Nine Is Such a Spiritual Number

A continuation of subtle provocations that recent AI series, such as The Cream of the Dream and The Zodiac Summer, are imbued with, Nine Is Such a Spiritual Number marks my latest stab at deconstructing masculinity through the ‘queer lens’ of myth, ritual and iconoclasm, amping up the suggestiveness. Opposed to my demure and reticent nature, similarly to a vast number of my digital collages, this set of images acts as yet another venture out of my comfort zone, simultaneously pushing the prudish boundaries of Gemini Assistant. 

(feat. the likenesses of physique models Norman Johns, Bob Rattertree and Forrester Millard, from the public domain photos)

Two Sides of the Rope

The Provider

A Silent Prayer

The Gallery

The Fog in the Other Room

Innocence Unprotected

Inner Light

The Last Pearl

It Was Not Supposed to Be...

The Zodiac Summer

In another instance of probing the limits of Gemini, I filtered Zodiac signs through the prism of queer pin-ups, employing the likenesses of physique models and boxers from the 20th century public domain photos. The results act as a collective response to the question: How wet can AI get, within the constraints of its rigid set of guidelines? Surprisingly, some of these images took only a few tries to come into fruition... and disturb the order in the ‘uncanny valley’. The faux-Polaroid effect might've not worked out as well as intended, but most of the the other textures turned out astoundingly realistic.

Aries

Taurus

Gemini

Cancer

Leo

Virgo

Libra

Scorpio

Sagittarius

Carpricorn

Aquarius

Pisces

RE.Generating Self

As the title suggests, the following images present faux (i.e. AI-generated) self portraits, through which I re-visit the ‘imaginarium’ of The Cream of the Dream series, proposing storyboard-like sketches / tableaux vivants for a nonexistent experimental film from the past. In this introspective ‘void’ of anemoia, iconoclasm, myth-dissolution, and wishful thinking, reality is suspended, as the soul screams for absolute freedom.

The Concept

The Cocoon

The Monolith

The Runner

The Vines

The Dreamer

The Dancer

The Unicorn

The Bath

The Hole

The Lamb

The Archer

The Cream of the Dream

My ‘creative repose’ through AI experimentation – a poor man’s version of a holiday or some such escapist activity (because reality sucks, that’s why) – continues with a series of nineteen dreamy and ‘creamy’ images which see human figures and recurring motifs, such as pearls, rocks and skulls, in compositions informed by experimental cinema, myths, fashion editorials, and 1950s/60s aesthetics, subverting religious themes and the application ‘guidelines’ by way of deliberate (homo)eroticism.

Featuring the likenesses of Maude Fealy, Veronica Lake, Forrester Millard and an anonymous (French?) boxer (Engelmann), from the photos found in the public domain.

Sweet Dream

Angel

Desert Milk

The Conch

The Mermaid

Trinity

Whispers

One Step Higher

Benediction

St Erotica

Apotheosis of a Dialogue

The Keepers

A Pearl for Your Thought

Sleep’s Embrace

Butterfly

Meditation

The Milky Sea

The Spiral

The Meadow