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"Sell out warning! Free entry! Is this the dawn of bionic bardism!? Lyra Fest goes deeper down the rabbit hole with their investigation into the interplay between creative writing and technology, and the possibilities and pitfalls of their co-existence. Featuring presentations pairing poets with AI researchers to try and accurately model our inner lyrical experiences. "
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A event held at Watershed on Friday 27th June. The event starts at 10:00.
Date: Friday June 27th 2025
Venue: Watershed (W3)
Time: 10:00 - 14:00
Price: FREE (advance booking essential)
✅ BSL Interpreted by Paul Mancini
Join Lyra Bristol Poetry for the UK’s first ever AI and Poetry symposium.
This event will include presentations of research and poems from four poet/technologist pairs:
- Shakara and Vince Baidoo
- Deanna Rodger and Michael Marcinkowski
- Raina Greifer and Francesco Bentivegna
- Ralph Hoyte and Matthew Olden
- as well as the project’s lead researcher Caleb Parkin.
Lyra’s project ‘Page Against the Machine: AI and Poetry’, funded by Brigstow Institute, has been pairing public poets and technologists together to create new work responding to the research question: ‘How can poetic writing produced by, or with, AI accurately model human voice, narrative and place-based experience?’, exploring the ethical and creative dilemmas of our time.
Everyone is welcome to attend this free event (advance booking essential) and to join the conversation around AI, poetry and creativity in a relaxed, fun and friendly environment.
(Lightning talk applications are now CLOSED)
Presented by Lyra Bristol Poetry, in partnership with Brigstow Institute.
#LyraFest
Filters:
Free Event
BSL Interpreted
Entry requirements: no age restrictions
Venue: Watershed (W3)
Time: 10:00 - 14:00
Price: FREE (advance booking essential)
✅ BSL Interpreted by Paul Mancini
Join Lyra Bristol Poetry for the UK’s first ever AI and Poetry symposium.
This event will include presentations of research and poems from four poet/technologist pairs:
- Shakara and Vince Baidoo
- Deanna Rodger and Michael Marcinkowski
- Raina Greifer and Francesco Bentivegna
- Ralph Hoyte and Matthew Olden
- as well as the project’s lead researcher Caleb Parkin.
Lyra’s project ‘Page Against the Machine: AI and Poetry’, funded by Brigstow Institute, has been pairing public poets and technologists together to create new work responding to the research question: ‘How can poetic writing produced by, or with, AI accurately model human voice, narrative and place-based experience?’, exploring the ethical and creative dilemmas of our time.
Everyone is welcome to attend this free event (advance booking essential) and to join the conversation around AI, poetry and creativity in a relaxed, fun and friendly environment.
(Lightning talk applications are now CLOSED)
Presented by Lyra Bristol Poetry, in partnership with Brigstow Institute.
#LyraFest
Filters:
Free Event
BSL Interpreted
Entry requirements: no age restrictions
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