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le travail des rves

The world is large, but in us
it is deep as the sea. - Rainer Maria Rilke

Depicting dreams has long been a practice that borders on something almost absurd. They are intricate, abstract, fragmented and mostly fleeting visuals manifested only in one person, and when shared with others they seem to take a step toward a more grounded existence. Perhaps this grounding of the ephemeral emphasises the intimacy of sharing dreams and, of course, makes them somewhat more real.

In le travail des rves, aurce vettier does exactly this. He invites the viewer to participate in his personal dreamscape, encouraging us to submerge ourselves in his memories, from childhood until current times. Though with an indication in the prompt used for its creation and in the title of each piece, the viewer is still left with space for interpretation. Furthermore, with the low resolution of the pieces, the viewer is forced to search their own memories and dreamscape and, perhaps, also reflect upon what dreams might symbolise.

In The Poetics of Space, Bachelard suggests that [...] works of art are the by-products of this existentialism of the imagining being.(1) This quote seems relevant in the case of this series, as the depiction seems to allude to questions about the connection between life and dreams. Though by-products might have a negative connotation, it is in the case of le travail des rves, meant with all well-meaning. The art created in this somewhat existentialist quest is poetic visuals that reflect on joyous as well as troubled and dark memories, and perhaps also what it means to be human.
 
This idea, of art as a by-product produced by existentialism of the imagining being(2) is also relevant when reflecting on the use of AI in the creation process. aurce vettiers use of it might seem like a simple approach to translating dreams into something materialistic. Still, the process behind it is much more intimate than what might first be considered. His work is based upon full control of it, built on not being reliant on the technology, but rather being able to steer it in whatever way he might wish. The technology works for him, and by sharing intimate memories and dreams with a custom text-to-image algorithm that he has trained, the project is fully personal - from start to finish. And as a result, aurce vettier invites the viewer into a dreamscape that only he can create. 

The sheer level of intimacy in this project and aurce vettier unselfish sharing of the private sphere of his dreams creates a poetic result that, paradoxically, echoes the viewers' dreamscape and memories, blurring the lines of what belongs to him and what belongs to the viewer.

Stina Gustafsson
February 2024

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(1) Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space (Boston, Beacon Press, 2013) p. 18
(2) Ibid.

le travail des rves #94

The Peplicator!
https://www.peplicator.fun
By Matt Furie

The first generative NFT collection from the creator of Pepe The Frog
Each NFT an original 1/1 Pepe

Brought to you by Chain/Saw
https://www.chainsaw.fun

Peplicator

The Peplicator!
https://www.peplicator.fun/
By Matt Furie

The first generative NFT collection from the creator of Pepe The Frog
Each NFT an original 1/1 Pepe

Brought to you by Chain/Saw
https://www.chainsaw.fun/

Pepe #4945

Pepe #20617

Pepe #9989

Gift Goat #14

Top of the Mountain  

In partnership with Oracle Red Bull Racing, Bybit presents the Velocity Series, a generative art experience that merges speed, technology and art from some of the worlds leading digital artists. 

The Velocity Pass is your front row access into this unique series of digital art and is a limited edition of only 1,000. Owning the pass will give holders access to mint NFTs from each artists collection as well as entry into raffles for the chance to win rare prizes from Oracle Red Bull Racing and Bybit.

Velocity Series: Velocity Pass

The Velocity Series is a Web3 experience that merges speed, technology and art from some of the world's leading digital artists. This is in partnership with Oracle Red Bull Racing and Bybit.

Velocity Pass #0593

Opepen Edition

Unrevealed, 1/20 (#9676)

Gift Goat #13

Each gift held a unique essence, designed to uplift and guide those that received them.

The Gifts pt.1

Moonbirds Mythics are an expansion of the Moonbird ecosystem. A maximum of 20,000 Mythics can be brought to life by burning either a Mythic Egg (https://opensea.io/collection/mythics-egg) or an Oddity (https://opensea.io/collection/moonbirds-oddities).
	
