描述
A singular flame ascends into the darkness, an eloquent column of light and warmth that speaks to the isolated journey of discovery and the kindling of ideas in the symbiosis of nature, humanity and computers.
Channeling the fire myths of the world, Prometheus, the Phoenix, the gods of the sun and flame. A story of technology brought to humans; to myths of destruction and rebirth. To be immortal; to be a god; it is always a paradox of fire and technology. The morality of the fire is always in question but we desire it and fear it. And yet it has changed us, we have learned so much since we first touched fire. We used it to destroy the wood, smelt the metal and build the chip. And now we teach and show the fire what we know; what we create and our reflection is there telling us our faults. The GAN is but a single neuron in a blazing star; a greater fire is coming.
One of 200 unique pieces of art in Painting With Fire: A History in GANs. Exploring the history of generative adversarial networks GAN as represented by fire. https://bardionson.com/painting-with-fire
StyleGAN 2 - Karras, Tero; Laine, Samuli; Aittala, Miika; Hellsten, Janne; Lehtinen, Jaakko; Aila, Timo (June 2020). "Analyzing and Improving the Image Quality of StyleGAN". https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/cvpr42600.2020.00821
Travis LeRoy Southworth uses the Playform AICAN for The Watcher (Clown Cloud-1)|2020|https://superrare.com/artwork-v2/the-watcher-(clown-cloud-1)-15321
