In the ongoing discourse surrounding artistic research, a key challenge is the need to transcend its immediate context and break through disciplinary boundaries. To address this challenge, we present °'°Kobi, an AI mediated research platform designed to prioritize interconnections across diverse fields. The platform aims to stimulate divergent thinking and imagination.
°'°Kobi offers content that encourages creative experimentation and non-linear reflection, while providing the ability to track authorship and generate bibliographic references. These features lay the foundation for interdisciplinary collaboration and intellectual cross-pollination, creating resonance that bridges fields and communities. Users ask questions and perform searches interacting with an AI chatbot that replies with text and media from the knowledge base. The results include unexpected contents that encourage the exploration of new research paths and the development of counterfactual ways of thinking.
The underlying system uses a Large Language Model (LLM) to transform artistic and scientific publications into a dynamic "Universe" of semantic nodes. Users are encouraged to explore thematic intersections and uncover unexpected correlations visualizing a constellation of concepts and connections.
°'°Kobi, intended as a knowledge universe of reverberation and amplification between elements, becomes a crucial tool for connecting materials, ideas, and contexts. It proposes a paradigm of collective intelligence and creativity that exemplifies how the concept of resonance between fields and researchers can serve as a methodological tool in artistic research.
Andrea Guidi
Andrea Guidi, researcher in computational creativity for the arts and media artist. Phd in Media and Arts Technology from Queen Mary University of London, holds a MA in Electronic Music Composition.
Franco Ripa di Meana
Full Professor, ABAROMA. Director, producer and librettist; curator (Prague Experiment). Wp4 leader (EU4ART_differences) WP3 leader (EAR- enacting artistic research), MC member (Cost Action ARTinRARE).
Veronica Di Geronimo
Veronica Di Geronimo, PhD in Art Theory from Peking University, holds a BA in Art History and MA in Contemporary Art from La Sapienza. She’s a researcher at the Fine Arts Academy of Rome, focusing on new media and global Chinese art.