"Seeing the unseen" - The Real and the Surreal

Microplastics and their little siblings (nanoplastics) are introduced, their origins discussed, their global movement highlighted, and their toxicity touched upon before we ask how much is in your pint of beer and does it matter? The ‘MONPLAS’ European Commission funded project is then presented, and in doing so shows that by contributing to a global network of world-wide multi-disciplinary experts and shining a light on the plastic particles these questions can be answered.

No-one can quite decide what makes artwork good, one of the more common ways to describe artwork in modern times is how it makes you feel, something which is inherently human. Before we were able to talk, we were expressing our feelings and emotions, and whilst we probably no longer cry when we drop an ice cream, this continues throughout our life. This gives us the potential to create great art but doesn’t inherently make us great artists, through AI we can help to realise this potential.
In this AI talk/art therapy session, we will explore technology’s understanding of art and emotion, exp