The Serlio Code exhibition, presented by the Kent State University College of Architecture and Environmental Design, runs from Jan. 25 thru Feb. 3 in the DI Hub Gallery.
This traveling exhibition, created by Jean Jaminet, Gabriel Esquivel and Shane Bugni, investigates the drawings of Italian Mannerist architect Sebastiano Serlio, who lived from 1475-1554, through the lens of artificial intelligence (AI). Through these 3D expressions of his drawings, parallels are identified between Serlio’s representational codes and AI information processing.
Jaminet is an assistant professor at Kent State University’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design. Esquivel is an associate professor at Texas A&M University and the director of the university’s T4T Lab and AI Advanced Research Lab. Bugni is a teaching assistant for advanced fabrication, robotics and artificial intelligence at Texas A&M in the Department of Architecture.
The Serlio Code is funded by Kent State University College of Architecture and Environmental Design. Digital fabrication was undertaken at the Texas A&M Architecture Ranch in summer 2021.
Photo by Greta Bell, senior BFA photography major.
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