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Reverse Archaeologies @ NHM Wien

A few images of fossils from the geological collections of the incredible Museum of the Natural History, Vienna. These fossils were captured as 3D scans for the extensive dataset that we have been assembling for the soon-to-be announced new series of works. It was in the making for years, and I’m exciting to share it across soon. It will be premiered this fall during Vienna Art Week. Read the full article

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This book has a special place in my library. It was published with the support of European ARTificial Intelligence Lab, in partnership with Ars Electronica and brings together 13 cultural and six scientific institutions from across Europe. I am happy my series of works Content Aware Studies is mentioned there as one of the early examples of Ai driven research-based artistic practices.

Special thanks @onassis.stegi

@irini_mirena @arselectronica & bmkös

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CAS_15.1 Deep Frieze. 2021 Breccia marble, concrete, machine learning algorithms, unique synthetic dataset; dimensions: ~108x90cm. Produced with support from: Onassis Foundation & Garage Museum. @onassis.stegi @garagemca The Content Aware Studies (started in 2017) is a series of artistic investigations that spans computational, sculptural, screen-based and textual works that together critically examine what artistic, technical and philosophical capacities Ai technologies hold, both as means for automatic historical investigation & synthetic knowledge production. Artificial neural network is directed to replenish lost fragments of classical sculptures. Analysing thousands of 3d scans, it generates models, which are then 3D printed, marble fabricated and used to fill the voids of the original sculptures. #contentawarestudies #cas #kraftblog #kraftworks (at Zebrastraat) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpngcmRPZ2A/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Glad to be taking part in the show NEAR + FUTURES + QUASI + WORLDS: A S+T+ARTS EXHIBITION @startseu at STATE Studio, Berlin @statestudiobln July 2 - 26 2020 The show is curated by Manuel Cirauqui and includes the works by Refik Anadol | Ralf Baecker | Evelina Domnich and Dmitry Gelfand | Félicie d’Estienne d’Orves Forensic Architecture | Iris van Herpen | Julia Koerner | So Kanno | Egor Kraft | Kasia Molga & Robin Rimbaud aka Scanner | Etsuko Yakushimaru #cas #contentawarestudies #statestudio #kraftblog (at STATE Studio) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBtZiazn29N/?igshid=x3v10k4isgs2

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Delighted to share that three pieces from Content Aware Studies series entered collection of Colección SOLO in Madrid, Spain. The show Still Human that opened this week includes works by Nam June Paik, Neo Rauch, David Altmejd, Mario Klingemann and others. Photo © Courtesy Colección SOLO. #contentawarestudies #egorkraftwork #cas #collecionsolo (at Madrid, Spain) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9FrX6uHHzt/?igshid=7t71t788pnhv

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Some views of the show "Navigating the Digital Realm" in the EU commissions DG connect building in Brussels. The exhibition is curated by the great team at GLUON @gluon_bxl @nicolas_wierinck in collaboration with LUCA School of the Arts @luca.schoolofarts, Snowball, Ars Electronica @arselectronica and Bozar, Centre for Fine Arts Brussels @bozarbrussels Photos (c) Fabien Sylvestre. #kraftblog #cas #contentawarestudies https://www.instagram.com/p/CoDLxh9PFqt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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@fondazioneprada recently published a brilliant catalogue dedicated to the exhibition “Recycling Beauty” - an unprecedented study about the reuse of Greek and Roman antiquities in post-antique contexts. The catalogue features my work "CAS_05 Julia Mamea" in the essay "Digital Artifacts: Processing Antiquities in Contemporary Art" written by Patrick R. Crowley @marbleindex. The exhibition is curated by Salvatore Settis and Anna Anguissola with Denise La Monica and designed by Rem Koolhaas/OMA and @2x4inc. Photos (c) OMA, Fondazione Prada and Patrick R. Crowley #kraftblog #publication #contentawarestudies (at Fondazione Prada) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmdUWPoPM_Y/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Despite the horror of today's realms I'm glad to announce my participation in an online lecture series co-hosted by European Network for Cinema and Media Studies, on the topic of the impact of AI on contemporary visual culture and artistic practices. The Online Lecture Series is co-organized by Antonio Somaini (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris) together with Alexandra Anikina (London South Bank University, currently Balzan Postdoctoral Fellow within the research project “Aesthetics in the Present”). The history of visual cultures is periodically marked by the appearance of new images and new technologies of vision: images that introduce new forms of representation, and technologies of vision that introduce new ways of seeing, extending and reorganizing the field of the visible, while redrawing the borders between what can and what cannot be seen. In some cases, such changes produce only marginal transformations, whose effects can be felt only within specific areas of a specific visual culture, while in other cases the transformations are vast, tectonic shifts. This is what is currently happening, in a new phase in which AI, machine learning and neural networks are transforming profoundly the ways in which images are produced, modified, circulated, and seen, raising a whole series of aesthetic, epistemological, and political challenges, and leading us to question what we still mean by “image” and “vision” in the context of such vast transformations. The five speakers of the NECS Online Lecture Series – Emanuele Arielli, Tega Brain, Egor Kraft, Helena Nikonole, Joanna Zylinska – will tackle different aspects of this issue, focusing on the emergence of a new “artificial aesthetics” and of a new “extended aesthetic mind” (Arielli), on different possible approaches to the use of neural networks in art (Nikonole), on the way in which AI leads us to question again the status of human and nonhuman “creativity” (Zylinska), on the use of machine-learning processes in historical analysis (Kraft), and on the idea of the code as a “creative medium” (Brain) #kraftwork #cas #contentawarestudies #kraftblog (at Europe) https://www.instagram.com/p/CcjVVwah3QB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Content Aware Studies CAS_04 / Parthenon_South_XI_31; Carrera Marble; 120x95cm. As part of the “Innovation / Artistic Medium Show” in Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. In this work Machine learning algorithm (AI) reconstructed the fragment missing between the two plates of Parthenon Frieze (originally displayed in Brittish Museum) based on the analysis of dataset developed for the project that included other fragments of the frieze.

