AI & Wellbeing

 The 5-day workshop organized by Culture Break Borders equips teachers from Greece, Czechia, and France with strategies to enhance student well-being and mental health through art, culture, and technology. Participants explore the role of art in promoting emotional resilience, cultural perspectives to enrich teaching, and arts-based interventions to support students with learning difficulties and anxiety. They also discuss integrating technology and AI ethically into education to foster creativity, soft skills, and digital literacy. The workshop encourages collaboration among educators, cultural organizations, and community stakeholders, empowering teachers to create inclusive and supportive learning environments that prepare students for 21st-century challenges.

1st Day

Event at Deichman Bjørvika, where topics related to Artificial Intelligence and art were presented. The speakers discussed their experiences with generative AI images, showing sketches, digital creations, and examples of artworks. Criticism and concerns were also raised regarding the use of AI, such as the loss of jobs for artists, the ethical dimension of using copyrighted material, the aesthetic value of AI-generated images, as well as the dependency on big tech companies. Through humorous comics and artistic visuals, the event highlighted both the possibilities and the controversial aspects of creating with the help of Artificial Intelligence.

2nd Day

Τhe use of an Artificial Intelligence tool can bring a new dimension to students’ craft activities. Children create with clay, glitter, beads, markers, and colored cardboard, developing fine motor skills and imagination. Afterwards, they upload their creations to the AI tool, which analyzes the work and suggests various alternatives and enhancements, such as different colors, shapes, or material combinations. In this way, students not only enrich their original craft but also experience technology as a partner in creativity, discovering new perspectives for expression and innovation.

3rd Day

Creating music from everyday life is a fun and inspiring way to nurture children’s imagination and creativity. Sounds such as running water, rustling leaves, the closing of a door, or even the tapping of a pencil on a desk can be recorded and transformed into playful musical pieces using simple audio applications.

 Animal sounds, like a dog’s bark, a bird’s song, or a cat’s purr, can also enrich these soundscapes, making them even more engaging and vivid. Through this process, children discover that music is not limited to traditional instruments but can emerge from the world around them, while also developing observation skills, collaboration, and self-expression.

4th Day

Lecture on the relationship between algorithms, art, and music throughout time. It refers to the reconstruction after World War II with the contribution of science and technology, the first Norwegian computer-based music composition in 1961 (“Data Morgana”), experiments with video technology before the term ‘video art’ was established, as well as virtual reality experiments based on Samuel Beckett’s works in 1972. 

In addition, it presents the historical development of musical notation, with emphasis on Guido d’Arezzo and the way basic algorithms were connected to music theory and education. Overall, the lecture focuses on the historical and artistic journey of the connection between technology, music, and creativity.