Hot off the press: the newest issue of the brilliant Neural magazine (@neural_mag) is out — and I’m incredibly honoured (and humbled, and honoured, and humbled, and h...) to be featured in its pages.
Among many excellent contributions, this issue includes an in-depth conversation exploring synthetic cognition, emerging memory architectures, and a deep dive into a wide arc of my recent and ongoing work. It’s not often that one gets the space and attention to reflect on such themes in such depth, and I’m deeply grateful to the Neural team for the thoughtful dialogue and editorial care.
If you're interested in critical perspectives at the intersection of media, art, and technology, this issue is definitely worth a read.
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the capacities of AI models to reconstruct missing fragments of objects from classical antiquity and generate synthetic historical documents carved in stone.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.