Human and Machine in the Studio
On the Significance of Computational Technologies for Creative-Artistic Practices
In an interdisciplinary ethnographic study, Juliane Koglin shows how creativity and mediality are renegotiated in a world shaped by algorithms and emergent processes — and what computational technologies mean for processes of articulation and subjectivation in creative and artistic practices.
With the growing spread of complex computational technologies into creative and artistic fields, the question of the role and significance of creative practitioners and artists arises from a subject-theoretical perspective. In an interdisciplinary ethnographic study, Juliane Koglin shows how creativity and mediality are renegotiated in a world shaped by algorithms and emergent processes. What role do algorithmic and data infrastructures play in creative-artistic practices — and how can they be brought into analytical view? The study shows that these changed conditions have a direct impact on processes of articulation and subjectivation.
The dissertation (original German title: Mensch und Maschine im Atelier. Zur Bedeutung von rechenbasierten Technologien für kreativ-künstlerische Praktiken) was submitted on 30 April 2025 and published by transcript on 3 February 2026 (324 pages, ISBN 978-3-8376-8145-1).