Me, Myself and AI: How artists use their own self image in their artwork, and how AI is impacting art online and offline

Join Rosalind Main, Josie KO and Morgan McTiernan in a discussion about artists who use their own image, identity and digital influence to alter, challenge and highlight the subject of autonomy and self expression through beauty routines and rituals. Artists capturing themselves in their work dates back centuries, yet the recent rise in AI generated art has raised concerns amongst artists. How are artists resisting AI? What will self expression and autonomy look like in the future? What will happen to artists as AI is seen to provide easy and quick results?

Prior to the event the artists invite those attending to submit a selfie. These will be shown as part of a projection on the evening of the talk, giving everyone the opportunity to be on display, both viewer and subject. Please email your selfie to info@fruitmarket.co.uk with the email subject line 'Me, Myself and AI'.

Rosalind Main is an artist, researcher and model from Leith, living in Glasgow. Using her experience in the fashion industry, Rosalind's work explores themes around body image and social media and how they are both influenced by each other in today's digital-obsessed society. In 2017 Rosalind and fellow speaker Morgan McTiernan co-founded the I Am More Than Campaign, which focuses on celebrating people, community, art and fashion through events, photoshoots and exhibitions. Since the campaign's launch, I Am More Than has been featured on radio, television and worked with universities and galleries around Scotland promoting inclusion and connecting creatives.

Josie KO is a Glasgow-based artist who purposefully works with non-traditional methods and mediums to construct Black figures in a way that glorifies the handmade and the artist's hand. The scale of her works makes them immersive and unavoidably noticeable, counteracting the erasure of Black women in British history and Black female artists.

Morgan McTiernan, is an artist based in Scotland and Sydney. She uses her work to challenge conventional ideals of the "perfect" body. Her art seeks to inspire people to embrace and celebrate their bodies in all forms. Morgan's personal journey of self-acceptance is woven into her creative expression and is at the heart of the I Am More Than campaign, which she co-founded with Rosalind Main.