Artificial Intelligence (AI) is currently one of the most discussed and fascinating technologies in the contemporary creative landscape. Its rapid evolution is profoundly transforming the languages of art, design, music, fashion and visual communication, opening up new scenarios for imagination and creative planning.
The course is conceived as an exploratory and transdisciplinary workshop, designed for those who wish to approach generative AI in a conscious, critical and creative way. Through lectures, hands-on exercises, case study analysis and collective exchange experiences, participants will become familiar with tools such as DALL·E, Midjourney, Sora, Suno and ChatGPT, developing their own design method based on prompt design and the hybridisation of human imagination and artificial intelligence.
The approach is workshop-based, inclusive and strongly oriented towards experimentation: the potential of AI as a creative ally in personal expressive processes will be explored, generating images, narratives, visual and sound concepts. The educational experience will alternate critical reflection (on ethics, bias, copyright, sustainability and cultural impacts) with practical sessions of exploration, composition and co-creation.
The course is also accessible to those without prior technical skills and who wish to experiment with AI not just as a tool, but as a true poetic and conceptual medium capable of expanding the linguistic, aesthetic and narrative possibilities of contemporary art.
Each lesson includes an initial theoretical part with examples and case studies, followed by individual and group practical exercises. Group dialogue, constant feedback and the progressive development of a personal project are at the core of the proposed method. The approach is workshop-based, inclusive and oriented towards experimentation.
Each participant will create an original project – visual, narrative or transmedia – developed through the use of generative AI. Projects will be presented in a shared final presentation.
The course is open to a trans-generational audience made up of artists, designers, students, communication professionals, illustrators, photographers, educators, digital enthusiasts and anyone wishing to explore the use of AI in their creative process, even without prior technical experience.
At the end of the course, a certificate of attendance will be issued, provided the participant attends at least 8 out of the 10 scheduled lessons, for a potential recognition of 2 ECTS credits.
Course type: Group – in-person
Max participants: 20
Frequency: Weekly – Mondays from 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM from 6 October to 15 December 2025
Duration: 10 lessons – total 25 hours
Cost: €450 in a single payment or two instalments of €230 (one at the time of registration; the second after 30 days)
Materials: Personal laptop, Google account and access to any required AI tools
Requirements/supports: None
Language: Italian
Instructor: Gloria Ronchi
Location: Bodio Center, Piazzale Lugano, 19 – 20158 Milan
Enrolment opens: 1 July 2025
Enrolment closes: 1 October 2025
• Introduction to the relationship between art and artificial intelligence
• The art of prompt design: writing to generate images
• Texts, storytelling and generative languages
• Creativity in fashion, sound and visual art
• External visit
• Ethics, bias, copyright, sustainability and cultural implications
• Personal expression and style: AI-based concept and visual identity
• Personal project development
• Final presentation
Gloria Ronchi is an artist and lecturer specialising in creative technologies and generative languages, with a background that combines engineering (Politecnico di Milano) and art (MA in Lighting Design at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts). In 2008, she founded the interdisciplinary studio Aether & Hemera in the UK, developing interactive installations and immersive environments that combine light art, digital media and artificial intelligence. Since 2019, the studio has been based in Milan.
Her works, exhibited in over 50 cities worldwide, have been showcased in renowned festivals and institutions including Sydney’s Vivid Festival, the Amsterdam Light Festival, the Jerusalem Light Festival, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, and Dubai’s Emaar Public Art. She has received numerous international awards and funding from institutions such as Arts Council England, EPSRC and Light Art Collection.
Ronchi’s work has been featured in publications like *SuperLux* (Thames & Hudson) and *Art Prize Anthology* (Aesthetica), and highlighted by international media such as BBC, CNN, Fox News, The Times, Designboom, Wallpaper* and The Independent.
Alongside her exhibition activity, she leads workshops and courses on computational art and interactive experimentation, promoting a critical and poetic approach to artificial intelligence in creative and educational practices.
WEBSITE: Aether & Hemera
LINKEDIN: Gloria Ronchi
INSTAGRAM: @aetherhemera
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