Cogito Petrisséur-AI

Analogous connections to one's own fingerprint arose in working with stone/rope in the exploration of the self kneaded with matter in Cogito Petrisséur. I explored these connections further in the AI ​​app "Imagine" (Vyro, n.d.). With the help of this app, 2 photos are merged together, based on concepts generated by AI from the photos. This intuitive experiment gave an exciting visual fusion of expressions.

According to Søyland (Søyland,2021), the understanding of virtual impressions depends on previous bodily experiences. The AI ​​images can therefore seem strangely familiar. It may take time before one realizes that these expressions do not belong to our known material reality. Based on Harper's (Harper, 2015) comfort breaker strategy, I play here with the recipient's connotations, something is familiar, but they do not quite get the hang of this hodgepodge of stories connected by AI. This can add a new layer to one's own connections fused with a virtual materiality.

Sources:

Harper, K. (2015) Æstetisk bæredygtighed. Samfundslitteratur.DK

Søyland, L. (2021). Grasping materialities: Making sense through explorative touch interactions with materials and digital technologies (Doktorgradsavhandling, Universitetet I Sør-Øst Norge). USN Open Archive. https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2756969

Vyro (n.d.). Imagine (1) [AI art generator]. Google store. Retrieved 2. April 2023 from https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vyroai.aiart&hl=en&gl=US