Ballarat International Foto Biennale invited artists from around the world to move into the future with Australia’s inaugural AI Prize, Prompted Peculiar in 2023.
Now in its second year, the Prompted Peculiar – International AI Prize brings us squarely into the rapidly evolving world of AI-generated imagery. This global competition explores the intersection of creativity and technology, inviting artists to use Artificial Intelligence as a tool to generate visual art through the act of prompting.
As AI continues to shape contemporary visual culture, this prize sparks timely conversation around authorship, authenticity and the role of ‘promptography’ – a term popularised when photographer Boris Eldagsen declined a major international award, stating that his AI-generated image was ‘not photography’.
The prize awards $2,000 to the overall winner, selected by a panel of jurors and $1,000 to the recipient of the People’s Choice Award. A curated shortlist of finalist works will be exhibited during the festival, with visitors encouraged to cast their vote.
