Deep Dreaming for Body Mysteries
glicée print, aluminium frame
dimensions: 250 x 337mm
group exhibition, In Search of Ghosts
curated by Isabel Young
Fringe Arts Bath
May 23 - June 7, 2025
How does AI dream of ancient sensuality?
Since its excavation in 1909, the Villa of Mysteries in ancient
Pompeii has accrued layers of meaning and memory from
archaeologists, artists, writers and spectators searching for
narrative in the pleasurable bodies depicted in the mysterious
wall paintings.
Applying contemporary digital tools to the site, the work looks
at the embodied presence in the image and the translation of
meaning that occurs through simulacrum. Using Google’s AI
program Deep Dream on the fresco in repetition, strange alien
forms emerge that are placed back into their original settings,
challenging notions of beauty and narrative between ancient
and technological perspectives.
photos by Marisa Müsing.
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Deep Dreaming for Body Mysteries
glicée print, aluminium frame
dimensions: 250 x 337mm
group exhibition, In Search of Ghosts
curated by Isabel Young
Fringe Arts Bath
May 23 - June 7, 2025
How does AI dream of ancient sensuality?
Since its excavation in 1909, the Villa of Mysteries in ancient
Pompeii has accrued layers of meaning and memory from
archaeologists, artists, writers and spectators searching for
narrative in the pleasurable bodies depicted in the mysterious
wall paintings.
Applying contemporary digital tools to the site, the work looks
at the embodied presence in the image and the translation of
meaning that occurs through simulacrum. Using Google’s AI
program Deep Dream on the fresco in repetition, strange alien
forms emerge that are placed back into their original settings,
challenging notions of beauty and narrative between ancient
and technological perspectives.
photos by Marisa Müsing.
.•° ✿ °•.
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