The Mansfield Museum in Nottinghamshire is launching an artificial intelligence-driven exhibition created by neurodivergent young people.
The free exhibition, titled 'Neurodiverse Futures', is a digital art installation created by autistic and neurodivergent young people in Mansfield using innovative AI tools.
Councillor Stuart Richardson at Mansfield District Council said: "This is not an exhibition about AI; it is an exhibition about people — a collaborative artwork that celebrates being and thinking differently, exploring how digital technology and art can highlight and celebrate neurodiversity in Mansfield."
He added, "It demonstrates how technology can listen to and amplify the voices, ideas, and creativity of neurodivergent young people.
“These expressions have been transformed into a looping stream of still and moving images that reflects thought, emotion, and sensory experience. It’s an extremely impressive and thought-provoking exhibition that I’m really proud to support."
Opening on 9 January, the exhibition was developed over two days of hands-on workshops, where participants worked with drawing, movement, sound, spoken description and model-building.
After the workshops, creative media agency Metro Boulot Dodo (MBD) shaped the participants' creations into a large-scale projection at the museum.
'Neurodiverse Futures' art installation
Paul Long, creative director at MBD, said: "At MBD we were so inspired by the collaboration with these talented young people and the wider project team. Witnessing their use of artificial intelligence to explore and express their creativity has been remarkable.
"The results show the potential of AI as a creative tool, and ask questions about technology's role in creating access to the future of art and creativity for all. We are incredibly proud to be part of this visionary work.”
The young people who took part in the workshop are all supported by a Mansfield-based charity called Spectrum WASP, which assists parents with children on the autistic spectrum with disabilities, special and additional needs.
Sue Edwards, group co-ordinator at Spectrum WASP, said: "The experience has been truly invaluable, opening up opportunities we never imagined, inspiring our young people in ways that will stay with them for years to come."
Images courtesy of Mansfield Museum
