POEMPortraits: an interactive artwork combining poetry + design + AI

Following a year of touring as a physical installation, Es Devlin’s POEMPortraits is launching online as an interactive artwork combining poetry, design and artificial intelligence. Donate a word that defines you at https://g.co/poemportraits to create your own unique POEMPortrait and join the collective poem written by the public and AI.

How does it work? Each user is invited to donate a word; this word is immediately expanded into a two line poem, generated by an algorithm trained on millions of words of 19th century poetry. The poem then illuminates the user’s face to create a personal POEMPortrait, which becomes part of an ever-evolving collective work of poetry.

The Barbican's AI: More than Human (16 May-26 Aug 2019) is an major exhibition exploring creative and scientific developments in artificial intelligence demonstrating its potential to revolutionise our lives. Part of Life Rewired, the Barbican's 2019 season exploring what it means to be human when technology is changing everything.