How to make the images? In my last blog post, “Is It Art?” I questioned whether making composite images from the output of other people’s GANs was an appropriate approach. (A GAN is a type of neural network for image … Read More
As I mentioned in a previous post (“A Big Change in the World of GAN Image-Making”), Kate and I had been discussing compositing creation myth images out of the images made by neural networks, and the images they’re trained on. … Read More
For this project, I am making composite images depicting a future machine civilization’s creation myths, using photo composites. Composites give the photographer/compositor complete control of all elements of the picture, similar to how painters build a composition from scratch. It … Read More
My thesis research concerns how can human-like qualities may help robots and humans relate to each other, and how machines and humans might collaborate on image-making. A major part of my approach to these questions is Practice-Based Research. This means … Read More
Water gilding is a labour intensive process using valuable materials, that hinges on precise execution. A small slip can undo much of the work in an instant. Gilding is one of those crafts that is not possible to learn from … Read More
A major aspect of my thesis project is to be able to show a robot scribing and punching decoration on a gilded panel. The robot is to have enough human-like features to be uncannily familiar, but enough mechanical or alien … Read More
In the spring of this year, my art/design projects began to circle around mysterious artifacts that could be from the past or future. I got interested in looking at our place in the world as it appears from a distance … Read More
I read a lot of sci-fi as a kid. I just about stopped reading fiction altogether when I was in university – it seemed I had too much other reading to do. I got out of the habit of sitting … Read More