Artistic Direction and Algorithmic Co-agency in Post-media Cinema

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Artistic direction, Post-media cinema, Artificial intelligence

Abstract

The contribution analyzes the transformation of artistic direction in post-media cinema through interviews with directors, artists, and producers who integrate AI into creative processes. These testimonies become theoretical tools to examine the crisis of authorship and control. AI emerges as a cognitive co-agent, reconfiguring artistic practice in a curatorial sense and redefining languages and modes of spectatorship within the context of hybrid cinema.

Author Biography

  • Vittoria Mascellaro, Naples Academy of Fine Arts

    Vittoria Mascellaro is a PhD candidate in Film, Audiovisual Arts, Sound, and Media Studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples. She holds a degree in Philosophy, a Master's Degree in Visual Arts and Curatorial Studies, and a Master's Degree in Social Data Science. Her research explores the relationship between art, audiovisual practices, and artificial intelligence. She teaches AI Fundamentals: Introduction and Ethics at ITSAR Milan and is a lecturer in Sociology of Art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Catania. She was recently Head of Programming for the AI ​​Movie Awards.

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25-05-2026 — Updated on 26-05-2026

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Vol. 1 No. 00 (2026): The new frontiers of cinema and audiovisuals

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Artistic Direction and Algorithmic Co-agency in Post-media Cinema. (2026). BLACKOUT. Cinema and Other Visions, 1(00). https://blackout.abana.it/index.php/blackout/article/view/3 (Original work published 2026)

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