2024, Video with Sound, 3:55 min
In the video “Desert Land” by Erika Kassnel-Henneberg a watercolor painting by Bachmann was used as the initial image for several AI morphing sequences, which oscillates between dream and nightmare. Like an echo, the various media relate to each other in terms of content and time and at the same time symbolize the idea of the echo chamber.
From the cooperation project Reminiscence & Echo Chamber.
A drawing by Bachmann, inspired by a still from RE02-In the Mood, is the initial image for this video. The AI’s association with visualizing an underwater scene was taken up here and developed further in moving images.
From the cooperation project Reminiscence & Echo Chamber.
This video is the second output of the dialog between traditional media and artificial intelligence. Under controlled experimental conditions, a still from an AI-generated video was repeatedly animated with the help of AI. The different “levels of aggression” that were attributed to the “person” by the AI and manifested themselves in corresponding movements were interesting. The movement studies are accompanied acoustically by variations of Glen Miller’s In the Mood.
2024, video with sound, 2:17 min
From the cooperation project Reminiscence & Echo Chamber.
A text-to-image AI or image-to-image AI is “fed” with images/terms to visualize surreal scenes. These outputs serve as the basis for further processing with a traditional medium (e.g. drawing or painting) and / or are translated into moving scenes with the help of other AI tools. These in turn serve as the initial image for further processing with AI, painting or drawing, and so on.
Like an echo, the various media relate to each other in terms of content and time, and at the same time symbolize the idea of the echo chamber. The time factor is a key element in this respect, also because each medium has its own tempo: painting as a “slow” medium versus AI, which generates an image in a matter of seconds. This interplay is documented as a process and further developed in various directions with an open outcome.
This video is the first in this series. It shows an initial image of an oil painting by Silke Bachmann, which was visually developed further with the help of AI.
2024, Video with Sound, 4:28 min
From the cooperation project Reminiscence & Echo Chamber.
Artificial intelligence is increasingly shaping our society, whether as intelligent household appliances or applications that make everyday routines easier, as universal geniuses that find answers to almost all of our questions, or as viral images and videos that cause amazement, amusement or horror on social media. A feeling of insecurity spreads in the face of so much intelligent anarchy. The artists Silke Bachmann (painting, drawing) and Erika Kassnel-Henneberg (video, AI, concept, Polaroid) want to counteract this.
f.l.t.r: Memory Noise (oil on canvas, SB), In the Mood (video with sound, EKH), Red Noise (video with sound, EKH)
In this joint project, the artists want to explore the creative potential of a dialog between AI and traditional art techniques. As a thematic limitation and common thread, they deal with dreams as echo chambers of everyday experiences, memories and fears.
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f.l.t.r: After the Noise 1 (ink on paper, SB), AI outputs after After the Noise 1 (digital, EKH)
Based on texts about their own dreams and memories, a text-to-image AI is “fed” with terms in order to visualize surreal scenes. These outputs serve as the basis for further processing with a traditional medium (e.g. drawing or painting), which in turn can become the initial image of an AI application, and so on. Like an echo, the various media relate to each other in terms of content and time and at the same time symbolize the idea of the echo chamber.
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f.l.t.r: After the Noise 2 (ink on paper, SB), AI outputs after After the Noise 2 (digital, EKH)
The following works have been created so far:
A real existing space runs through a “what-if” of infinite possibilities, thought up by me, visualised by an artificial intelligence. This work was produced for the event “…WILL BE EATEN BY THE RAVENS” at the Stadttheater Neuburg a.d.Donau (16.06.2024). This video was accompanied by a live performance of the piece Nocturne by Lili Boulanger (for flute and harp).
Is this a bedtime story? Hardly. The starting point in “Sleep well, my Love” is an old family photo album. With the help of artificial intelligence, the photos in it come to life in an uncanny way. Over these disturbing images, a child whispers “The Willful Child” by the Brothers Grimm – a fairy tale about a mother who literally beats her child into the grave out of love because it is disobedient beyond death.
“Mother” stands for care. But what makes a “good” mother? Although we like to believe that there are universal truths, the concept of motherhood is profoundly shaped by changing social norms and cultural expectations.
Inspired by the photo albums and the fairy tale, this experimental short film questions idealized notions of motherhood. What begins as a nostalgic exploration becomes a disturbing reflection on memory, identity and the narratives we inherit.
UT: German, English, French, Romanian
Language: German
Rocketeer MAGAZIN 2/23, published at the end of 2023
“The technically feasible and its creative realization have always fascinated artists and audiences alike. The options created by AI catapult these possibilities to new levels.” (a3kultur)
When: Saturday, 20.01.2024, 6 to 7.30 pm.
Where: in the rooms of the BBK, Glaspalast, Am Glaspalast 1, 86153 Augsburg.
Invited guests: Tina Lorenz (digital theater pioneer, head of the Hertz Lab ZKM Karlsruhe), Alessandra Zarcone (professor of language technologies and cognitive assistance, TH Augsburg), Gerald Bauer (artist), Martina Vordermayer (designer, a3kultur author), Erika Kassnel-Henneberg (artist), Horst Thieme (literature, smart city expert).
Moderation: Jürgen Kannler (a3kultur).
Organizer: a3kultur in cooperation with BBK and Ständige Konferenz e.V.
https://a3kultur.de/termine/glaspalast/ki-und-kunst/2023-12-18
