Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 10: On-Chain Era (2020s)

2021

Noteworthy AI Work

Artwork · Women Artists

Trinity, a work from Sofia Crespo's Neural Zoo series, in which neural-network textures are recombined into an invented, many-finned sea creature on a black ground.
Trinity, a work from Sofia Crespo's Neural Zoo series, in which neural-network textures are recombined into an invented, many-finned sea creature on a black ground. Sofia Crespo, Trinity, from Neural Zoo, 2018-2022. Courtesy of the artist, sofiacrespo.com.

The work we currently hold in high regard may shift in importance over time, while some notable contributions have inevitably been overlooked here. Here are curated AI standouts from 2021 in an evolving list: Neural Zoo by Sofia Crespo 1111 by Kevin Abosch (This project, which uses the visual language of cryptographic alphanumerics, was another early indication of hyperfinancialization in the NFT market.) Lifeform N+1 by Alexander Mordvintsev Journey through the layers of the mind by Memo Akten A Thousand Flowers by Trevor Paglen (Pace exhibition) bitGANs by Pindar Van Arman

Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random.

People

Alexander Mordvintsev, Kevin Abosch, Memo Akten, Pindar Van Arman, Sofia Crespo, Trevor Paglen

Movements

Machine Learning Art

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Ideas
cryptography, hyperfinancialization, Machine Learning Art, market, NFT Art
Technologies
artificial intelligence
People
Alexander Mordvintsev, Kevin Abosch, Memo Akten, Pindar Van Arman, Sofia Crespo, Trevor Paglen
Works
A Thousand Flowers, bitGANs, Journey through the Layers of the Mind, Lifeform N+1, Neural Zoo
Organisations
Pace Gallery

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