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ART MAKING IN THE CONTEXT OF CHANGING COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – CONSTRAINING OR FREEING CREATIVITY

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ART MAKING IN THE CONTEXT OF CHANGING COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – CONSTRAINING OR FREEING CREATIVITY

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This study investigates whether artificial intelligence constrains or liberates creativity in the arts focusing on how technological mediation shapes artistic production. It adopts a qualitative research design. Thematic analysis examines a sample of 35 texts published between 2018-2025, alongside Johnson-Laird’s (1988) foundational theory of creativity. The sample includes academic articles, industry reports, and public commentaries from fields such as philosophy, aesthetics, communication, art history, education, and computer science. The analysis identifies four overarching themes: intentionality and meaning, the dialectic of constraints and liberation, perceptions of human versus AI-generated creativity, and technology as mediator and amplifier of creative processes. Findings show that intentionality remains the principal distinction between human-AI creativity. While AI can generate outputs that mimic established styles, its lack of tacit knowledge and embodied meaning constrains its recognition as autonomous creativity. The dialectic of constraint and liberation further demonstrates that AI does not inherently liberate or restrict creativity. Instead, its value depends on how artists appropriate algorithmic limits. Perceptions of creativity are equally important, with cultural biases privileging human authorship, though hybrid authorship models show potential for broader acceptance. AI functions as a technological mediator, amplifying creative possibilities but simultaneously embedding extractive infrastructures and ethical challenges around authorship and labour. The study contributes to literature by situating AI within long-standing debates on creativity, emphasising that its role lies less in replacing human agency than in reshaping conditions of creative practice. Practical implications highlight the need for artists, educators, and institutions to critically integrate AI in their work.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Creativity, AI, Intention, GAN, Strategy

Kaynakça

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Kaynak Göster

APA
Pekün, B. (2026). ART MAKING IN THE CONTEXT OF CHANGING COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – CONSTRAINING OR FREEING CREATIVITY. The Turkish Online Journal of Design Art and Communication, 16(1), 59-68. https://doi.org/10.7456/tojdac.1797992
AMA
1.Pekün B. ART MAKING IN THE CONTEXT OF CHANGING COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – CONSTRAINING OR FREEING CREATIVITY. TOJDAC. 2026;16(1):59-68. doi:10.7456/tojdac.1797992
Chicago
Pekün, Burak. 2026. “ART MAKING IN THE CONTEXT OF CHANGING COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – CONSTRAINING OR FREEING CREATIVITY”. The Turkish Online Journal of Design Art and Communication 16 (1): 59-68. https://doi.org/10.7456/tojdac.1797992.
EndNote
Pekün B (01 Ocak 2026) ART MAKING IN THE CONTEXT OF CHANGING COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – CONSTRAINING OR FREEING CREATIVITY. The Turkish Online Journal of Design Art and Communication 16 1 59–68.
IEEE
[1]B. Pekün, “ART MAKING IN THE CONTEXT OF CHANGING COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – CONSTRAINING OR FREEING CREATIVITY”, TOJDAC, c. 16, sy 1, ss. 59–68, Oca. 2026, doi: 10.7456/tojdac.1797992.
ISNAD
Pekün, Burak. “ART MAKING IN THE CONTEXT OF CHANGING COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – CONSTRAINING OR FREEING CREATIVITY”. The Turkish Online Journal of Design Art and Communication 16/1 (01 Ocak 2026): 59-68. https://doi.org/10.7456/tojdac.1797992.
JAMA
1.Pekün B. ART MAKING IN THE CONTEXT OF CHANGING COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – CONSTRAINING OR FREEING CREATIVITY. TOJDAC. 2026;16:59–68.
MLA
Pekün, Burak. “ART MAKING IN THE CONTEXT OF CHANGING COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – CONSTRAINING OR FREEING CREATIVITY”. The Turkish Online Journal of Design Art and Communication, c. 16, sy 1, Ocak 2026, ss. 59-68, doi:10.7456/tojdac.1797992.
Vancouver
1.Burak Pekün. ART MAKING IN THE CONTEXT OF CHANGING COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – CONSTRAINING OR FREEING CREATIVITY. TOJDAC. 01 Ocak 2026;16(1):59-68. doi:10.7456/tojdac.1797992