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SUMMARY:Erotic Poetry & Artist Reception for Eros & Psyche Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Three Comox Valley Poets bring their erotic poetic selves to celebrate the opening of the “Eros & Psyche” exhibition at Artful : The Gallery. The Artist Reception will begin with poetic performances by Liza Hughes\, Joanna Finch and Toni Dunne\, from 7-8pm. The evening will conclude with the artist reception for the exhibition featuring the artworks of Tessa Nunn\, Annette Nieukerk\, Joyce Ozier\, Tannis Hopkins\, Matthew Hildebrandt\, Nicky Evans\, Gary Dillon and Rosemary Burden.
URL:https://comoxvalleyarts.com/community-calendar-event/erotic-poetry-artist-reception-for-eros-psyche-exhibition/
LOCATION:Artful the Gallery\, 526 Cumberland Rd\, Courtenay\, BC\, V9N 2C7
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SUMMARY:All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace*
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, March 21st\, Courtenay printmaker Clive Powsey is having a one day pop-up exhibition of hand-drawn\, printed and tinted intaglio impressions at Artful : The Gallery on Cumberland Road in Courtenay. \nPowsey has used a ‘savage’ rigorous prompt to elicit critique and assessment of hundreds of his prints from the large language model\, ChatGPT. Only the highest scoring images will be included in the show\, the content of which was decided by AI. Also on hand will be the prompt\, an artist statement outlining the metrics of selection\, a curator’s statement generated by ChatGPT\, and samples of the critiques which are\, of course\, mindless probabilistic arrangements of words determined by the prompt and the training of the model on vast amounts of art historical and critical writing. \nThere will also be a folio of rejected images and sample critiques for comparison. The show’s name comes from the title of a 1967 poem by Richard Brautigan*. Beyond any questions that might exist regarding the art imagery\, the exhibition asks the question of visitors\, ‘How does human judgment and sensibility fare against that of machines?’ \nVisit the show and decide what you think.
URL:https://comoxvalleyarts.com/community-calendar-event/all-watched-over-by-machines-of-loving-grace/
LOCATION:Artful the Gallery\, 526 Cumberland Rd\, Courtenay\, BC\, V9N 2C7
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