In this episode of 6.5 Minutes with C21, graduate fellow Jamee Pritchard speaks with artist and professor Nathaniel Stern for a conversation on art, technology, and the practice of slowing down. Moving across historical and emerging technologies, from photography and print to artificial intelligence, Stern reflects on how creative tools shape, and are shaped by, human experience over time.

Stern also gives listeners a preview of the collaborative exhibition with artist-poet Sasha Stiles, titled Generation to Generation: Conversing with Generative Technologies, which approaches AI not as a rupture, but as part of a long lineage of media experimentation. Through intergenerational storytelling, poetry, and interactive installations, the exhibition invites viewers to engage with technology with curiosity rather than fear.

Learn more about Stern's work by visiting https://nathanielstern.com/.

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