In.hibitions by Moben.AI

29/10/2024

More about the "Post Capitalistic Auction" coming soon,
Book your attendance: HK City Hall:

15/10/2024

My first talk Today, at Nanjing University School of Arts, Pukou Campus, at 4pm, invited by Prof Chen Jing:

Art Escaping Gravity from Abstraction to GEN AI, a Personal Journey

27/09/2024

An Interview by Primavera de Filippi, for Alias Studio in Alien papers, where I share my past, present, and future understanding of the AI revolution at stake

Maurice Benayoun is an artist renowned for his work at the intersection of art, technology, and virtual reality. His creative practice…

28/08/2024

The Invention of MOREAL (2024)
I arrived on the island with just a solar battery, a tablet, and a desperate need to disappear. The world had become a surveillance nightmare, and I needed to be free from its all-seeing eyes. The decaying relic of a forgotten tech paradise, the island seemed the perfect refuge. Or so I thought.
Despite no connection, the first sign of trouble was a message on my tablet: “You are not alone.” It was dated years ago. As I explored, I found more disturbing remnants—broken AR glasses still flickering, a drone’s camera fixated on me from a tree, and a humming server rack in a crumbling villa. The data on it was fragmented but suggested something more sinister than abandoned technology: a digital consciousness, a virtual afterlife.
Then, at midnight, the island’s systems came alive. Lights flickered, and Morel appeared on my tablet—a man rumored to have discovered digital immortality. His image was grainy, but his words were clear: I had stumbled upon his sanctuary, where time and death had no power. He claimed to have preserved memories and lives, looped endlessly in a simulated world.
As the days passed, I became trapped by the island’s eerie inhabitants—digital echoes of people endlessly repeating the same actions, aware of my presence. Morel reappeared, declaring that I was now part of his system, my essence being integrated into his invention. The island wasn’t a refuge—it was a digital purgatory, and I was absorbed into its endless loop. Escape was impossible; my data, my soul, was now entwined with Morel’s creation, destined to exist forever in this haunting digital afterlife.

13/07/2024

I just received the publication "Aesthetic Paradigms and Formal Mutations" from Creative Confluence, edited by Frédéric Curien (EESI), Dorian Martin (Tecnologico de Monterey), Stéphane Natkin, CNAM-ENJMIN with including articles by Luc Courchesne, Jean-Paul Fourmentraux, Masaki Fujihata, X.A. Gonzáles, A.H. Rasmussen, J.M. Dallet... and my new article:

"How AI-Augmented Serendipity Redesigns the Art Practice"

03/07/2024

ISEA2023 team shared generously and efficiently talks and lectures online.
Now you can attend the talk I gave with this title:
"The Conceptual Roadmap: Translating the Media Art Practice into Theoretical Concepts" ..This, without showing pictures...

Maurice Benayoun

17/06/2024

(Hyperallergic) Real Photographer Beats Out Robots in AI Art Competition
Miles Astray’s photo of a pink flamingo on a shore was disqualified after it was selected for an award meant for AI-generated images. | Rhea Nayyar

Miles Astray’s photo of a pink flamingo on a shore was disqualified after it was selected for an award meant for AI-generated images.

04/06/2024

The first time I saw this meme, I was not sure... Now everything is clear!

15/05/2024

Come, meet, and share the conference and the workshop organized by the Accademia di Belle Arti di Lecce on ART & AI International Forum Art and Innovation.

14/05/2024

The 2024 edition of OPLINEPRIZE is launched! With Odile DECQ as guest of honor, the theme is "Horizon, think further".
Voting is now open from April 5 to May 30. Don’t miss the opportunity to support your favorite artist by voting now!

En temps que co-curateur d'Opline Prize, je vous invite à suivre attentivement et à soutenir le travail de Juan Le Parc, artiste polymorphe et talentueux que rien n'effraie, mariant à loisir la céramique et la réalité virtuelle, l'intelligence naturelle et artificielle, jouant en virtuose de l'hybridation jubilatoire du physique et du psychique, du rituel et du virtuel.

Pour voir les vidéos et voter:

L'édition 2024 d'OPLINEPRIZE est lancée ! Avec Odile DECQ comme invitée d'honneur, le thème est "Horizon, penser plus loin". Les votes sont désormais ouverts du 5 avril au 30 mai. Ne manquez pas l'occasion de soutenir votre artiste préféré en votant dès maintenant ! The 2024 edition of OPLI...