Kaitlyn Jo Smith’s interdisciplinary studio research considers the implications of automation on labor and religion in relation to America’s working class. Through the implementation of automated technologies and machine learning her work questions the authority of algorithms while promoting a dialogue around future applications of artificial intelligence.
Smith’s work has been shown nationally and internationally. She was longlisted for the 2021 Lumen Prize in Art and Technology (London) and received the College Art Association’s Services to Artists Committee Award for her video Lights Out. Smith has been featured in PDNedu, Art IDEAL, and Al-Tiba9 Magazine (Barcelona). She has presented her work at FEMeeting: Women in Art, Science & Technology (Évora); and Technarte International Conference on Art and Technology. She will also will be speaking in at Homecoming, Society for Photographic Education Annual National Conference (Denver).
