CAD Conspiracy: Pattern Recognition in Contemporary Art (2019) is an experimental project and a work-in-progress initiated by Mahan Moalemi and developed in collaboration with the artist and writer Bahar Noorizadeh and machine learning engineer Chris Tegho. 

The project consists of several components, including 19,000 installation shots of contemporary art exhibitions found online, images produced by a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) trained on found installation shots, and an evolving essay, an investigation of the visual protocols, operational standards, and temporal anomalies that structure the typical installation shot. 

On March 13, 2019, Mahan presented the project at Alserkal Residency Project Space in Dubai, followed by a response by the artist and writer Ho Rui An and a screening of Deep Time Machine Learning (2017-19) by artist and sound designer Jol Thomson.

This is the audio recording of Mahan's lecture.

CAD Conspiracy @ Alserkal Avenue - Mahan Moalemi

CAD Conspiracy: Pattern Recognition in Contemporary Art (2019) is an experimental project and a work-in-progress initiated by Mahan Moalemi and developed in collaboration with the artist and writer Bahar Noorizadeh and machine learning engineer Chris Tegho. 

The project consists of several components, including 19,000 installation shots of contemporary art exhibitions found online, images produced by a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) trained on found installation shots, and an evolving essay, an investigation of the visual protocols, operational standards, and temporal anomalies that structure the typical installation shot. 

On March 13, 2019, Mahan presented the project at Alserkal Residency Project Space in Dubai, followed by a response by the artist and writer Ho Rui An and a screening of Deep Time Machine Learning (2017-19) by artist and sound designer Jol Thomson.

This is the audio recording of Rui An's response.