AI and generative art
Generative Center
Established in Besso, Lugano, the Generative Center specializes in the research, development, and implementation of AI-based content across various fields and complex interdisciplinary projects, and acts as a center of competence for AI creative professionals.
With a focus on the use and creation through generative AI technologies, the Center is currently producing Echo of Legends film interactive series entirely created with generative art, dedicated to Swiss legends and myths. Additionally, it offers workshops, seminars, and participative performances on the introduction, implementation, and interaction with generative art in hybrid creative scenarios.
The Center's short film "The Wolf of Curio" has been the first film entirely created through the use of AI generative art in Switzerland. It has been subsequently adapted to a theatre production, and has led an in depth research into the roots of the Malcantone region, it's history, and dialect.
Monthly openings provide for exchange, dialogue, research ignition and laboratories intersecting art, sciences and education.
If you have a project you would like to produce the Generative Center also partners for specific film productions, putting into play practice, experience and expertise.
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News
Collaboration with Centro Professionale Sociosanitario Lugano
We held a very stimulating first workshop for 3rd year students on the uses of AI at Elderly homes. Check out our Generative AI for the Elderly Wellbeing ongoing proposal and research.
Started production for Matteo Born and Alain Rimbert's "Les Echappées de Kaboul" feature documentary.
Production kickoff generating animation reconstruction footage for this extraordinary story of courage and sacrifice.
Workshop RSI
Second workshop with directors and producers at Radiotelevisione Svizzera Italiana, on AI generative capabilities, delivered with élan.
Generative AI for Elderly Wellbeing
Discover how generative artificial intelligence can rekindle memories, foster dialogue, and enhance the psychological wellbeing of elderly residents in care homes through personalized visual content creation.
Erik Davis / Interview at Monte Verità
Take a look at our recent interview with Erik Davis at Eventi Letterari Monte Verità / subscribe to our channel!
Work Feed
A selection of our current activity
NEXT Opening!
07 Learning to Fly
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Generative Center
@Cerchio91
Via Besso 42a,
6900, Besso, Lugano
Switzerland
14:30 - 19:00
Generative Center
@Cerchio91
Via Besso 42a,
6900, Besso, Lugano
Switzerland
14:30 - 19:00
opening teaser below with voice archive material by Robert A. Fischer
Past Openings
06 Focus on Education
The Role of Chance and the Impact of AI in Educational Processes.
An Anthropological revolution through Technology.
05 Body Prompting Unpredictability
Ars Promendi is a practice of activation that engages with the unpredictable. Body, Dance, AI, automatic writing, live performance.
01 Enzymatic Machine: Contamination
AI, fermentation, biological processes, creation and open discussions.
02 Liquid Machine: Quantum Phenomena
Water as a source of life, intelligence, and memory. Connections between nature, technology, and the intricate quantum fabric of reality.
03 Temporal Portals: Urban Spaces
"The Mythological Layer of Cities Across Generations"
"The Growth of Narrative Fabric Through Post-Efficiency Scenarios"
"The Growth of Narrative Fabric Through Post-Efficiency Scenarios"
04 The Future of Cinema
A revolution accelerating through the boundaries of cinematic creation.
A matter of language?
WANDERINGS THROUGH TIME
Commissioned by the City of Lugano, Switzerland, this ongoing production combines technology and culture, offering the the opportunity to bring the past to life through advanced and engaging tools.
Through the use of artificial intelligence, archive material is transformed into a driver of creativity and storytelling, turning historical memory into a living bridge between past and present.
Exploring Creative Boundaries
Workshops: Generative AI and Innovation
Overview: This workshop will introduce participants to the emerging field of artificial intelligence (AI) applied to creative processes, focusing on tools for generating audiovisual content, both static and dynamic, as well as sound. The session will explore how such tools can enhance creative workflows, addressing technical and ethical issues while encouraging philosophical reflections on the future of creativity, artistic responsibility, and authorship today.
Objective: By the end of the workshop, participants will have a basic understanding of AI-based generative tools in various creative fields, will learn about hybrid creative processes that combine human creativity with AI support, will understand the challenges and opportunities related to AI use, and will have gained hands-on experience using AI tools to collaboratively create content.
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