Martina Pace, M.A.

Martina Pace (IT, 1997) is a PhD candidate in the Italian National PhD Programme “Image, Language, Figure: Forms and Modes of Mediation” (University of Milan, University of Cagliari), curriculum of Media Theory and Visual Culture. She holds an MA in Philosophy from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milan), where she completed a thesis entitled “Computer-Generated Art: New Shapes of Aesthetic Experience”.

Her current research expands on this work by investigating “AI art” through a theoretical framework grounded in the concept of co-creativity. From October 2024 to March 2025, she was a Visiting Researcher at the Interface Cultures Department of the University of Arts Linz. She also undertook a traineeship as curatorial assistant for the Ars Electronica Festival 2025 (Theme Exhibition) from April to September 2025. She is a member of the Critical Data Research Group at Kunstuniversität Linz and, since May 2026, a doctoral fellow of the project “The Art of AI. Rethinking Notions of Creativity, Aesthetics and Ethics”, led by Hana Gründler and Rafael Uriarte.