Visuals by Jenni Pasanen ~ Original poetry, music and performance by Laurence Fuller
“Blood in the water, jewels on his skin, better he’d slept a while longer, dreamt away the disrepute of his kin”
False Prophets is an exploration of influence in the art world; is there a difference between what is genuinely said to be valuable or “great” art and what is the truth? Working with three GAN artists and one painter to create the visuals. There’s a lot of discussion this past year as to wether AI art should be considered art at all, so we enjoyed playing with the topic without judgment.
False Prophet I by Laurence Fuller
His fat bulbous limbs draped over the patterned rug clippings of letters he lost spread across the floor, as he defamed his rivals in a pitch higher than the sound of rain on a dainty necklace.
An emperor of a forgotten lands,
Wretched wealth in wrecked abyss,
Empty coffers he rolled boulders up cliffs
Like Sisyphus, until he met a merchant diamonds draped his wrists
“I hope this was just a thought,
My bloodline cannot be bought”
The merchant made a circle with his stick;
“What is art? Only we know,
Bury your sorrows in the answers we foretold,
This is art ~ the wasted socks and shoehorns and dustbins I found, true luxury from decay, shiny surfaces and the unfurling of fat purses”
Blood in the water
Jewels on his skin
Better he’d slept a while longer
Dreamt away the disrepute of his kin
False Prophets
@laurencefuller
Visuals and sound design by Aloner One ~ Poetry and performance by Laurence Fuller
“Blood in the water, jewels on his skin, better he’d slept a while longer, dreamt away the disrepute of his kin”
False Prophets is an exploration of influence in the art world; is there a difference between what is genuinely said to be valuable or “great” art and what is the truth? Working with three GAN artists and one painter to create the visuals. There’s a lot of discussion this past year as to wether AI art should be considered art at all, so we enjoyed playing with the topic without judgment.
From the painting by Tania Rivilis ~ Interpreted with GAN animation by Von Doyl ~ Poetry and performance by Laurence Fuller “Blood in the water, jewels on his skin, better he’d slept a while longer, dreamt away the disrepute of his kin” False Prophets is an exploration of influence in the art world; is there a difference between what is genuinely said to be valuable or “great” art and what is the truth? Working with three GAN artists and one painter to create the visuals. There’s a lot of discussion this past year as to wether AI art should be considered art at all, so we enjoyed playing with the topic without judgment.