Fondazione Prada recently published a remarkable catalogue dedicated to the exhibition Recycling Beauty — an unprecedented study on the reuse of Greek and Roman antiquities in post-antique contexts.
The catalogue features my work CAS_05 Julia Mamea in the essay "Digital Artifacts: Processing Antiquities in Contemporary Art" written by Patrick R. Crowley.
The exhibition is curated by Salvatore Settis and Anna Anguissola, with Denise La Monica, and designed by Rem Koolhaas/OMA in collaboration with 2x4 Inc.
Photos © OMA, Fondazione Prada, and Patrick R. Crowley.
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the capacities of AI models to reconstruct missing fragments of objects from classical antiquity and generate synthetic historical documents carved in stone.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.