Posted by October 2023 – My paper, “Carnival + AI: Heritage, Virtual Spaces and ML” was published in Habits of the Anthropocene: Scarcity and Abundance in a Post-Material Economy, the ACADIA 2023 Conference Proceedings.
Brief Introduction:
Built on a Situated Computations framework, scholarship in digital heritage, and AI, this project explores preservation, reconfiguration, and presentation of heritage through immersive virtual experiences, and machine learning for new understandings and possibilities. Using the Trinidad & Tobago Carnival – hereinafter referred to as Carnival – as a case study, Carnival + AI is a series of immersive experiences in design, culture, and AI. These virtual spaces create new digital modes of engaging with cultural heritage and reimagine designs of traditional sculptures in the Carnival. The project includes three virtual events that draw on real events in the Carnival: (1) the Virtual Gallery, which builds on dancing sculptures in the Carnival and showcases AI-generated designs; (2) Virtual J’ouvert built on J’ouvert in Carnival and showcases AI-generated characters specific to J’ouvert; and (3) Virtual Mas which builds on the masquerade.
Cite this paper:
Noel, Vernelle A A. 2023. “Carnival + AI: Heritage, Virtual Spaces and ML.” In Habits of the Anthropocene: Scarcity and Abundance in a Post-Material Economy, 1:242–45. ACADIA 2023. Denver, Colorado, USA.