Discover the exclusive conversation between Charlotte Kent, Alkan Avcıoğlu, Kristi Coronado, Gene Kogan, Emi Kusano and Hedda Roman.
Art, AI and Agency in Flux
About
As artificial intelligence transforms how images are made and valued, this panel examines what creative agency means today.
How do AI tools alter our perspectives on authorship, aesthetics, and ethics in photographic practice? Has the collaborative process changed?
Participants will discuss how we might re-frame photography in the age of AI.
With Charlotte Kent
Charlotte Kent is an arts writer based in New York City and Associate Professor of Visual Culture, Program Head of Visual and Critical Studies, and Deputy Chair of the Department of Art and Design at Montclair State University.
She is co-editor of Contemporary Absurdities, Existential Crises, and Visual Art (Intellect Books, 2024), co-author of Midnight Moment: A Decade of Artists in Times Square (Monacelli Press, 2024), editor of Generation to Generation (Vetro, 2026), with work forthcoming.
She regularly contributes to books and magazines, with a monthly column on Art & Technology for The Brooklyn Rail, where she is also an Editor-at-Large. She is the recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Google's Artist + Machine Intelligence program. In 2023, she was the inaugural Scholar-in-Residence at NXT Museum. She serves on the College Art Association’s Committee on Intellectual Property.
Alkan Avcıoğlu
Alkan Avcıoğlu is a multidisciplinary artist working with artificial intelligence. He was among the first AI artists exhibited at major art fairs and featured in a Christie’s auction, and later collaborated with renowned photographer Edward Burtynsky. In 2025, he released his debut feature film Post Truth.
Hedda Roman
Hedda Roman is a Düsseldorf-based duo of Hedda Schattanik & Roman Szczesny working across AI, drawing, film and photo.
Studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster’s class and master student under Andreas Gursky.
Solos: “Test Time” (Kunstverein Bielefeld, 2025), “Rogue Planet” (Oakville Galleries, 2024), “Wet Closet” (Salzburger Kunstverein, 2023).
Program - Paris Photo 2025
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