The AI art movement is accelerating rapidly. And while the very concept of AI art is at the center of one of the most contentious and ongoing debates in recent history, the creators driving the trend seemingly have nothing and everything to prove to those who try to delegitimize the technology. and its use.
In a hostile context, artists continue push the limits of what can be achieved with the help of the latest art tools of civilization. And the proliferation of those tools, and the enthusiasm with which millions of people around the world have embraced them, means that physical exhibits dedicated solely to AI-assisted works of art are becoming increasingly common.
Their presence at NFT Paris this week is just one example of this, with Superchief Gallery NFT collaborating with AI art pioneer and advocate. claire silver in Artist x AI 000003. Co-curated by Silver, the exhibition will present the work of 39 of the most innovative AI-enabled artists in the space from 2:00 pm to 8:00 pm on February 25 and 26, with each work dropping as 1/1 Base on February 23.
That gallery leads perfectly into another AI art exhibit hosted by Superchief in Los Angeles on March 3 titled fake deep. The show bills itself as the biggest AI art gathering in history. We speak with the artist and the curator of the show. ClownVamp about the importance, timing and contribution of the exhibition to the broader conversation the world is having about the art of AI.
The line between the real and the artificial
Made in collaboration with the AI MAIF art collectiveThe theme of Deep Fake leans directly into criticism that AI artists and their works are not “real”, a theme Claire Silver explored in her iconic AI Art is Not Art collection. Seventy-three pieces submitted by 62 creators from the collective will be on display during the show, which will take place at the Superchief Gallery in downtown Los Angeles.
In a similar style to the NFT Paris exhibition, 62 of the 73 artworks will be minted at Foundation and available for auction one day before the exhibition. The remaining 11 pieces are collaborative efforts by MAIF artists that will be released on Objkt as editions of 30 for 20 XTZ each.
ClownVamp, the curator of the show, is a well-known and respected collector of AI art and artist in the space. They see the expo as an opportunity to explicitly make the voice of the community heard and ensure that the often toxic conversation around AI art is not one-sided.
“There has been a huge explosion of interest in the art of AI,” ClownVamp said while speaking to nft now. “But I think most people still don’t fully understand what’s possible in terms of perspective sharing with AI. These new tools have unleashed creative superpowers in ways we’ve never seen before. What happens when people from all over the world, connected by the Internet, meditate on a single topic? Deep Fake is the result of that question”.
The exhibition list includes artists such as Tomeo, Prostov, Str4ngeThing, Jenni Pasanen, Anna Condo, Stephan Vasement, Nikita Blank, 0009, Richard Nadler, Ren AI, Leônidas Valdez and many more who have given their artistic touch to the concept of construction and perceived realities.
“Perhaps these ‘fake’ tools can create some real thoughts and feelings.”
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ClownVamp hopes the exhibition will help underline the idea that the inherent accessibility of AI art tools is heralding an unprecedented era in the democratization of creativity in society.
“In the past, new creative tools had barriers to entry,” ClownVamp explained of distinguishing AI art as a movement. “You needed a computer that could run Photoshop, a tablet for Procreate, or a DSLR camera. With AI made in the cloud, [something] Anyone with an internet connection can access it, you have a technology that will have a fundamentally different adoption curve. This show is meant to embrace that. Some of our artists have been practicing art through media for thirty years. Others have six months to see themselves as artists. What matters are the stories they are telling.”
The money raised from the sale of art on Objkt will be used to create the MAIF Art Fund, whose goal will be to acquire art from emerging AI artists. ClownVamp is also donating his curator fee to the fund.
Above all, the artists and community organizers behind Deep Fake aim to show how AI art tools can be an intimate and emotionally resonant conduit through which creativity and expression can flourish.
“So much of our culture is socially constructed meaning,” ClownVamp said of the theme of the exhibition. “AI is cancelled; we are scared by the deep fakes and all the negatives. [The exhibition] it is meant to embrace this, to make us question where we are drawing these lines. The goal here was for artists to explore these lines and use the ‘fakeest’ set of tools in the art world to do so. Perhaps these ‘fake’ tools can create some real thoughts and feelings.”
The show comes at a time when the debate over the art of AI is at its most heated. With several lawsuits filed Against companies like Stability AI, the future of these tools and the art they help produce remains an open question. For now, exhibitions like Deep Fake and Artist x AI 000003 are doing their part to remind the world that revolutionary tools and artistic traditions have always been disruptive and that history can offer the best bit of wisdom when approached with curiosity. and enthusiasm, not fear. .
