Siobhan O’Flynn

Siobhan O’Flynn. Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream. Canadian Studies Program, University College. University of Toronto. Siobhan O’Flynn is an interdisciplinary scholar whose research addresses the critical and creative applications and intersections of emergent digital technologies. Current works use research-creation methods to test the affordances of generative AI tools for creative and social applications. Recent digital works test the co-creative affordances of generative AI programs (Midjourney, LivingAI, ChatGPT4) in works that explore the fluidity and construction of memory, elegy, and affect. She is a member of the Decameron Collective, whose co-created works include two digital storyworlds, the VR Gallery, Decameron 2.0 exhibited at the ELO Conference 2022, and the VR experience, Memory Eternal, exhibited at the ELO Conference 2023. Recent awards: Shortlist for the Chris Meade Memorial Prize 2023, New Media Writing Prize (UK) for Infinite Eddies; Shortlist for the Opening Up Prize 2023, New Media Writing Prize (UK) for Infinite Eddies; Shortlist: Opening Up Prize. The Decameron Collective’s Memory Eternal / (Вічная Пам’ять), received the New Media Writing Prize (UK) and a Digital Humanities Award 2023. http://siobhanoflynn.com