AI+ Art: A new tool to travel with the imagination
5 works to delve into the brand new history of art made with artificial intelligence
Woman with a Parasol in a Garden (1875) by Pierre-Auguste RenoirMuseo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
Historical tool
Artificial Intelligence (AI) adds a new tool to art, allowing it to explore unknown creative, conceptual and aesthetic terrain. Its appearance has a similar impact to the arrival of the easel, which changed the history of art and promoted Impressionism.
Memories of Passerby I (2018) by Mario KlingemannColección SOLO
Memories of Passersby I
Mario Klingemann, German artist and programmer, is one of the great pioneers in AI creation. His work Memories of Passersby I, capable of creating portraits by itself thanks to the training of its algorithms, it was the first AI work to be auctioned by Sotheby's in 2019
Appropriate Response (2020) by Mario KlingemannColección SOLO
Appropiate Response
The work of Mario Klingemann and a Special Mention at Ars Electronica 2020, Appropriate Response uses neural networks to generate an endless stream of original texts for each visitor. The artist Mario Klingemann signs this work where he goes a step further and applies AI to language.
A.I.C.C.A. (2023) by Mario KlingemannColección SOLO
A.I.C.C.A.
A.I.C.C.C.A. is a performative sculpture, a new step in the role of AI in Mario Klingemann's work. Programmed with different algorhythms created by Klingemann and ChatGPT, the robotic dog is able to write art reviews of the works in the exhibition spaces.
A.I.C.C.A. (2023) by Mario KlingemannColección SOLO
Attention! He delivers its critics in a very special way: he defecates them! Klingemann takes another step forward in his artistic practice with A.I.C.C.A. In his career AI has been "muse", "creator" and now presents it as "critic or curator", opening a reflection with a touch of humour.
Persistence of Narration 1 (2023) by Ulyss3sColección SOLO
Persistencia de la narración I, II y III
This work by the experimental collective Ulyss3s plays with our ability to "complete" stories. Finalist in the Lumen 2023 awards, it is the first work of a multidisciplinary collective that seeks to experiment with AI in different disciplines and artistic media.
Narrative and moving image
The War of the Worlds is an experimental work with which the collective Ulyss3s delves into the moving image with a short film. It highlights its narrative work, unusual in the works made in moving image with AI until 2023.
CAS_08 Hellenistic Ruler (2018) by Egor KraftColección SOLO
Content Aware Studies
And from the future presented by AI we look to the past with the work of Egor Kraft (St Petesburg, 1986). The artist takes advantage of AI to combine the aesthetics of classical antiquity with computer-generated results, questioning notions of authenticity.
Deep Portrait Studies Vertical (2019) by Egor KraftColección SOLO
Egor Kraft
Egor Kraft's works cross art and technology to challenge perceptions of reality, raising provocative questions about the future of coexistence between humans and machines. Works that raise the great questions of our time.
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