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Hanging on walls inside homes since time immemorial, hand-woven carpets are vessels of history. They contain tradition, symbolism and memories threaded into finely knotted craftsmanship. With their geometric patterns being as important as the textile itself, the carpet as an artwork occupies a position far beyond a piece of ornamental decoration, rather an integral part of Middle Eastern cultural heritage. Yet for Orkhan Mammadov, the carpet as artwork belongs as a piece of futuristic heritage.

Through a densely complex mathematics-based art practice Mammadov reinvents traditional carpet design techniques by employing machine learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI). He uses his personal heritage as raw data, carefully documenting historical sources of ornamental carpet patterns and recontextualizes that data into the digital age. In this act, he is placing himself, the artist, simultaneously as a researcher and exhibitor in the process of creating his art.

‘Relic’ reveals a new visual language of carpet patternry through a collaboration between artist and machine. Harnessing the power of AI, Mammadov uses GAN algorithms to study the visual similarities of a massive carpet pattern archive collected over seven years of intensive research. Then, using a specifically designed coding structure, the relationship between artist and machine produces unique yet familiar patterns. Deliberately relinquishing part of his authority over the final product, Mammadov is questioning cultural appropriation and dissolution of deep-rooted cultural traditions in a globalized world. Yet he is also reclaiming ownership of them within a contemporary context and rewriting their position as relics of the past.

Mammadov expands the interpretation of patterns, moving them away from the craftsmanship of carpet weaving, to computing systems that recognize regularities in data sets. In this process, what was formerly historical data, now becomes the threads of information for the digital car

RELIC: Data Thread

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25m42

Unidentified contract

Ancient priest struggling with modern ways.

Created in Zbrush and Houdini, rendered with Cinema4d and Redshift

Red Eye

Ivona Tau

Non-composition of lights.

Created in Python, by training customised AI networks.
2023

Red Lights in Hongdae

Gavin Shapiro 1/1

Twenty Adélie penguins take turns walking in perfectly straight lines across the diameter of a circular field of snow. From the perspective of the penguins, their objective is nothing more than a straightforward trip from one icy cave to another. Viewed from the above, however, we see a circular pattern emerge, formed by the collective motion of the individuals. 

Based on a well-known optical illusion, Twenty Straight Lines aims to articulate satisfying kinetic principles through an emotionally relatable lens. Waddling penguins are used to humorously breathe life into a simple geometric pattern, inviting the viewer to consider the algorithmic relationship between individuals and the groups they form.

Twenty Straight Lines was part of the 'Oddly Satisfying' collection auctioned at Sotheby's in March 2023.

Twenty Straight Lines

JASON SIMS

Wood, reflective glass, mirror, stainless steel, LED lighting,
electronics, powder coated steel stand, 2018,
123 x 56 x 61cm 

JASON SIMS | SECTION

Jan Kalab

Horizon on Fire, 2022, Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 30 cm, 23 5/8 x 11 3/4 in", This NFT is to be sold only accompanied by its unique physical artwork by Jan Kalab

JAN KALAB | HORIZON ON FIRE

hofa.io

The intricacies of computer-imitated photography. Generated by training GAN on a custom collection of photography.

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Ivona Tau
2021


POSTERIORI

Zora

THINK TWICE OF EXISTENCE,
A.I. PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF EXISTENCE
THINK TWICE OF EXISTENCE encapsulates this NFT atmosphere to perfection. It evokes an underwater sounding omen or beautiful portent of great magnitude — it presages a human existence message along with its unfamiliar earthly matrix. Designer 25m42, and Multi-Platinum producer Aeneas "Hardley Davidson" Middleton the newly teamed up for this collaboration of a lifetime endeavor, THINK TWICE OF EXISTENCE is imminently about to introduce a new innovation with NFT created. 3D Imagination using sound .25m42, uses Sidefx Houdini and Zbrush to build his masterpiece. Along with, Cinema 4d and redshift for rendering. Middleton arranged and orchestrated an atmospheric hybrid of electronica and orchestral score using Roland's SRX Orchestra software to create out-of-this-world sci-fi sounds, along with voice overs that bring the vision of 25m42's vision into the universe.    Edition 1/1

THINK TWICE OF EXISTENCE

Neith was an early ancient Egyptian deity. She was said to be the first and the prime creator, who created the universe and all it contains, and that she governs how it functions.

Created in Zbrush and Houdini rendered with Redshift

"Neith"

Hugo Johnson

Digital ceramics spun into dancing forms. Infinite Loop.