Arif Kornweitz

Research & Sound

I'm a research fellow and PhD candidate at the KIM research group on critical artificial intelligence at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design, where I conduct research about conflict prediction in the humanitarian sector as part of the research consortium AI Forensics ('22-25).

Currently, I'm a lecturer in the Fine Arts MA major Artifical Studies at Zurich University of the Arts. From '23-25, I was the head of a Fine Arts MA at Sandberg Instituut titled Artificial Times, which invited students to critically engage with music, sound and AI. My classes are research-focused, resulting in exhibitions and publications. Earlier, I've been teaching at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy.

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I co-founded Ja Ja Ja Nee Nee Nee, a curatorial platform for contemporary art, critical music and sound. We explore the spaces that radio offers for artistic practice beyond sound art. In 2022, we started a residency programme. At JJJNNN, I initiate a curatorial series titled 'Speaker, Broker, Stringer' that is invested in distorted representation. 

I run UUUSE, a label for electronic music by visual artists. I have released dance music on local labels, and I produce sound pieces for exhibitions and contemporary art performances. My latest piece samples machine learning training data that is meant to train models to detect broken machines in industrial settings.

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