2023 - ongoing
AI-generated image synthesis, photographic archive
supported by ZER01NE
Besides its official uses, AI technology has significantly altered the way we perceive image reality. For instance, a photograph of a child caught in a war was circulated, only for claims to surface that it was an AI-generated fake. Despite the controversy, the authenticity of the photograph remained uncertain, shaking the photorealistic belief that 'photographs can capture or prove reality.'
"Untitled Occurrence" stages the disaster scenario of a flood as an exhibition event, depicted from various angles. This project, comprising an archive of about 50 photographs, metaphorically represents how images of natural disasters, now commonplace in the climate crisis, have become spectacles within the media environment.
The "Untitled Occurrence" project focuses less on the individual images produced by generative technology and more on how these images function as visual media to make a certain situation imaginable or create a false sense of being at an event. It attempts to blend the images we remember from visual shock with those we have actually experienced into a singular virtual experience.