Discover first #insights from the #Futures of #Museums and #Art #Institutions workshop, from the perspective of one of its facilitators Bartosz Frąckowiak. Dive into the future of cultural spaces and explore how they’re evolving. #culture #art #museum
Futures Researcher and Strategic Foresight Consultant at 4CF The Futures Literacy Company | Founder at the Biennale Warszawa Foundation | Art & Tech & Society Curator | Trainer | Gallup Certified Strengths Coach
🟢 Risk of artistic decision-making being monopolized by a single #AI system without effective human oversight mechanisms. 🟢 Loss of human unpredictability and spontaneity in artistic processes in favor of algorithmic predictability. 🟢 Decline of traditional forms of expertise and specialized knowledge in a tokenized democracy system applied to the culture and art sector. 🟢 The necessity to redefine the concept of art and artistic value in the context of interspecies creativity. 🟢 The need for complete transformation of the curator's role and development of new competencies combining knowledge from various fields in the reality of a "symbiotic museum". 🟢 Decision-making paralysis in collective management resulting from difficulties in reaching consensus. 🟢 The problem of (im)balance between artistic independence and the expectations of specific social groups. 🟢 Loss of direct contact with physical artworks and the problem of experience authenticity. 🟢 High environmental costs of maintaining digital infrastructure for art institutions and museums. These are 9 challenges from a list of several dozen that participants of "The #Futures of #Museums and #Art #Institutions" workshop identified in relation to four future scenarios created for this sector: ⚡ Adaptive Art Ecosystems Traditional cultural institutions are replaced by a system based on a common resource pool managed by artificial intelligence, where programs and "brands" are assigned through random selection to individuals who possess an adequate number of trust tokens. The system fully automates administrative and management functions, leaving humans only with creative and programmatic aspects, which aims to eliminate political influences and ensure neutrality in decision-making. ⚡ Symbiotic Museums Museums evolve into living ecosystems where humans, artificial intelligence, and non-human entities (animals and plants) coexist and co-manage. Thanks to advanced interspecies communication technology, institutions become experimental spaces where art, science, and nature create new forms of symbiosis and artistic experience. ⚡ Totemic Democracy and Neutrality The cultural institution system divides into two parallel streams: official public institutions cultivating neutrality and safety, and independent identity museums serving specific social groups. This dualism, resulting from post-war trauma, leads to radical social fragmentation, where each group creates its own, hermetic cultural spaces. ⚡ Digital Abundance Physical museums become exclusive spaces for private art experience, while main access to collections occurs through advanced VR/AR technologies. The system, financed by advertising and corporate sponsorship, leads to deep commercialization of artistic experience, creating new forms of economic exclusion. More in the comment.
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