描述
'Butterflies crackling with envy within my belly, pushing toward a daring leap into the full tank. She devotes herself to life with boundless adoration.'
Inspired by the automatic writing extract above, the artists were asked to imagine a portrait which inspires adoration.
This artwork was created using the 'mind-to-image' technique, a process developed by Obvious. This approach uses AI to generate images directly from human imagination. The algorithms are trained on a pairing of images and MRI scans of subjects memorizing these images.
The NFT holds within it the original academic research paper, as well as an on-chain version of the visual, hardcoded into its metadata.
This series, referred to as neuro-surrealism, marks a new age for surrealism. It uses technology to fulfill the dream of its originators: the depiction of the subconscious in its purest form.
This series wrestles with the paradox of technology - its boundless potential to empower, and its latent ability to erode the purity of the soul. A work that is at once a mirror and a window, it dares to question whether the path of humanity, in all its glory, can remain untainted.
