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Rivals: Overcoming the laws of the nature
Promptography, Part 2
Generative AI can hallucinate, and it should even do so when applied creatively. This concept is not new to art; Max Ernst also referred to his collages as “hallucinations. " By combining various motifs, new worlds emerge.
But diffusion models take it a step further: they generate visions and concepts that have never existed before. They are ideal techno-images (Vilém Flusser), visualizing endless streams of information, along with our desires, fears, and phobias.
Clint Enns — „Plasmatic Bodies“
The uncanny aesthetics of Clint Enns’ AI-generated images are disturbing. The viewer’s brain operates at full speed to understand what is unfolding in the terrain between cursed images and pathology. Yet, the visions of the series “Plasmatic Bodies” are neither ready (in a human sense of understanding) nor are they already complete? The term “Plasmatic” was coined by Russian filmmaker Eisenstein, who aimed to describe the new possibilities of the then-nascent medium of film (including animation) and the intermutability of everything. Clint Enns takes this reference a step further and explores the endless Uncanny Valley of imperfect AI images, striking a balance between the fascination of grotesqueness and the laughter of surrealism.
