Robert Lisek
Robert B. Lisek is an artist, mathematician, and composer who explores the intersections of systems, networks, and processes—computational, biological, and social. His art delves into themes such as artificial intelligence, bioengineering, information theory, and quantum physics, incorporating elements like computer code, algorithms, artificial neural networks, and genetic sequences to investigate randomness and order.
Lisek is a pioneer in art based on machine learning and artificial intelligence, prompting critical reflection on AI’s implications for privacy, agency, trust, creativity, and culture. Additionally, he is a composer of contemporary music, authoring numerous projects and scores at the intersection of spectral, stochastic, concrete music, and noise. Lisek is also a scientist conducting research in the foundations of science, particularly mathematics and computer science. He is the founder of Fundamental Research Lab and the ACCESS Art Symposium.
His contributions include over 300 exhibitions and concerts, among them: GOLEM at ZKM Karlsruhe; SIBYL im IRCAM Cat IRCAM Center Pompidou and MAXXI Museum Rome; APEIRON at Ars Electronica Linz; QUANTUM ENIGMA at Harvestworks Center New York and STEIM Amsterdam; TERROR ENGINES at WORM Center Rotterdam; DEMONS at the Venice Biennale (accompanying events); NEST at ARCO Art Fair, Madrid; FLOAT at the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, NYC; and WWAI at Siggraph, Los Angeles. He will fly from Germany to Bangalore, India, to work on his project titled Quantum Agents.
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