Convolutions: Technological Specimens
2023 - present
In the 16th-century tradition of European Kunstkammern, each Convolutions piece serves as a collection of scientific specimens: synthetic neurons attuned to the visual fragments found in millions of Internet photos. Each blurred, pixelated pattern represents a distilled technological percept — parts of the visual grammar from an artificial intelligence's language, akin to the primal motifs learned by our brains. The artist has collected these abstract archetypes from the landmark open-source neural networks, such as AlexNet (2012) or Inception v1 (2014), capturing pivotal moments in AI history when new models irreversibly shaped society’s relationship with technology. Embedded in these “cabinets of curiosity” is the tension between the machine’s square gridded design and its tendency to learn organically shaped forms on gray backgrounds.
Convolutions (12 synthetic neurons from Inception v1, inception layer 3a), I
Archival pigment print with UV coating on dibond panel, custom machine learning software. 15"x20". 2024
Convolutions (12 synthetic neurons from Inception v1, inception layer 3a), II
Archival pigment print with UV coating on dibond panel, custom machine learning software. 15"x20". 2024
Convolutions (12 synthetic neurons from Inception v1, inception layer 3a), III
Archival pigment print with UV coating on dibond panel, custom machine learning software. 15"x20". 2024
Convolutions (12 synthetic neurons from Inception v1, inception layer 3a), IV
Archival pigment print with UV coating on dibond panel, custom machine learning software. 15"x20". 2024
Convolutions (112 synthetic neurons from Inception v1, inception layer 3a)
Archival pigment print with UV coating on dibond panel, custom machine learning software. 40"x70". 2024
University of California Law School
Installed in the lobby, adjacent to the technological law lab
198 MacAllister St, San Francisco, CA, 2024
University of California Law School
Installed in the lobby, adjacent to the technological law lab
198 MacAllister St, San Francisco, CA, 2024
Convolutions (112 synthetic neurons from Inception v1, inception layer 3a)
Archival pigment print with UV coating on dibond panel, custom machine learning software. 40"x70". 2024
Curating AI, 120710 Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2024
Convolutions (64 synthetic neurons from Inception v1, convolutional layer 2), III
Archival pigment print, custom machine learning software. 30"x30". 2024
Curating AI, 120710 Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2024
Convolutions (64 synthetic neurons from Inception v1, convolutional layer 2), II
Archival pigment print, custom machine learning software. 30"x30". 2024
Convolutions (64 synthetic neurons from Inception v1, convolutional layer 2), I
Archival pigment print, custom machine learning software. 30"x30". 2023
Convolutions (16 synthetic neurons from Inception v1, convolutional layer 2), I
Archival pigment print, custom machine learning software. 12"x12". 2023
Convolutions (25 synthetic neurons from Inception v1, convolutional layer 2), I
Archival pigment print, custom machine learning software. 20"x20". 2024
Convolutions (25 synthetic neurons from AlexNet, convolutional layer 1), II
Archival pigment print, custom machine learning software. 20"x20". 2023
Convolutions (25 synthetic neurons from AlexNet, convolutional layer 1), I
Archival pigment print, custom machine learning software. 20"x20". 2023
Convolutions (16 synthetic neurons from AlexNet, convolutional layer 1), II
Archival pigment print, custom machine learning software. 12"x12". 2023
Convolutions (16 synthetic neurons from AlexNet, convolutional layer 1), I
Archival pigment print, custom machine learning software. 12"x12". 2023
Convolutions (16 synthetic neurons from Inception v1, convolutional layer 2), II
Archival pigment print, custom machine learning software. 12"x12". 2023