Reinterpreted Spaces, an AI Printmaking Collaboration

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Hannen E. Wolfe, Charlotte Rogerson, Amanda Lilleston

 Room: 103

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Exemplar figure, described by caption below — The flag book is a sculptural object that can be read page by page or viewed in a full spread. It explores the idea of organic and machine-made interpretations of a place that were generated using 3 different processes: a generative adversarial network, traditional printmaking and a camera. This image shows a flag book from 4 different perspectives, opened like a book with 2 pages, spread open to reveal all nine pages, the back of a flag book showing the accordion folded spine, and the flag book from above.

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Abstract

We present an examination of organic spaces through print, book making, data, and machine learning. Artists created a book that explored the idea of organic and machine-made interpretations of a place that were generate using 3 different processes: a generative adversarial network, traditional printmaking and a camera. The artists found the results unexpected, discussing how the AI-generated image changed and complicated their understanding and constructed narrative about the original image and space. This caused them to think outside the box with over half of the students changing their print matrix and/or ink choices after seeing their AI-generated image. This supported the learning objective for students to collaborate with technology that is uninhibited by perspective or expectation, adapting and responding productively and creatively within a new framework. With the newfound accessibility to AI-generated images we encourage art teachers to explore how it fits into their curriculum.