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Rivals: Promptography
And this is where AI art starts.
In the exhibition's first part, artists used cameras, film, and negatives. We’ve learned that photography doesn’t reflect reality; instead, it’s a personal way to recollect visual experiences into "Techno-images” (as Vilém Flusser described photography in his early work). As their rival—or counterpart—or kindred spirit?—we deal with another set of "Techno-Images” (as Flusser later wrote in 1985 about a future society capable of synthesizing images). Welcome to the digital, AI-driven world.
Text as a source of the image
In the beginning, there was a word. A prompt. At least in the context of diffusion models (there are many other AI approachs without prompts). Thus, you operate in a multimodal space that bridges language and image.
Vladimir Sorokin — „Blue Lard. Cancel Russian Culture”
Who is better suited to work with text than writers?
Russian writer in exile, Vladimir Sorokin, is a master of provocation. Surprisingly or not, his surreal novels become reality bit by bit, especially in Putin’s epoch. In 1999, he published his book “Blue Lard,” in which clones of Russian literary classics engage in scandalous acts. In response, the conservative Russian Youth movement installed a giant toilet near the Bolshoi…
