Painted Cities explores the memory and dream state of a city through the fusion of motion and ink. The digital paintings are created using a unique technique Mohler's been researching, which includes multiple forms of Ai especially Neural Style Transfer to fuse videos with ink, texture, and photographs. Mohler hopes these pieces further the digital art movement and open the eyes of traditional collectors to digital mediums that are conceptual, thought provoking, and engaging. It often takes weeks of testing and research before discovering perfect synergy between motion and texture.

For this series the process consists of first going out and filming moments around New York. Mohler seeks "moments with high levels of motion and architecture."  Images are processed with neural style transfer and a particular set of rules to apply the textures and colors to the base texture of the input video, creating completely new imagery.

Harnessing the machine as a tool to imagine.





Nate Mohler

V E N I C E  4k (3840 x 2160) | 2m 15s. Ai neural style transfer treatment of footage of 99 Winward taken by Mohler in 2022. Originally exhibited at "Vellum" in Los Angeles for Elsewhere is a Negative Mirror January 20th - February 13th, 2021. A continuation of the "Painted Cities - Los Angeles" series which explores the subconscious of a city through the lens of Ai and painted video. The process consists of first filming moments around Venice with high levels of motion and architecture. The ephemeral and grungy style of the video is derived from photographs taken by Mohler from around the neighborhood with rich texture and color. Each piece is processed with neural style transfer with a particular set of rules to apply the textures and color of the photographs from around the area to the base texture of the input video, fusing the city on the city. The streets on the streets. Harnessing the machine as a tool to imagine. Sound by Luke Mombrea.