ent.5t
"When your mind becomes obsessed with anything, it will filter everything else out and find examples of that thing everywhere." -Sol, (Pi by Darren Aranofsky) These are images produced by the application entInt.5t - a command line application written in C#. When entInt.5t finds "meaning" in an image it holds onto it and adds that to the next image it sees. Meaning "travels" from one image to the next; memory of previous meaningful encounters clouds future experiences. Images from this series were shown at COMA 16: Roam (January 2008, Chicago). Technical information: Built with C# (command line application), and uses original photographs as source images.
ent.4
This version produced audio. It was created in collaboration with Dr. Joseph Cancellaro.
ent.3
These are images produced by the application entInt.3 - a command line application written in C#. entInt.3 searches for a broader sense of meaning than previous versions (entInt.2, entInt.1 and entDFP). If the search is successful, the application considers the image to have meaning and will produce a generative work titled after what it thinks the source image is primarily about. Prints from entInt.3 were in Gallery Art Portfolios at The Project Room, Koscielak Gallery (April 2008, Chicago) and the application entInt.3 and a photograph were in COMA 12 (June 2007, Chicago).
ent.2
These are images produced by the application entInt.2 - a command line application written in C#. entInt.2 uses as source images portraits taken of strangers on the street without their consent. However the application believes the images hold consent to make derivative works. The application looks for what it thinks of as consent. It searches the translation of a source image for the word "yes". If the search is successful, the application considers the image to contain consent. If consent is found, a generative work is produced. The greater the amount of consent the application believes the image to hold, the greater the liberty it will take in creating the new work. Images from this series were shown at Koscielak Gallery Chicago, April 18 - 25, 2008, as part of "The Project Room".
ent.1b
These are images produced by the application entInt.1b - a command line application written in C#. entInt.1b uses as source images photographs I have taken that it found on my hard drive. The application looks for what it thinks of as consent. It searches the translation of a source image for the word "yes". If the search is successful, the application considers the image to contain consent. If consent is found, a generative work is produced. The greater the amount of consent the application believes the image to hold, the greater the liberty it will take in creating the new work. These images were created as part of the installation for entInt.1 at the Interactive Arts and Media Faculty Exhibit (February 2007) at Columbia College Chicago.
ent.1a
These are images produced by the application entInt.1 - a command line application written in C#.entInt.1 uses as source images photographs of a close friend. Of the 40 images it used as sources, it found consent in only 2. This is contrasted with entInt.1b which found consent in 9 out of the 10 images it translated.The application looks for what it thinks of as consent. It searches the translation of a source image for the word "yes". If the search is successful, the application considers the image to contain consent. If consent is found, a generative work is produced. The greater the amount of consent the application believes the image to hold, the greater the liberty it will take in creating the new work. These two prints are each 44" x 33", and were shown as part of Crossmediale 2 at Gosia Koscielak Studio & Gallery. They were also shown in the Interactive Arts and Media Faculty Exhibit (February 2007) at Columbia College Chicago.
entDFP
entDFP is an application that creates generative work based on its interpretation of whether an image holds "consent". As it finds images, it converts them (via a slightly complicated process) into a string of text that can be searched for the word "yes". The more occurrences of this word which are found, the more "artistic license" the application takes in generating a visual response. This work was exhibited at "Divine Feminine Principle of Cook County Chicago, et al." at 1/Quarterly Gallery, Chicago, IL, March, 2004