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Content Aware Studies CAS_04 / Parthenon_South_XI_31; Carrera Marble; 120x95cm. Produced in collaboration with Matthew Lenkiewicz. As part of the “Innovation / Artistic Medium Show” in Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. In this work Machine learning algorithm (AI) reconstructed the fragment missing between the two plates of Parthenon Frieze (originally displayed in Brittish Museum) based on the analysis of dataset developed for the project that included other fragments of the frieze. The work explores bizarre AIs interpretations of the ancient frieze, matching and mismatching its motive and figurative aspects as well as automation of artistic labour. It speculates on the future of reconstruction of past seen through contemporary meta-archeological means of knowledge production. #cas #contentawarestudies #egorkraft #kraftblog #st_petersburg #hermitage #parthenon #parthenonfrieze #marble #carreramarble #newpiece (at Hermitage, St Petersburg Russia)

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Work in progress. New marble piece from Content Aware Studies for the group show in Hermitage “innovation as a method” opening tomorrow. Produced in case collaboration with @matthew_lenkiewicz #contentawarestudies #egorkraft #luciusverus #cas #kraftblog (at Saint Petersburg, Russia)

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One of the CAS pieces I did in late 2019 and overlooked sharing here. CAS_06 Female Portrait From Content Aware Studies Series Date Created:2019 Engineered Stone, polyamide, GAN algorithms, custom 3D scanner dataset Dimensions 26 x 20 x 23 cm #egorkraftwork #cas #contentawarestudies #kraftblog (at Vienna, Austria) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFuIE95nDlg/?igshid=1mo5gqdndzwmt

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While I continue to be horrified with this world being on fire I’m also delighted to share that Content Aware Studies has been selected for the 2020 Lumen Prize @lumen_prize Shortlist which puts it through the final round of judging #contentawarestudies #cas #kraftblog #egorkraftwork (at Trust) https://www.instagram.com/p/CE9L-2bnX16/?igshid=cmk67o4krcte

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Something that I overlooked and didn’t share, but earlier this year my film on Content Aware Studies research featuring an interview with Jussi Parikka, had been included in the Exhibition programme of the project “Measure of Chaos” in Novosibirsk, Russia. The programme includes works by contemporary artists in the field of Art & Science. The selected projects is represented via three discursive trajectories incl: - Quantum in the Arts, Life Forms and Non-Life Forms. More new work soon. #cas #contentawarestudies #chaosemasure #egorkraftwork #kraftblog (at ЦК19) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDBuwUKHGOv/?igshid=173chm0k1tbnw

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3 last days of Near+Futures+Quasi+Worlds organised by @startseu on view at @statestudiobln #cas #contentawarestudies #statestudio #egorkraftwork #kraftblog (at STATE Studio) https://www.instagram.com/p/CC_oRu4nEQg/?igshid=116l0mdo9apvb

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Content Aware Studies Dataset video excerpt from the film mutual presentation at Cyfest 11 in St.Petersburg. In this project Machine Learning based algorithm generates the missing fragments of the Pergamon Altar. Produced together with @hashtag_classics. The project is curated by Natalia Fuchs. #contentawarestudies #krafblog #ml #cas #cyfest11 #cyfest #hellenism #dataset #kraftwork (at Академия Штиглица / Stieglitz Academy)