Schlagwort: Palm Springs

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What to Do After an AI Conference at Stanford University? – Part IV

From March 25 to 27, 2024, the AAAI Spring Symposium Series took place at Stanford University. One of the events was dedicated to the question of how generative AI can improve well-being. What do you do after such an AI conference? One option is to go to San Francisco. It is certainly one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Another option is to head south-east. Not only Death Valley and the Mojave Desert are located there, but also cities such as Palm Springs. There you can chill by the pool in one of the many historic hotels or visit the Palm Springs Art Museum. In front of it stands „Forever Marilyn“, a statue created by the sculptor John Seward Johnson II. Those who are drawn to the great outdoors should definitely visit the Indian Canyons. In the 15-mile-long Palm Canyon, there are countless palm trees along a stream that carried a lot of water in the spring of 2024 and led to some flooding on the paths.

Fig.: The Palm Canyon is a part of the Indian Canyons

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Warhol in der Wüste

Im Palm Springs Art Museum findet derzeit die Ausstellung „Andy Warhol: Prints from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation“ statt. Auf der Website des Museums ist zu lesen: „This retrospective encompasses over 250 works on loan from Schnitzer’s comprehensive collection, and establishes Warhol’s graphic production as it evolved over four decades.“ In seiner Autobiografie „POPism“ erinnert sich Andy Warhol, so die ZEIT am 6. August 2008, an die 60er-Jahre. „Er hat das Buch 1980 seiner Assistentin Pat Hackett diktiert, daher rührt der plaudernde Tonfall dieser Memoiren. ‚Ich möchte eine Maschine sein‘, lautete Warhols Credo, mit dem er Jackson Pollocks berühmten Satz ‚Ich möchte Natur sein‘ zurückwies. Es galt, die Kunst von der Abstraktion und ‚dem Innerlichkeitskram‘ zu befreien.“ (ZEIT, 6. August 2008) Das ist ihm, wie die Ausstellung in der Wüstenstadt zeigt, hervorragend gelungen. Er führt Kunst, Kitsch, Kommerz und Kommunikation zusammen und bietet damit auch Material für Informations- und Medienethik. Die Ausstellung läuft noch bis zum 28. Mai 2018. Weitere Informationen über www.psmuseum.org.

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