AI HAVE BEEN DREAMING W/ STANDING FEMALE SCULPTURES, 2020
AI have been dreaming w/ standing female sculptors’ uses GAN (Generative Adversarial Network) to present an evolution in female figuration and a single sculptural representative of this evolution. Having scoured the depths of museum archives and the corners of the internet, Silva uses 3428 resources to effectively capture a whole, rounded, and undeniably universal representation of the female body through statues, icons, and idols. This unique expression of the body reflects a history of carving, chipping, moulding and firing using machine vision and 21st-century technologies.
Paying homage to females around the world, AI have been dreaming w/ standing female sculptors expresses adoration of all ages. Fonts to worship, figurines to thumb, sacred articles to whisper prayers; pieces to own, to gaze upon, to show reverence – and most importantly, a part of history. The female form penetrates all periods of art as a singular event recurring and evolving through all mediums and technological innovations. Silva’s AI have been dreaming w/ standing female sculptors presents a collection of ancient artefacts, buried to be rediscovered whilst being utterly modern in their means of rediscovery and salvation.
Special thanks to AI creative, Fabio Rovai, for his assistance.
Work available to download from www.offsiteproject.org.
An Agorama x Offsite Project collaboration.