Muses Mind Machine

Muses Mind Machine employs knowledge and methods from the arts (music, languages, visual arts), social sciences (social and cognitive psychology, organisational management, architecture), and computational sciences (modelling, statistics, technology, machine learning) to conduct empirical research with participants, stakeholders and collaborators regionally and internationally. Our mission is to support arts development and engagement to be compatible with 21st century challenges. This includes considerations of AI, technology, sustainability, economic viability and avenues towards decolonisation of knowledge and practice. Human engagement with creative practice is at the heart of the projects of Muses Mind Machine. This relates to aesthetic, spiritual and emotional experiences as well as cognition and sociology of creativity. Creative practice is examined as a joint endeavour enacted in physical and virtual space - the product of direct and indirect connectedness that surpasses the individual. Projects may involve technology and AI, and examine ways to optimise creative practices to support human flourishing. In our research, we endeavour to employ open research practices, be inclusive, increase the diversity and reach of stakeholders, and have a low-carbon footprint.