Zines, self-published booklets, have long been considered a subversive medium. Composed of image, text, and collage, zines challenge long held assumptions of expression, authorship, and communication. As zines enter the digital age, they offer us a vocabulary to examine another transgressive tool: Artificial Intelligence. The juncture of zines and AI asks us to reconsider how we define both mediums and it inspires us to further scrutinize our relationships to community, creativity, and the material world.

This hybrid event includes an interdisciplinary roundtable discussion featuring experts in information sciences, computer science, art, and media. Following the discussion, participants will have the opportunity to make zines using traditional and digital materials. Please register using this link: https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/933293053 

Those wishing to join online will be sent the zoom link the day of the event.