Bio
Catherine Griffiths is an artist, designer,
and researcher based between NYC and London.
Her work explores the politics of machine learning in society. She considers algorithms to be contemporary sites of struggle and examines their influence on labor politics operating across different scales, from cities to workplaces, and inside our homes. She focuses on how human rights might shift as a consequence of AI technologies covertly redefining labor relations, gender politics, algorithmic governance, and the rights to the city.
Through her creative practice, she blends critical AI studies, social documentary, and algorithmic visualization, to make palpable the invisible computational forces that shape power and structure our social systems. She creates simulations, short films, video installations, and critical software pieces that reveal and contest the normative logics of machine learning algorithms and think through possible counter-algorithmic imaginaries.
Her work has been exhibited at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, at Geidei University in Tokyo, and the National Etruscan Museum in Rome. Recent publications include book chapters in Design and Science and Engaging the Margins: Experimental Practices in Interdisciplinary Art, as well as articles in Prospectives Journal and Gradient Journal. In 2024, she was the recipient of a BRAID Responsible AI research grant from UK Research and Innovation and the Arts and Humanities Research Council, in collaboration with the University of Bournemouth, UK.
She received her Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Media Arts + Practice from the University of Southern California. She holds an M.Arch from The Bartlett, University College London, and a B.A. from Camberwell College, University of the Arts London.
She is an Assistant Professor in Computational Design Practices at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP).
Her work explores the politics of machine learning in society. She considers algorithms to be contemporary sites of struggle and examines their influence on labor politics operating across different scales, from cities to workplaces, and inside our homes. She focuses on how human rights might shift as a consequence of AI technologies covertly redefining labor relations, gender politics, algorithmic governance, and the rights to the city.
Through her creative practice, she blends critical AI studies, social documentary, and algorithmic visualization, to make palpable the invisible computational forces that shape power and structure our social systems. She creates simulations, short films, video installations, and critical software pieces that reveal and contest the normative logics of machine learning algorithms and think through possible counter-algorithmic imaginaries.
Her work has been exhibited at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, at Geidei University in Tokyo, and the National Etruscan Museum in Rome. Recent publications include book chapters in Design and Science and Engaging the Margins: Experimental Practices in Interdisciplinary Art, as well as articles in Prospectives Journal and Gradient Journal. In 2024, she was the recipient of a BRAID Responsible AI research grant from UK Research and Innovation and the Arts and Humanities Research Council, in collaboration with the University of Bournemouth, UK.
She received her Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Media Arts + Practice from the University of Southern California. She holds an M.Arch from The Bartlett, University College London, and a B.A. from Camberwell College, University of the Arts London.
She is an Assistant Professor in Computational Design Practices at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP).