions portal for the #CreativeAI Track at @NeurIPSConf 🥳 🤖 Submit papers and art until 2nd August Details: bit.ly/NeurIPSCreativ… cc @marcelocoelho @priyascape @alanyttian #NeurIPS2025

Want to learn how to build websites that everyone can use? 🌐 Click Start Peckham DAZ with @ual_cci, @UKBlackTech and @lb_southwark is live, and one of this round’s free pathways is Accessible Web Development. Applications close tomorrow 12th June: bit.ly/4eNYLgR

I recently gave a talk about my PhD research at @ual_cci after completing my PhD at @goldcomputing in March. You can watch the full talk here: youtube.com/watch?v=mee3py…

Explore the future of creativity + code! Ahead of our Summer Festival next month, join us at the Creative Computing Collective Showcase by our 2025 Diploma class 🧠 Art, AI, design + tech collide 📅 5-11pm, 28 May 2025 📍Fleet House, EC4V 6AL 🎟️ eventbrite.com/e/creative-com…

Myself and a couple of my @ual_cci colleagues were profiled in a recent feature in @techreview by @strwbilly on the ways artists are finding new ways of using AI in artistic practice by treating it as an artistic material: technologyreview.com/2025/04/10/111…

The big switch on: Norwich University of the Arts powers up with solar energy. 265 new solar panels will be switched on across Norwich's Guntons and St Andrews buildings. norwichuni.ac.uk/news/the-big-s…

Back to organising #CreativeAI at @NeurIPSConf this year 🤖🎨 We just launched our open call for papers and art on the theme of humanity until 2nd August Details: bit.ly/NeurIPSCreativ… Organising with @marcelocoelho @priyascape @alanyttian #Neurips2025

new project alert 🚨 🚨

Norwich University of the Arts presents ten student experiments exploring paludiculture ⁦@NorwichUniArts⁩ dezeen.com/2025/03/28/nor…

made this course a couple years back on designing a feminist chatbot with @ual_cci @feministintrnet @FutureLearn 6k people have enrolled... nice.. made this before the days of LLMs futurelearn.com/courses/design…

The #TEI2025 studios explored ideation, sensoaesthetic and full-body textile interfaces, somaesthetic exploration, tangible LLMs, soft living artefacts, feminist and queer pleasure, shape change with keyboards, decentralized tangibles, digital papyrus, waste and inflatables.

Join us in the next BRAID x IDI Online Seminar, where Ananda Rutherford from @UAL's Decolonising Arts Institute will share the topic of 'Do "Words Matter" in Machine Learning?'. 📅 Thurs 13 Mar 2025 ⏰ 4 – 5pm 📍 Online via Zoom only 🎟 edin.ac/4i4FnPc

New research from the @CCCatMIT, in collaboration with @mitPRG and the Human Dynamics research group, demonstrates a novel approach to using AI tools to transform complex legal concepts into engaging stories. media.mit.edu/projects/legal…

Call for papers: Towards sustainable digital futures, a two-day symposium 📅14–15 May 2025, University of Sheffield, UK 🔗Find out more: digitalgood.net/call-for-paper… Apply by 17 Feb 🌳Hosted by the Imagining Sustainable Digital Futures project led by Minna Vigren @hmtk #digitalgood

Tinu already had some good technical skills, but wanted to find ways of being more creative in her technical practice. This led her to join the @ual_cci @UAL @UKBlackTech Click Start programme, where she gained the skills & perspectives needed to help her stand out to employers.

The final version of our book 'Artificial Aesthetics: Generative AI, Art and Visual Media' is now available as a free PDF download #GenerativeAI #DigitalCulture #Aesthetics #AIArt manovich.net/index.php/proj…

Neurocognitive Research Specialist Technician at UAL Creative Computing Institute / @ual_cci / London, UK #Jobs creativeapplications.net/jobs/neurocogn…

It took me a while but I finally finished to recode the 300 programs of Jean-Paul Delahaye’s book "Nouveaux dessins géométriques et artistiques" with p5js. The book was published in 1985 and features classic generative algorithms. — Link below ↓

If you're bored in the holidays, now could be a good time to prepare your submission to my AI art gallery at @CVPR 😁 More details here: bit.ly/CVPRAIArt25 For inspiration, the 2024 gallery: thecvf-art.com #creativeAI #AIart #CVPR2025