About this Episode
What does it really mean to bring a fictional character to life—and what does this reveal about what makes a “real” person? In this opening episode, artist and researcher Katarina Ranković introduces the original motivation behind her thesis: a quest to free her characters from authorship and grant them autonomy. But this creative problem quickly spirals into deeper questions about the nature of the self, the distinction between fiction and reality, and how both human beings and AI systems may be “scripted” into agency. This first part of the Introduction sets the stage for a philosophical and artistic inquiry into character, selfhood, and social being in the age of artificial intelligence.
About this Series
Scripting for Agency: An Artistic Enquiry into Selfhood, Character and Agency in the Age of AI is a video lecture series based on Dr Katarina Ranković’s practice-based PhD in Fine Art at Goldsmiths, University of London. Combining philosophy, performance, creative writing, and AI theory, the series explores how our understanding of the self shapes our personal lives, our politics, and our relationship to intelligent technologies.
Links
Series Playlist: https://bit.ly/sfa-series
PhD thesis (PDF format): https://bit.ly/sfa-pdf
Thesis artworks: https://bit.ly/sfa-art
References
- Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. Great Britain: Wordsworth Classics, 1999.
- Lang, Fritz and Thea von Harbou. Metropolis. Germany: Parufamet, 1927.
