{"id":42722,"date":"2025-04-12T23:30:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T04:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/?page_id=42722"},"modified":"2025-04-17T17:07:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T22:07:46","slug":"beneath-the-code","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/beneath-the-code\/","title":{"rendered":"Beneath the Code."},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Beneath the Code. Fractured Land.<\/h2>\n<h2>AI for Creative Systems Research and the Arts<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1386\" data-end=\"1429\">This program was an experiment in system collision.\u00a0Thanks to the OpenAI Researcher Access Program, we embedded participatory art and Indigenous-led storytelling inside processes usually reserved for optimization and prediction. And it was an adventure.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1609\" data-end=\"1807\">We tested how art and story behaves in machine environments.\u00a0We used narrative to destabilize logic.\u00a0We explored resilience not as an outcome, but as a system function \u2014 emergent, collective, recursive. We built stuff. We broke things. We explored the codes beneath the codes.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1609\" data-end=\"1807\">This project didn\u2019t ask how AI can help communities.\u00a0It asked what communities <em data-start=\"1890\" data-end=\"1900\">do to AI<\/em>.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"project-supporters-container\" style=\"color: white; width: 100%; align: center; text-align: center;\">\n            <p class=\"supporters-intro\" style=\"color: inherit;\">This project was supported by:<\/p>\n    \n    <div class=\"project-supporters-flex\">                         <div class=\"supporter-item\">                     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcad.edu\/academics\/undergraduate\/majors\/creative-entrepreneurship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Visit Minneapolis College of Art and Design\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"133\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/mcad-4.png\" class=\"supporter-logo\" alt=\"Minneapolis College of Art and Design\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"supporter-item\">                     <a href=\"https:\/\/artscouncil.mb.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Visit Manitoba Arts Council Indigenous 360 Program\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/manitoba-arts-council.png\" class=\"supporter-logo\" alt=\"Manitoba Arts Council Indigenous 360 Program\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"supporter-item\">                     <a href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Visit OpenAI Researcher Access Program\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/OpenAI-Researcher-Access-Program.png\" class=\"supporter-logo\" alt=\"OpenAI Researcher Access Program\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    \n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: April 2025<br \/><strong>Featuring<\/strong>: Krish Agrawal, Jamie Bell, Tony Eetak, Lucy Eetak, Kami Norland, Olaf Kuhlke<br \/><strong>Category<\/strong>: Images, Text, Audio<br \/><strong>Captions<\/strong>: Tony Eetak, Jamie Bell<br \/><strong>Items in this Collection<\/strong>: 6<br \/><strong>Location<\/strong>: Winnipeg, Manitoba; Minneapolis Minnesota; Bod\u00f8, Norway<\/p>\n<p><b>Supported By<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/ai\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"54\" src=\"http:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/powered-by-openai-badge-outlined-on-dark.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"egdl-gallery-container\" data-egdl-columns=\"3\"><div class=\"egdl-single-item egdl-bg-image\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/img-Z5JXuHRhrFvIC1z1rEJhvjss-1024x585.jpeg');\" data-egdl-ratio=\"square\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/gallery\/beneath-the-code\/beneath-the-code-fractured-land\/\" class=\"egdl-item-link\" aria-label=\"Link to Beneath the Code. Fractured Land.\"><h3 class=\"egdl-item-title\">Beneath the Code. Fractured Land.<\/h3><p class=\"egdl-item-meta\"><span class=\"egdl-item-author\">Jamie Bell<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div><div class=\"egdl-single-item egdl-bg-image\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/NEA-Trump-Executive-Order-Arts-Funding-Cuts-Censorship-DEI.jpeg');\" data-egdl-ratio=\"square\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/gallery\/beneath-the-code\/nothing-about-this-was-neutral\/\" class=\"egdl-item-link\" aria-label=\"Link to Nothing About This Is Neutral\"><h3 class=\"egdl-item-title\">Nothing About This Is Neutral<\/h3><p class=\"egdl-item-meta\"><span class=\"egdl-item-author\">Jamie Bell<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div><div class=\"egdl-single-item egdl-bg-image\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tony-Eetak-Our-People-Our-Climate-2025-1024x576.jpeg');\" data-egdl-ratio=\"square\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/gallery\/beneath-the-code\/like-ink-on-ice\/\" class=\"egdl-item-link\" aria-label=\"Link to Like Ink On Ice\"><h3 class=\"egdl-item-title\">Like Ink On Ice<\/h3><p class=\"egdl-item-meta\"><span class=\"egdl-item-author\">Tony Eetak<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div><div class=\"egdl-single-item egdl-bg-image\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img-072ywaO1EMM5OwQ2Omw6qolq.jpeg');\" data-egdl-ratio=\"square\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/gallery\/beneath-the-code\/format-not-found\/\" class=\"egdl-item-link\" aria-label=\"Link to Error! They told us.\"><h3 class=\"egdl-item-title\">Error! They told us.<\/h3><p class=\"egdl-item-meta\"><span class=\"egdl-item-author\">Jamie Bell<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div><div class=\"egdl-single-item egdl-bg-image\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/digital-salvage-recreation-hall.jpg');\" data-egdl-ratio=\"square\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/gallery\/beneath-the-code\/new-spaces\/\" class=\"egdl-item-link\" aria-label=\"Link to New Spaces\"><h3 class=\"egdl-item-title\">New Spaces<\/h3><p class=\"egdl-item-meta\"><span class=\"egdl-item-author\">Tony Eetak<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beneath the Code. Fractured Land. AI for Creative Systems Research and the Arts This program was an experiment in system collision.\u00a0Thanks to the OpenAI Researcher Access Program, we embedded participatory art and Indigenous-led storytelling inside processes usually reserved for optimization and prediction. And it was an adventure. We tested how art and story behaves in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39431,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-42722","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Beneath the Code. - DIGITAL SALVAGE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/beneath-the-code\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Beneath the Code. - DIGITAL SALVAGE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Beneath the Code. Fractured Land. AI for Creative Systems Research and the Arts This program was an experiment in system collision.