Closer Together

Closer Together #30

This generative art project takes the color gradient from artworks of eight incredible artists and combines them through a series of interleaving concentric circles. It is an homage to these artists and an appreciation of each of their distinctive styles. The artists featured in this project are Andrew Semark, Ayla El-Moussa, Cath Simard, Grant Yun, Jessica Cardelucci, Joey L, Sam Spratt, and Tania Rivilis.

Circle of Frens

Circle of Frens #9

Circle of Frens #81

Circle of Frens #8

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

Some questions that are always at the forefront of my art practice: how do my images relate to the images that precede and surround them; what expectations are we bringing to images, and how are these expectations established & reinforced; what purpose do these expectations serve and how can we interact with these expectations?

AI image generators are a fascinating new tool for exploring these questions because they create images based upon a dataset of hundreds of millions of preexisting imagery but are otherwise unfettered by the preexisting expectations of visual culture. That is, they make new images based on predictions from all the images (and image tags) that precede them. However, they are not otherwise bound by human logic or cultural codes and therefore make images that reflect these codes in surprising and often challenging ways, like a funhouse mirror.

Funhouse Mirror by Charlie Engman

Some questions that are always at the forefront of my art practice: how do my images relate to the images that precede and surround them; what expectations are we bringing to images, and how are these expectations established and reinforced; what purpose do these expectations serve and how can we interact with these expectations?
AI image generators are a fascinating new tool for exploring these questions because they create images based upon a dataset of hundreds of millions of preexisting imagery but are otherwise unfettered by the preexisting expectations of visual culture. That is, they make new images based on predictions from all the images (and image tags) that precede them. However, they are not otherwise bound by human logic or cultural codes and therefore make images that reflect these codes in surprising and often challenging ways, like a funhouse mirror. There is a beautiful collapse of category distinctions and a dynamic interplay between un-indoctrinated naivety and an appreciation of precedent.



 Year: 2023

Edition: NFT 1 of 1

Copyright:  2023 Charlie Engman. All Rights Reserved.

License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Funhouse Mirror #039

24 Hours of Art

24 Hours of Art by Roger Dickerman (RD) is a daily, independent report that covers the digital art medium and marketplace on the blockchain. 366 tokens are minted to tell the story of 2024. Each token leverages the ERC-7160 standard, starting as a unique date of the year and then updating in stages to artworks based on that day's data. Each token also provides access to the '24 Hours of Art' Telegram group, reports, and shows.

24 Hours of Art: 2024

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

Simon Raion's photographs seduce the viewers' gaze while, at the same time, distancing us (even as the figures in the frame fluctuate between succumbing to and fighting against the frame). Raion offers us oddly stagnant scenes that appear to be overcrowded sweatshops, or isolation wards, or shantytowns, or cluttered dorm rooms, or questionable massage parlors, or industrial wastes. 

But we have the uncomfortable sensation that we are being confronted by the ubiquitous but unseen Other in a Sartrean universe which is our own. An Other who refuses to be color-coded into gender-specific hues or interactions. How many pink-garbed people can pile into a pink car going nowhere, in images that partake equally of Edward Hopper, Hieronymus Bosch and Marx (Brothers)."" Dr. Linda C. Ehrlich

Pink. Unidentified. Such a Useless Color! by Simon Raion

"Simon Raion's photographs seduce the viewers' gaze while, at the same time, distancing us (even as the figures in the frame fluctuate between succumbing to and fighting against the frame). Raion offers us oddly stagnant scenes that appear to be overcrowded sweatshops, or isolation wards, or shantytowns, or cluttered dorm rooms, or questionable massage parlors, or industrial wastes. But we have the uncomfortable sensation that we are being confronted by the ubiquitous but unseen Other in a Sartrean universe which is our own. An Other who refuses to be color-coded into gender-specific hues or interactions. How many pink-garbed people can pile into a pink car going nowhere, in images that partake equally of Edward Hopper, Hieronymus Bosch and Marx (Brothers)." Dr. Linda C. Ehrlich






 Year: 2023

Edition: NFT 1 of 1

Copyright:  2023 Simon Raion. All Rights Reserved.

License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Pink. Unidentified. Such a Useless Color! #037

Post Photographic Perspectives II: Acceptable Realities is Fellowship's second group show celebrating a new wave of innovation in AI video and photography.

De La Naught is a post-photographic animation series that breathes life into sequences of still frames, revealing captivating and perpetually evolving worlds. Rooted in a childlike sense of wonder, it intertwines subjects and abstractions with themes that both threaten and embrace the intricate tapestry of the human condition.

Through this 100-piece collection, generated using a variety of distinctively trained personal diffusion models, PUBLIKFRUIT seeks to understand which images leave an imprint on our minds, and how they may evolve to challenge our perceptions. Each frame exerts its influence on the next, weaving together harmoniously to embody a lifetime of experiences, of realized and unrealized thoughts.

De La Naught by PUBLIKFRUIT

De La Naught is a post-photographic animation series that breathes life into sequences of still frames, revealing captivating and perpetually evolving worlds. Rooted in a childlike sense of wonder, it intertwines subjects and abstractions with themes that both threaten and embrace the intricate tapestry of the human condition.

Through this 100-piece collection, generated using a variety of distinctively trained personal diffusion models, PUBLIKFRUIT seeks to understand which images leave an imprint on our minds, and how they may evolve to challenge our perceptions. Each frame exerts its influence on the next, weaving together harmoniously to embody a lifetime of experiences, of realized and unrealized thoughts.

Everything After

Gelb

Circle of Frens #7

Circle of Frens #6

FRAGMENTS OF DESIRE

One photograph, fragmented into 100 creations...

FRAGMENT #25

[alignDRAW](https://aligndraw.fellowship.xyz/) (2015). The first text-to-image artwork.

By early 2015, neural networks had mastered the art of 'image-to-text' and could create natural language captions for images. Flipping this process, and turning text into image, was a much more complex challenge solved by 19-year old prodigy Elman Mansimov's alignDRAW model.


Fellowship is pleased to present a special release of **fully on-chain*** NFTs of this historical artwork, containing all the original 32x32 pixel images created in 2015.

*These images represent the birth of text prompt AI generated imagery.* - Darius Himes, Christies

*alignDRAW images can be compared to the first fixed photographs taken by Nipce in 1826-1827.* - Dr Lev Manovich

*We created an architecture that allows for the progressive on-chain storage of data and images, strategically addressing the challenge of high gas costs at launch through a phased roll-out that capitalizes on periods of lower gas prices.

alignDRAW

[alignDRAW](https://aligndraw.fellowship.xyz/) - the first text-to-image artwork from 2015.

By early 2015, neural networks had mastered the art of "image-to-text" and could create natural language captions for images. Flipping this process, and turning text into image, was a much more complex challenge solved by 19-year old prodigy Elman Mansimov"s alignDRAW model.

Fellowship is pleased to present a special release of both print editions and **fully on-chain** NFTs of this historical artwork, containing all the original images created in 2015.

*"alignDRAW images can be compared to the first fixed photographs taken by Niepce in 1826-1827."* 
Dr Lev Manovich

*"These images represent the birth of text prompt AI generated imagery."* 
Darius Himes, Christie"s

A herd of elephants flying in the blue skies #1

Celebrate!

Thank you so much for helping us find homes for all of our beloved troupe members! 
We are truly grateful for your support and want to show our appreciation with this small token of our gratitude.  
Today we celebrate you!