AI image generation doesn't have to be kitsch, it can be used to reflect on art, artmaking, history, and can be a process of experimentation. … https://varnelis.net/on-an-art-experiment-in-soviet-lithuania/ #midjourney, #aiart #criticalaiart
On an art experiment in soviet Lithuania

Looking through my own library of books from occupied Lithuania, I realized that a broader audience was likely unfamiliar with the story of the Lithuanian SSR’s artistic revolution in the 1970s, a bold and audacious deviation from the traditional narrative of Soviet-controlled artistic expression is the midst of the Cold War that has yet to ... Read more

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Not land art by Robert Smithson. #aiart #criticalaiart
On the Lost Canals of Vilnius

​ Vilniaus Dinge Kanalai ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Jau mes senai užmiršome kad XVI-XVIII amžiam, Vilnius buvo vadintas „Šiaures Venecija“ ne tik dėl to kad miestu architektūra būvu panaši bet gi ir Vilnius buvo kanalų miestas lyg kaip Venecija. Po Didžiojo Vilniaus gaisro 1610 metais, Kristupas Radvila Jaunasis liepė rekonstruoti miestą su Venecijos-tipo kanalais kad vėl tokio įvykio nebūtu. ... Read more

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Since William Gibson provided the inspiration for this #criticalaiart piece by fleeing Mastodon for the safe ground of Twitter after a month (is there a term for these people? November's Children?), here are some a pieces from it. #aiart

https://varnelis.net/art-and-the-boxmaker/

art and the boxmaker – varnelis.net

Happy Valentine’s Day from the Witching Cats of New Jersey! #aiart #criticalaiart
The Cybernetic Forests substack (https://cyberneticforests.substack.com) by
@CyberneticForests is excellent reading on AI Art from a critical perspective. Learning a lot about #criticalaiart
Cybernetic Forests

Stitching together the techno-social debris. Click to read Cybernetic Forests, by Eryk Salvaggio, a Substack publication with hundreds of readers.

Also, back in January, I started posting my #criticalaiart projects, but stopped so I'm going to boost them again.

I've made a couple of minor revisions to this essay, but if you missed it yesterday, it's part of my project on working with #criticalaiart

https://varnelis.net/art-and-the-boxmaker/

art and the boxmaker – varnelis.net

Mastodon always gets my posts first, so here we are… A new #criticalaiart project, this time on Joseph Cornell and William Gibson's Count Zero. https://varnelis.net/art-and-the-boxmaker/

Still feeling like this is a bit of a draft (another day, another migraine), will doubtless clean up. Let me know what you think.

#aiart #josephcornell #conceptualart

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Back to this project regarding Count Zero and #criticalaiart #aiart hoping to get it out the door today @ varnelis.net. REVISED: ... here it is https://varnelis.net/art-and-the-boxmaker/
art and the boxmaker – varnelis.net