EmProps OpenStudio

"One Thousand Elegies" is a very-long-form AI collection. One thousand editions of variable prompt-based, raw AI paintings.

This project  both the individual pieces and the collective whole  is a personal attempt to express my pain, guilt, empathy, confusion ... and the thousand other inexpressible emotions I feel when I look helplessly at the inhumane violence taking place in the world today. It is an epic; intentionally grand in scale, diverse, complex, abstract, messy, and contradictory. 


In these works I'm channeling some of my favorite painters from all periods of art history, from Pontormo to Soutine, Sonia Delaunay to Richard Diebenkorn, El Greco to Bill Traylor, Alice Neel to Goya, from Franz Kline to Amy Sillman ... and of course there's Robert Motherwell's haunting and heroic "Elegy to the Spanish Republic" series of paintings in the mix.

But this isn't just an exercise in remixing art history, it's more about my own efforts to make new paintings that feel new and private and deeply personal to me, while using samples from these artists that I know and love as my toolkit.

This project is also a continuation of what I really commenced with my collection "Onism," where I felt that I could make all the paintings I wish I'd made but never did. Where I could start to almost conceptualize infinite possibilities  infinite possible outcomes, infinite possible selves.

And of course it's about the perplexing idea that these digital images that I've created at arm's length via AI, can feel so expressive and imbued with emotion.

I also keep coming back to this poem, "The Children's Elegy," by Muriel Rukeyser 

Yes, I have seen their eyes. In peaceful gardens
the dark flowers now are always children's eyes,
full-colored, haunted as evening under fires
showered from the air of a burning country.

Shallow-featured children under trees
look up among green shadows of the leaves.
The angel, flaming, offersin his hands
all is given and he does not change.
The child changes and takes.
All is given. He makes and changes.
The angel stands.

A flame over the tree. Night calling in the cloud.
And shadow among winds. Where does the darkness lie?
It comes out of the person, says the child.
A shadow tied and alive, trying to be.


Emil Corsillo
One Thousand Elegies
Long-Form AI via EmProps OpenStudio Beta
2304 x 3456 PNG
November 17, 2023


One Thousand Elegies #556

One Thousand Elegies #555

WOYprint

Hodlers Projects

Lines of Memories is a project about how we remember the places that are dear to us. The places where we grew up. The places we had to leave for some reason. Different people had different reasons for that: some left in search of a better life, some for love, and others were forced to leave against their will. I haven't seen my home for almost a year and a half, haven't seen some family members, friends, colleagues. I long for the sight of a passenger plane soaring in the sky. That is what truly represents a symbol of peace. Because only where there are no wars or conflicts, airlines continue their operations, and people can peacefully fly to different cities for their own affairs. I miss the simple road trips across the country, where you can just look out the window and admire the beauty of fields, mountains, and forests on the horizon. I miss traveling to different cities, where you go not to escape from someone, but simply to relax and enjoy your time in a new place. I yearn for home. And all these places are still preserved in my memory, and in the memories of people like me. Over time, they have become blurry and less distinct. Details have faded, leaving only contours and outlines. But hope never disappears to restore them like a damaged file or restore them like an old photograph, to see these places again and overwrite them in my memory in the highest quality and resolution possible.

- Press 's' to save a .png.

Lines of Memories #6

Lines of Memories #5

corrosive effects

corrosive effects #35

Two Seats

Two Seats - Part of Tennis Nostalgia
By Raoul Pascal

Neo York

Neo York #11

Neo York #10

Birthday Suits

Made in SF x Open Edition

After years of visiting SF through my photo journey I find nothing holds a visual signature of San Francisco quite like walking nude on Baker beach. As one of the few nude beaches around the city this place is an iconic place for locals and visitors alike.

Made in San Francisco - A photo documentary of San Francisco culture shaped by its unique districts. This project was shot over 2 years and over 100 rolls of film slowly showcasing the city and how the history changed and visually developed these areas.

Shot on

Mamiya 645e  
Cinestill 800t

EDITIONS by nick j rufo

A bidder"s edition for the "Camouflaged" auction on SR.

Shot on 120 film

Camouflaged - Bidder"s Edition

Horsin' Around

Horsin" Around #8

Polaroids: Little Moments

A collection of little moments shot by Alex Kittoe & Nevin Johnson on a fuji instax throughout a week of constant adventure while driving the coast of Iceland.

Polaroid 18 - Breezy

Seeking Human Kindness

Seeking Human Kindness  #4/15

Felix - Editions

Title: Dive-In

Artist: Felix Denomme

Medium: Kodak 120 Colour Negative Film

Description: All photos from Song of a Southern Dream were taken during my first roadtrip through the American Southwest. This is a limited edition given away for 1 day for bidders on "Song of a Southern Dream"

Dive-In

size : 2624x3936, Leica Camera AG, M8 Digital Camera

Kitty 

Song of a Southern Dream

Title: Southern Dream #14

Artist: Felix Denomme

Medium: Kodak 35mm Colour Negative Film

Description: All photos from Song of a Southern Dream were taken during my first roadtrip through the American Southwest.

Edition: 1/1