2023
Sleep Like a Rose
Installation view at Fred & Ferry in Antwerp, photo_Silvia Cappellari
Sleep Like a Rose, 2023, wallpaper, mirror plexiglass, epoxy resin, glass, paint and wax
One day, my therapist asked me, "Why do you always reply ‘I don’t know’, how do you express your emotions, do you sometimes write a diary?"
I do write, but it is more about the facts than my feelings. For example ‘I went to a concert with a friend(name)at 7pm. I had a drink at a bar(name) near xx station(name) at 10pm’.
To figure my feelings out, I utilized my diary and love letters as prompts of an AI image generator (Stable Diffusion) with ‘style of art nouveau’ for all the prompts instead of depiction of what image should be. In order to observe how the machine would respond to my emotions.
Based on the various generated images, I used them as references to create watercolor paintings on Yupo paper, which is a synthetic watercolor paper known for its semi-transparency. Afterwards, I scanned the paintings and designed them into wallpaper patterns using Photoshop. In total, I created three types of wallpapers.
I do write, but it is more about the facts than my feelings. For example ‘I went to a concert with a friend(name)at 7pm. I had a drink at a bar(name) near xx station(name) at 10pm’.
To figure my feelings out, I utilized my diary and love letters as prompts of an AI image generator (Stable Diffusion) with ‘style of art nouveau’ for all the prompts instead of depiction of what image should be. In order to observe how the machine would respond to my emotions.
Based on the various generated images, I used them as references to create watercolor paintings on Yupo paper, which is a synthetic watercolor paper known for its semi-transparency. Afterwards, I scanned the paintings and designed them into wallpaper patterns using Photoshop. In total, I created three types of wallpapers.
Blisters(left) and Too Heart(right)
