Is it Real or is it Cake? Exploring the Weird World of Web Culture and AI Art - Media Whatever Podcast with Valentina Tanni

n this episode your hosts Chris Bilton and Carolina Bandinelli talk with curator and author Valentina Tanni about how artists and creative technologists are subverting the tech logic of digital media by creating weird memes, vapour trails and remixes of online culture. Valentina guides us through the backrooms and counter-cultures of web culture and AI art, suggesting that the online world might not be as rational or logical as we thought. Valentina Tanni is an art historian, curator and academic, interested in the hidden corners of web cultures. She is the author of multiple books and articles exploring memes and AI art, including Exit Reality (Nero, 2024).You can watch our CMPS Seminar Series on our YouTube Channel - ⁠⁠⁠⁠Link