This book holds a special place in my library. Published with the support of the European ARTificial Intelligence Lab, in partnership with Ars Electronica, it brings together contributions from 13 cultural and six scientific institutions across Europe.
I’m honoured that my series Content Aware Studies is mentioned as one of the early examples of AI-driven, research-based artistic practice.
Special thanks to the Onassis Stegi Foundation, Irini Mirena Papadimitriou, Ars Electronica, and the Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport (BMKÖS) for their support.
Tokyo, Mishuku, JPN
Vienna, Neubau, AUT
Egor Kraft – artist-researcher, founder
Anna Kraft – researcher, director
mail/at/kraft.studio
Tokyo, Mishuku, JPN
Vienna, Neubau, AUT
Egor Kraft – artist-researcher, founder
Anna Kraft – researcher, director
#ReverseArchaeology #SyntheticHistories #Cognitecture #AIsthetics #Engistemics
Initiated in 2017, ongoing.
Marble, polyamide, machine learning algorithms, custom software, original dataset, multichannel video installation.
A critical and technical exploration of the capacities of AI models to reconstruct missing fragments of objects from classical antiquity and generate synthetic historical documents carved in stone. This work questions the epistemological qualities of AI-accelerated historiography, akin to 'reverse archaeology'.
#Infodemics #Infollution #Knowlegistics #EngineeredTruth
Initiated in 2011, ongoing.
5-channel video installation; HD film; website: thenewcolor.net; book, edition of 50.
An online mystification concerning a parascientific breakthrough discovery of a never-before-seen colour. The digital myth took the form of a fictitious company's website, video adverts & mockumentary interviews to become a viral sensation attracting mass attention online.