Cut/generate. Montage and AI

The proliferation of machine vision systems and generative AI models has recently transformed part of our visual culture, giving rise to new typologies of moving images that require us to re-examine certain key concepts. Organised by the LIRA (Laboratoire International de Recherches en Art) and the IRCAV (Institut de Recherche sur le Cinéma et l’Audiovisuel) at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, with the contribution of the IUF (Institut Universitaire de France), this international conference will explore the implications of AI algorithms and models on the concept and practice of montage, questioning its historical theories, analysis and gestures, as well as its forms and techniques in the field of generative images.