Mythics takes you on an epic journey, delving into the profound depths of the artist's creative process. It reveals the rapid transformation of fear and insecurity into a formidable adversary, with its insidious whispers planting seeds of doubt and uncertainty in the minds of believers. But what if you faced your ultimate enemy? The one that resides within. This extraordinary quest unveils redemption through the power of community, resonating with the resolute truth: you are deserving, you belong, for deep within beats the heart of a Mythic.

Moonbirds: Mythics

Moonbirds: Mythics #8686

18 artists. 18+ unique pieces of art. Artist names revealed only after the mint.

Welcome to the latest season of PROOFs marquee art collector experience. Minting is open December 15 - December 17. Artist reveal December 17. To participate in the mint, purchase a mint pass: https://opensea.io/collection/grails-v-mint-pass

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Grails V

After gathering experiences in the distant world, one ends up exactly where they started.

Return to Dino-Rama 49: Cursed Threequel

Skygolpe, unravels the complexity of our digital ethos through a faceless form, a canvas where the confluence of past and present gives rise to a future undefined. This is where the tangible paint and the ephemeral pixel merge in dissonance, a visual manifesto of our fractured digital identity. 

Each layer is a testament to the multifaceted nature of human consciousness. As the observer engages with the piece, they are invited to reflect on the interplay between their perceptions and emotions, and how these are shaped in the complex state of existence.

Polyfeel 

In a nod to John Baldessari, the artist makes 36 attempts to generate an image of three balls thrown in the air to make a straight line. 

Each attempt was generated by giving the prompt "three balls thrown in the air to get a straight line" to Stable Diffusion 1.5 (the default model used by stable-diffusion-webui), using the default sampling method, number of sampling steps, and CFG scale. 

While the original series explores randomness through a futile attempt at capturing three physical balls aligned in a specific configuration, this series explores randomness in a different way: through a futile attempt at generating coherence all together.

"three balls thrown in the air to get a straight line" attempt #20

Post Photographic Perspectives is Fellowship's inaugural group show celebrating a new wave of innovation in photography.

In 2017, I began to explore the frontiers of AI as a creative collaborator and playmate. To explore these questions, I created a Recurrent Neural Network (RNN), which can generate their own outputs from datasets. The BBC offers one such dataset; 16,000+ sound effects and their arbitrary, descriptive titles, such as large bird taking off, and electric monotony. I feed my RNN the BBC's text and it engages in a game of probability to create its own outputs with surprising results. 

River pig loading and Applause from piece of space are two such examples. I then playfully create images that visually articulate an interpretation of each outputs linguistic meaning. In other words, I move from sound, to text, to AI, to text, to image. As the technology improves, I am engaging in an ever-challenging battle of creative authorship with the machine.

Computers Can't Jump by Ben Millar Cole

In 2017, I began to explore the frontiers of AI as a creative collaborator and playmate. To explore these questions, I created a Recurrent Neural Network (RNN), which can generate their own outputs from datasets. The BBC offers one such dataset; 16,000+ sound effects and their arbitrary, descriptive titles, such as large bird taking off, and electric monotony. I feed my RNN the BBC's text and it engages in a game of probability to create its own outputs with surprising results. River pig loading and Applause from piece of space are two such examples. I then playfully create images that visually articulate an interpretation of each outputs linguistic meaning. In other words, I move from sound, to text, to AI, to text, to image. As the technology improves, I am engaging in an ever-challenging battle of creative authorship with the machine



 Year: 2023

Edition: NFT 1 of 1

Copyright:  2023 Ben Millar Cole. All Rights Reserved.

License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Computers Can't Jump #045

NFTfi Editable Bundle

Editable Bundle that may contain multiple NFTs from the same or different collections.

NFTfi Editable Bundle #42

"three balls thrown in the air to get a straight line" attempt #8

Prologue by Spice is the first NFT collection representing a position in a DeFi vault. These vaults exist on infrastructure developed by Spice Finance to aggregate and simplify NFT lending.

Prologue

Prologue is the first NFT to represent a position on a Spice vault

Prologue #38

Midamerican Fever Dream

***North***: Winter, Sleep, Dream,
Jaw bone, the book, pillar of crystal, cough syrup, dice