为何科技需要艺术家：40个国际视角

Tadeo Lopez-Sendon, Erik Lucero, Chao Tayiana Maina, VukosiMarivate, Marie McPartlin, Piotr Mirowski, Caterina Moruzzi, GregMothersdale, Oonagh Murphy, Padmini Ray Murray, HaythamNawar, Marie Lou Papazian, Pegor Papazian, Rida Qadri, JasiaReichardt, Freya Salway, Nicola Triscott, Gary Zhexi Zhang. Why technology needs artists:40 international perspectives DOI:https://doi.org/10.57884/Z34F-0732 Copyright © British Council 2025. Shared under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial4.0 International Licence (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). British Council Team:Angelica Burrill, Colette Bailey, EneniBambara-Abban, Briony Hanson, Ruchira Das, Hannah Andrews,Harriet Armstrong, Aurora Hawcroft, Ian Thomas, Isaac Allison,James Broadway, Joanne Jolley, Lisa Brook, Lucy Philippson, LingMao, Ruth McKenzie, Joel Mills, Yoonjoe Park, Paula Diaz, AlaaQattam, Roshni Rao, Sissi OlenkaHamann, Martha Woodsaanaoui,Manami Yuasa. Andrews, H., & Hawcroft, A. (eds.) (2025).Why technology needsartists: 40 international perspectives. British Council.https://doi.org/10.57884/Z34F-0732 Editorial Board:Aremu Anuolowapo, Monica Bello, KhaldounHijazin, Yasuaki Kakehi, José Carlos Mariátegui, Jahnavi Phalkey,Tonya Nelson, Clare Reddington, Kay Watson. Design:Daniela Rivillas Front and back cover images:Libby Heaney, Linda Dounia Rebeiz,Gary Zhexi Zhang and Iris Long’s work in collage by Daniela Rivillas. Contributors:Brian Afande, Harshit Agrawal, Laura Aguiar, NoraAl-Badri, Morehshin Allahyari, Rebecca Allen, Luis Álvarez-Gaumé,Xu Bing, Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, Mercedes Bunz, CATPC,Sougwen Chung, Paolo Cirio, Juan Cortés, Yinka Danmole, LASArt Foundation, Linda Dounia Rebeiz, Mat Dryhurst, YásnayaElena Aguilar Gil, Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, Sarah Ellis, TanveerHasan, Libby Heaney, Laura Herman, Holly Herndon, Eva Jäger,Murad Khan, Kimchi & Chips, Rob Laidlow, Anna Landre, Iris Long, Foreword Ruth MackenzieDirector of Arts, British Council In 1968, the Institute for Contemporary Arts opened Cybernetic Serendipity.Bringing together composers, artists, film makers, engineers, scientists, andacademics, the exhibition sparked a dialogue, spanning multiple continents,about the relationship between technology & the arts. It pushed at whatis possible when computation and creativity are combined and markedan important moment in a long history of the UK engaging in internationalexperimentation and creation with advanced technologies. It’s curator, Jasia Reichardt, has offered the opening to this collection;an archival description of lectures from 1976, discussing the close relationshipbetween scientific and technological advancement and artistic expression.Reichardt’s words, originally written on an Adler typewriter, still ring true today.They resonate through the 40 essays in this collection. In Berlin, Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst are piloting new ways to protect artists’ intellectualproperty; in Senegal, Linda Dounia Rebeiz is highlighting underrepresentationof West African biodiversity in AI datasets; in the UK, Libby Heaney creatingwith quantum computers; in India, Harshit Agrawal is retraining generativeAI on Kathakali and Theyyam dance rituals; and in China, Xu Bing is hostinginternational artist residencies in space. These imaginative leaps taken by artists are of immense value astechnology rapidly and radically transforms our world. They show, alongsidethe many other examples in this collection, that innovation led by artists,cultural organisations, and creative industries pushes technologies forward.Artist-led innovation also reorients technologies towards people, resistsbias, prioritises sustainability, creates public engagement, and decentralisesthe tools that are transforming our world. As the UK places increasing emphasis on technological advancement,ensuring this rich, culturally diverse source of innovation is invested in andinternationally connected has never been more vital. This paper marks a critical step in achieving this goal. It bringstogether global leaders from tech companies to artist-activists, to map thediversity of ways art invites innovation, international collaboration, and thedevelopment of more diverse and inclusive technologies. It builds on BritishCouncil work connecting international arts and technologies ecosystems,integrating technology in heritage preservation, and platforming UK creativeinnovation. For the British Council, an organisation that builds peace and prosperitythrough international collaboration, nurturing human-centric and hopefulfutures is of the utmost importance. We are therefore committed to supportinginnovation led by artists who dare to reimagine technologies, and theecosystem of cultural organisations and creative industries that supports them. 68Chapter 3:Resilience Contents Linda Dounia RebeizArt with machines to change machines Tadeo Lopez-Sendon and Yinka DanmoleFestivals as infrastructures for research and development Oonagh Murphy