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I'm currently attempting to write a short rationale for these AI assisted images. The title at the moment is Future Past as each image addresses time in some way, particularly in regards to the fact that I have begun with a photograph of my face at different times in my life. Using AI has meant that I can bring the present and past together in a flow, in which time passes through us and dissolves the now. The following image I made yesterday exemplifies this.
Yesterday I found a 10 x 12 inch acrylic on canvas board I painted about a decade ago. I photographed it and then, with the assistance of an AI image generator I made a new version. It's called 'Connection'.
Here is original painting and the new image. I should say it took a number of instructions to create this.l new version, which speaks of Medusa and our connectivity to all things, including the long tentacles of technology.
I've nearly finished reading the most wonderful novel by Irish writer Doireann Ni Ghriofa called Said the Dead about a woman's investigations into a 18th century asylum. I was thinking about our recent pandemic and the affect on many people's state of mind and how we furnish ourselves with objects that console us. A teddy bear features in some of my art as a symbol of comfort but also marking a major shift in my life. This is the image I made after giving instructions to an AI. It began with a photo of me when I was 22 years old.
I may have gone a little overboard with the amount of wrinkles placed on this face, which began with a photograph of me at 26 years old. Otherwise I'm happy that the AI executed my instructions very well. As always - my idea, my requests, carried out by an AI tool.
