Voyage of the Celestial Alchemist
A generated description becomes a woven rocket scene, then a photograph of the tapestry prompts an AI-written wall label.
A rocket climbs diagonally through bands of clouds into a sky filled with stars and moons. A floral border surrounds the scene, bringing space travel into the visual language of a decorative tapestry.
An AI describes a tapestry artwork, and a second AI turns that description into an image. The image is woven on a Jacquard loom. A photograph of the finished tapestry is then given to a third AI, which writes a wall label for it.
The generated label supplies its own fictional artist, date, and interpretation. That imagined account is part of the work's experiment in having a machine interpret the physical result.
Exhibitions
- 2024Write a convoluted exhibition title for Alexander Reben’s show in the basement of the Charlie James Gallery
Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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