Royal College of Art talk with Alex May and Anna Dumitriu
ยท talk
Alex May spoke with Anna Dumitriu at the Royal College of Art, focusing on recent collaborations and the CAPABLE project work Physic-AI Garden.
Alex May gave a talk with Anna Dumitriu for students at the Royal College of Art in London on Thursday 11 May 2023, reflecting on a group of recent and current collaborations. The session placed particular focus on Physic-AI Garden, their work developed through the EU CAPABLE project.
Using that project as a central example, the talk showed how collaborative work can move between scientific research, digital systems, and public experience without losing conceptual clarity. Physic-AI Garden turns the complexities of cancer-care drug interactions into a responsive visual environment, giving students a concrete view of how artistic form can make technical material legible, experiential, and critically framed.
For May, the discussion also clarified a wider concern that runs through his practice: how technological systems shape what is recorded, interpreted, and carried forward. Framed through collaboration rather than solo presentation, the talk showed how those questions can be opened up through shared research, shared making, and direct conversation with emerging artists.