Generative Adversarial Nausea

Generative Adversarial Nausea
2020-25. Image sequences, 10 liquid crystal display + Arduino units. mirror. 38″ x 38″.

The images displayed on ten separate LCD panels are made by training a neural network to learn the visual attributes of two distinct sets of digital photographs. One set consists of hundreds of stock photo thumbnails of nauseated people, while the other is made up of a nearly equal amount of selfies the artist has taken over the decade living with an undiagnosed chronic nausea.

Install photo looking down at a roughly three by three feet square mirror panel floating several inches off the gallery floor. Resting atop the mirror are ten tiny video microprocessor units that each play an image sequence. The tiny video units lean, rest, and face one another in small entanglements ranging from one to three. Each is powered by vine-like black usb cables that snake their way from below the floating mirror to its surface.Install detail photo shot from above a three by three foot mirror panel reflecting frosted windows and vaulted gallery ceiling. Resting atop the mirror are several small video displays connected to microprocessors and powered by snaking black usb cables that disappear under the mirror. Each video unit plays an image sequence of morphing portraits, with each subsequent frame arriving via a screen wipe.A medium angle photo of four (out of 10 total in the installation) bright LCDs displaying a static image that loosely resemble human beings. The screen is attached to a microcontroller and hangs on the wall with four pushpins. A 12 volt power supply connects at the bottom of the microcontroller and then threads into the wall.A closeup photo of two (out of 10 total in the installation) bright LCDs displaying a static image that loosely resemble human beings. The screen is attached to a microcontroller and hangs on the wall with four pushpins. A 12 volt power supply connects at the bottom of the microcontroller and then threads into the wall.A closeup photo of a bright LCD displaying a static image that loosely resembles a person. The screen is attached to a microcontroller and hangs on the wall with four pushpins. A 12 volt power supply connects at the bottom of the microcontroller and then threads into the wall.A closeup photo of a bright LCD displaying a static image that loosely resembles a person. The screen is attached to a microcontroller and hangs on the wall with four pushpins. A 12 volt power supply connects at the bottom of the microcontroller and then threads into the wall.A wide angle shot displaying 10 bright LCDs, each with static image that loosely resemble human beings. Each screen is attached to a microcontroller and hangs on the wall with four pushpins. A 12 volt power supply connects at the bottom of the microcontroller and then threads into the wall.

Exhibitions:

  • Face in Clouds, invisible ink. Rochester Art Center, MN. Curated by Zoe Cinel
  • Devil in the Details. Rutgers University. New Brunswick, NJ