Driving Ms. Chimère

The following documents the work of the Chimère project, a group of artists working across Switzerland, the UK, Lesotho and South Africa developing community led multi-modal artificial intelligence projects designed towards the creation of interdisciplinary artistic works. This paper emphasizes how the multimodality of Chimère takes collaborative processes beyond the linearity of the chat function approach to working collaboratively. There is a particular focus on how this project can generate new insights from musical and artistic processes that facilitate conceptual and practical developments. Working with AIs problematizes the role of the individual within any artwork and the collaborative practices outlined in this paper emphasize the role of collaborative creativity, a burgeoning area of research.