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Like the invention of the camera helped artists explore new perspectives, artificial intelligence, used in this manner, can ultimately introduce a new way of seeing the world. Roman Lipski, the art collective YQP, and Birds on Mars are furthering the discourse around artificially creative systems at a point in time where the interactivity between man and machine is becoming commonplace.
The question is not, whether machines will replace artists but rather how such systems will be able to help artists in their creative work. The constant dialogue between Lipski and his digital muse, in the end, establishes a new creative language in art that produces an innovative aesthetic – from a mere dynamic interaction – provides endless inspiration.
Over the course of several months an AI-system was trained with Lipski’s work. The system extracted different facets from his paintings - such as colors, contrasts, forms, composition - and interpreted them in new ways. The result was a neural network that independently produces an infinite amount of new paintings based on Lipski’s style. The artificial muse slowly guides the painter to try out new creative expressions and develop his style.
Every new artwork gets ingested back into the system which results in a dialog between man and machine.
A few of the exhibitions from the past two years.
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The latest iteration of the muse tracks Lipski in real time and serves live inspiration.
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Credits
Artists: Roman Lipski, YQP art collective (Florian Dohmann, Maximilian Hoch, Manuel Urbanke), Birds on Mars
Photography: Hannes M. Meier
Documentary: Derringer Productions Berlin
Tags: art, AI, artificial intelligence, neural network, muse, Roman Lipski, painting, gallery, YQP