\u00a0Thanks to the OpenAI Researcher Access Program, we embedded participatory art and Indigenous-led storytelling inside processes usually reserved for optimization and prediction. And it was an adventure. We tested how art and story behaves in [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/beneath-the-code\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"DIGITAL SALVAGE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-17T22:07:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/gpt-45-gpt-4-turbo-art-youth-manitoba-winnipeg.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"506\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artsincubator.ca\\\/digitalsalvage\\\/beneath-the-code\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artsincubator.ca\\\/digitalsalvage\\\/beneath-the-code\\\/\",\"name\":\"Beneath the Code. - DIGITAL SALVAGE\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artsincubator.ca\\\/digitalsalvage\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artsincubator.ca\\\/digitalsalvage\\\/beneath-the-code\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artsincubator.ca\\\/digitalsalvage\\\/beneath-the-code\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artsincubator.ca\\\/digitalsalvage\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/gpt-45-gpt-4-turbo-art-youth-manitoba-winnipeg.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-13T04:30:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-17T22:07:46+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artsincubator.ca\\\/digitalsalvage\\\/beneath-the-code\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/artsincubator.ca\\\/digitalsalvage\\\/beneath-the-code\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artsincubator.ca\\\/digitalsalvage\\\/beneath-the-code\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artsincubator.ca\\\/digitalsalvage\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/gpt-45-gpt-4-turbo-art-youth-manitoba-winnipeg.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artsincubator.ca\\\/digitalsalvage\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/gpt-45-gpt-4-turbo-art-youth-manitoba-winnipeg.jpeg\",\"width\":900,\"height\":506,\"caption\":\"Jamie Bell and Tony Eetak, Manitoba-based Indigenous artists, demonstrate their groundbreaking prototype virtual gallery powered by GPT-4 Turbo, less than 24 hours after the model's global release. Developed through OpenAI's prestigious Researcher Access Program, the prototype leverages advanced generative AI and interactive avatars.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artsincubator.ca\\\/digitalsalvage\\\/beneath-the-code\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artsincubator.ca\\\/digitalsalvage\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Beneath the Code.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artsincubator.ca\\\/digitalsalvage\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artsincubator.ca\\\/digitalsalvage\\\/\",\"name\":\"Digital Salvage\",\"description\":\"An Experiment in Artificial Intelligence\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artsincubator.ca\\\/digitalsalvage\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Digital Salvage Art Program\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artsincubator.ca\\\/digitalsalvage\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artsincubator.ca\\\/digitalsalvage\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Digital Salvage\",\"alternateName\":\"Winnipeg Arts Program\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artsincubator.ca\\\/digitalsalvage\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artsincubator.ca\\\/digitalsalvage\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artsincubator.ca\\\/digitalsalvage\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/DIGITAL-SALVAGE-2025-2.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artsincubator.ca\\\/digitalsalvage\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/DIGITAL-SALVAGE-2025-2.webp\",\"width\":800,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"Digital Salvage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artsincubator.ca\\\/digitalsalvage\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Beneath the Code. - DIGITAL SALVAGE","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/beneath-the-code\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Beneath the Code. - DIGITAL SALVAGE","og_description":"Beneath the Code. Fractured Land. AI for Creative Systems Research and the Arts This program was an experiment in system collision.\u00a0Thanks to the OpenAI Researcher Access Program, we embedded participatory art and Indigenous-led storytelling inside processes usually reserved for optimization and prediction. And it was an adventure. We tested how art and story behaves in [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/beneath-the-code\/","og_site_name":"DIGITAL SALVAGE","article_modified_time":"2025-04-17T22:07:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":900,"height":506,"url":"http:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/gpt-45-gpt-4-turbo-art-youth-manitoba-winnipeg.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/beneath-the-code\/","url":"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/beneath-the-code\/","name":"Beneath the Code. - DIGITAL SALVAGE","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/beneath-the-code\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/beneath-the-code\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/gpt-45-gpt-4-turbo-art-youth-manitoba-winnipeg.jpeg","datePublished":"2025-04-13T04:30:09+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-17T22:07:46+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/beneath-the-code\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/beneath-the-code\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/beneath-the-code\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/gpt-45-gpt-4-turbo-art-youth-manitoba-winnipeg.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/gpt-45-gpt-4-turbo-art-youth-manitoba-winnipeg.jpeg","width":900,"height":506,"caption":"Jamie Bell and Tony Eetak, Manitoba-based Indigenous artists, demonstrate their groundbreaking prototype virtual gallery powered by GPT-4 Turbo, less than 24 hours after the model's global release. Developed through OpenAI's prestigious Researcher Access Program, the prototype leverages advanced generative AI and interactive avatars."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/beneath-the-code\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Beneath the Code."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/#website","url":"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/","name":"Digital Salvage","description":"An Experiment in Artificial Intelligence","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Digital Salvage Art Program","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/#organization","name":"Digital Salvage","alternateName":"Winnipeg Arts Program","url":"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DIGITAL-SALVAGE-2025-2.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DIGITAL-SALVAGE-2025-2.webp","width":800,"height":800,"caption":"Digital Salvage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsincubator.ca\/digitalsalvage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}