For the last two weeks I have focused on concepts and techniques for creating mythological images. Generally, I come up with a mythological scenario and then create the image around it – the civilization of machines being unearthed from the … Read More
Part of my process of defining and refining my project has been to look for moments when my various interests can be combined in one project. In the past that has meant doing something with a social conscience that involves … Read More
Part of this project is to take the output of AI and make it physical. These objects and creations work better and are less confined to our present day when they are not experienced on a computer screen. I am … Read More
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