Accompanying the 𝐴𝐼 𝐻𝑦𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑚 installation by #MartynaMarciniak is a short video featuring the #BalenciagaPope monologuing about notions of truth and questioning the reliability of images and traditional sources of authority 🥼

🟢 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺 & 𝐴𝐼 𝐻𝑦𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑚 exhibition opening happening tomorrow in Kino Šiška, #Ljubljana!

> https://aksioma.org/becomingimage/

#SheungYiu’s video essay 𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑎 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑒-𝑒𝑎𝑡-𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 investigates how synthetic faces replace the real and transform identities, tracing the cyclical evolution from #facialrecognition to synthetic facial data through #uncanny visuals of digital doubles traversing vast abstract landscapes.

The full video essay will be screened on 𝟯𝟭 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 at the #BecomingImage: 𝑺𝒚𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒖𝒎 in Kino Šiška, followed by a talk with the author! 🪞✳️

> https://aksioma.org/becomingimage/screenings/its-a-face-eat-face-world/

#BecomingImage 🟩 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 #𝟮
31 March | 7h30–9 PM | Kino Šiška
❕𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲, 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱!

> https://aksioma.org/becomingimage/symposium/

✦ SCREENING + ARTIST TALK | 𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑎 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑒-𝑒𝑎𝑡-𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑
This presentation introduces a video essay by #SheungYiu tracing the shift from facial recognition to synthetic facial data.

✦ ARTIST TALK | 𝑉𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠
#FelicityHammond presents a research project exploring links between geological mining and data mining.

#AlanWarburton ’s 2020 video essay 𝑅𝐺𝐵𝐹𝐴𝑄 traces a recent history of what he terms the #hyperimage, drafting a trajectory from computer graphics to synthetic data and examining how images have become increasingly unmoored from photographic #indexicality.

Full video essay awaits you on 𝟯𝟭 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 at the #BecomingImage: 𝑺𝒚𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒖𝒎 in Kino Šiška 🧩 🖼️

> https://aksioma.org/becomingimage/symposium/rgbfaq/

#BecomingImage ❇️ 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 #𝟭
31 March | 5–7 PM | Kino Šiška
❕ Admission is free, only registration required > https://pretix.eu/aksioma/becomingimage/

Programme explores how synthetic images and machine vision shape perception, identity, and belief, examines the infrastructures, aesthetics, and politics behind AI-generated and computational images.

SCREENING | 𝑅𝐺𝐵𝐹𝐴𝑄 by #AlanWarburton
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LECTURE | 𝑂𝑛 𝐵𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐼𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒 by #MarcoDeMutiis
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ARTIST TALK | 𝐵𝑙𝑜𝑏𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑆𝑙𝑜𝑝 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐻𝑦𝑝𝑒𝑟-𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 by #MartynaMarciniak

🟩 𝗘𝗫𝗛𝗜𝗕𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡: 𝐿𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑆𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒
1–30 April | Aksioma Project Space
❕ 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴: 1 April at 8 PM

In her installation, artist #FelicityHammond offers a speculative glimpse into a not-too-distant future where this new approach to space-based computation has become the dominant position in the AI industry. However, the system continues to battle with the effects of #modelcollapse...

> https://aksioma.org/becomingimage/exhibitions/latent-space/

❗️️ Last week to visit ❗️️
In her exhibition 𝐼𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑆𝑦𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑠, #NinaDavies dramatizes the breakdown of boundaries between human and machine, reframing the politics of visual representation. In this world, images are not just seen – they are identities to conform to and realities to adhere to.

🔴 The exhibition is on view 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟱 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 in #Aksioma.

> https://aksioma.org/image-syncers

Photo: Domen Pal / Aksioma

🟢 𝗘𝗫𝗛𝗜𝗕𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡: 𝐴𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑁𝑜𝑛-𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑡. 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑟 1: 𝐴𝐼 𝐻𝑦𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑚
31 March–22 May | Kino Šiška
❕𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴: 31 March at 9 PM

Artist #MartynaMarciniak materializes the puffer jacket by the AI-generated image of #BalenciagaPope. The image was originally created by a 31-year-old man using Midjourney, while he was tripping on shrooms, and quickly became the symbol of the AI boom of 2023. It reignited discussions about truth and misinformation in photography and journalism.

> https://aksioma.org/anatomy-of-non-fact

✳️ For the 𝗡𝗢𝗗𝗘#𝟮 of #BecomingImage we’re excited to welcome artists and researchers working at the intersection of #images, #technology and #visualculture.

✦ #AlanWarburton — CGI, AI & visual culture.
✦ #MarcoDeMutiis — algorithmic image research.
✦ #MartynaMarciniak — power & image infrastructures.
✦ #SheungYiu — photography, data & facial recognition.
✦ #FelicityHammond — extraction & digital infrastructures.

> https://aksioma.org/becomingimage/

On 31 March, the second node of 𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀&𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲#𝟭𝟳: 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 begins!

A symposium, two exhibitions and a workshop...

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Marco De Mutiis, Felicity Hammond, Martyna Marciniak, Alan Warburton, Sheung Yiu

https://aksioma.org/becomingimage