ArtworkPublished displayGallery placedMar 9, 2024
"The Encounter with the Incomprehensible"
AArsenyPublished Mar 9, 2024
Tags#Digital art#Collage#artwork#AI-ARTS Competition 2024#Neural collage
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Artist statement
"The Encounter with the Incomprehensible"
Title: "The Encounter with the Incomprehensible".
Dimensions: 7042 by 4003 pixels; 186 by 104 centimeters.
It's often said that if something could be easily explained, there would be no need to paint it. Indeed, my art emerges where words fail, and I prefer not to dilute the experience with too many explanations, preferring to let the work speak for itself.
This work was created using a technique i call "neural collage," where generative AI is harnessed to produce samples for the collage, which I then assemble to form a coherent idea and composition. The process includes a combination of traditional digital techniques and neural interventions. The generative model itself was trained on my own drawings and sculptures, ensuring a continuity of my artistic essence in this new medium.
The generative model itself was trained on my own drawings and sculptures, which I believe is quite ethical.
The concept arose from pondering how to illustrate the indescribable—does a prompt exist for the ineffable? No matter what, some aspect will be described. I approached this challenge by creating a piece so rich in detail that it becomes difficult to encapsulate, hence the large scale and "maximalist render" of the artwork.
There's more I could say, but it's better to just look and experience the piece yourself.
About the artist
Hi, My name is Arseny Zykhowski, a multidisciplinary artist from Chelyabinsk, Russia, where the stark industrial landscapes juxtaposed against nature's quiet rebellion first inspired my artistic journey. My work is a dialogue with tidy chaos, where I weave disparate elements into unified expressions across various media, including painting, theatre, dance, music, and more, aiming to create a gesamtkunstwerk, or a total work of art.
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