Psychopomp

BackgroundMy research explores the perverse interface between bodies and the contemporary media landscape. The broad field of this research is ‘art & technology’ and the narrow field is ‘representations of the body’. In addition the research relates to the discourses of media, photography and the emerging field of AI generated Art ContributionMy contribution was 4 photographic prints. The research identifies a gap in the knowledge of the relationship of AI and contemporary art and the human body. The work explores themes of body abjection, the uncanny and uncomfortable using outdated AI software so as to avoid the generic plastic and highly realistic look of so much of AI imagery. My work depicts the body as full of errors and mistakes. The theme of the exhibition Psychopomp, a guider of souls, and AI operating here as a kind of in-between zone of the living and the dead Significance The exhibition will be the inaugural exhibition at the Roger Ballen Centre for Photography, in Johannesburg, South Africa and is a highly significant event, being one of the first curated shows of AI at the prestigious Roger Ballen centre for photography. The work was selected and curated by international art curator Boris Eldagsen. In addition it received support from The School of Art at RMIT research funding. Numerous press articles covered the exhibition.

研究背景：本研究探索人体与当代媒体景观之间的悖谬关联。本研究的宏观领域为“艺术与技术”，微观聚焦于“身体表征”，同时关联媒体、摄影及新兴人工智能生成艺术（AI Generated Art）相关学术话语。
研究贡献：本人的研究成果为4幅摄影作品。本研究填补了人工智能、当代艺术与人体三者间关联研究的知识空白。作品围绕身体卑贱、诡异不安等主题展开，选用过时的人工智能软件进行创作，以规避多数人工智能影像常见的同质化塑料感与过度写实的视觉效果。我的作品将人体塑造为充满瑕疵与谬误的存在。本次展览主题为“灵魂向导（Psychopomp）”，将人工智能视为连接生死的中介地带。
研究意义：本次展览为南非约翰内斯堡罗杰·拜伦摄影中心（Roger Ballen Centre for Photography）的揭幕首展，亦是该知名摄影中心首次策展的人工智能主题展览之一，具有极高的行业影响力。参展作品由国际艺术策展人鲍里斯·埃尔达根（Boris Eldagsen）遴选并策展。此外，本项目获得了皇家墨尔本理工大学（RMIT）艺术学院的研究基金支持。多家媒体对本次展览进行了报道。