boringold

@boringold@genart.social

I write about #DigitalArt, #GenerativeArt, #AbstractArt, and (occasionally) #AIArt and #photography. He/him. You can find my write–ups on fx(text) and when searching for #artmiration; virtual galleries are on OnCyber and Deca (see links).

Art writer for https://www.ateliergen.art

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antoniowerli, to genart French
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Long time I didn't post anything.
Let's start again with this p5js wip.

boringold,

@antoniowerli Hey Antonio! Good to see you.

boringold,

@antoniowerli Phew, I imagine a trans–atlantic move is a logistical nightmare! I hope you got all your stuff with you again.😅

boringold,

@antoniowerli I hope the huge changes are good ones! I'm looking forward to seeing what will come out of this WIP.

boringold, (edited ) to genart

1/4 "Barbarians" by Jacek Markusiewicz impresses me like no other recent work of has.

The images of majestic mountain slopes and neatly arranged fields – with occasional buildings strewn in between them – at first feel strangely detached and bland, thanks to a distant, aerial point of view and bleached, bright colours. Yet the way the landscapes are unexpectedly interrupted by smooth, deep, geometrical gashes appears alien and out of place.

boringold,

2/4 This juxtaposition of nature and incomprehensible architecture gives rise to feelings of awe, wonder and sorrow, and reminds me a lot of what I feel when I look at the artist's previous masterpiece "Hollow", while aesthetic and subject immediately made me think of @monotau's equally astonishing 2022 project "Cradle".

"Hollow"
"Cradle"

Digital artwork. A computer generated landscape of mountains and sea, dominated by two huge, slanted pillars made from porous stone–like material. A huge, reflective orb is nestled between the structures.

boringold,

3/4 The title implies a hierarchy of cultural development; in the description, Markusiewicz explains how the concept of barbarism always derogatorily refers to "the other". He leaves open who the barbarians are in the context of these images, however.

Are they the people living in the tiny buildings between the invasive structures? Or are the structures the signs of a barbaric intrusion into a peaceful civilization living there? What other interpretations could there be for us?


#6

Digital artwork. A computer generated aerial view of a mountain ridge near the bottom of the image and a plane filled with smooth, regular gashes and structures that rise like towers from the ground, casting long shadows.
Digital artwork. A computer generated aerial view of a landscape dominated by a smooth, circular chasm surrounding the central, bowl-shaped part of it. The surface of the canyon is white and featureless.

boringold, (edited )

4/4 Personally, I like to see the outputs as orbital reconnaissance images of a newly discovered world, taken by spacefaring explorers far away from home, as they stumble upon the unmistakable leftovers of an ancient, advanced civilization.

Project link (on verse): https://verse.works/series/barbarians-by-jacek-markusiewicz

Link to annotated gallery (on Deca): https://deca.art/boringoldguy/barbarians


boringold, to genart

So much beautiful art has been released recently on that I couldn’t keep up.

This short thread is just me trying to point out some projects that caught my attention, and there are numerous others that I hope to cover later.

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1/7

Collage of 6 digital artworks: "There's No Distance " by Casey Reas "cambi " by Geoffrey Crayon “Mom look, it's glowing! ” by agrshch "Strange Terrain #3" by Nate Nolting "Ratio " by Night Sea "Float Abyss #6" by CHOUCHIAWEI

boringold, (edited )

“Mom look, it's glowing!” by agrshch: Abstract virtual sculptures of dancing neon light tubes, reminiscent of "Wandering Nets" by @mattebb.

(owned by Peter 'pet3rpan’)

Project link: https://www.fxhash.xyz/generative/slug/mom-look-it's-glowing!

5/7

boringold, to genart German

1/4 Torrent (T) by Jeremy Schoenherr and Rückkopplung (R) by @pxlshrd and Adam Berninger were released almost at the same time and deal with memory and personal biography.

They are both beautiful works of that seem to be in a dialogue visually and thematically.

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T (anon)
R @abstractment

"Rückkopplung ", an abstract artwork of rough, irregular shapes resembling oil and pencil on canvas.

boringold, (edited )

3/4 Rückkopplung, on the other hand, appears to be darker, noisier, and achieves its beauty from the interaction of its many visual elements. This could be seen to reflect how people are defined by all of their experiences, the good and the bad ones.

The artist explained the occuring elements in detail, and names like "mementos" or "resistance" show how the project is dealing with biographies and psychology (link to artist's thread: https://twitter.com/pxlshrd/status/1694413238128038360?s=20)

T (anon)
R #7 (pochitavault)

boringold,

4/4 The juxtaposition of Torrent and Rückkopplung offers a surprisingly intimate and balanced thematic and visual dialogue about memory, perception and life experiences.

The fact that this dialogue appears to be unintended by the artists makes it even more wonderful.

Link to Torrent: https://www.artblocks.io/collections/curated/projects/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/466
Link to Rückkopplung: https://tender.art/project/ruckkopplung

T (anon)
R @dmarchi___

boringold, to genart German

1/ The online group show Strange Skies on @albadotart features six works of that have left me anxious to see the final results like few others have so far.

@Haiver has brought together an absolutely amazing group of artists to show their visions of unnatural landscapes, of liminal spaces that immediately strike a note within us beyond our conscious recognition, speaking to a more visceral knowledge.

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https://www.alba.art/exhibitions/strange-skies

boringold,

4/ Stride by Mut

Portraying tiny figures in vast, forbidding desert landscapes, this artwork prompts us to reflect on journeys, aspirations, and the courage it takes to get on our ways.

The beautiful, sublime images immediately reminded me of @lunarean's iconic work Solace that is one of my all-time favourites. However, the detailed and nuanced images created by Mut stand firmly on their own and, by adding a human aspect, present us with a different subject.

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boringold,

5/ Billows by Aleksandra Jovanić

The artist uses her particular style and palettes to create images that we at first interpret as billowing clouds. Then we start to see shapes in them that connect us to matters both mundane and magical: from croissants to dragons, the artwork plays with our tendency to see clouds of pixels as clouds of water droplets in the atmosphere as outlines of objects and creatures.

A testament to the ambiguity of art and visual perception.

Billowing clouds in hues of grey and very soft orange on a beige canvas

boringold, (edited )

3/ Realm by @KRANKARTA

This artwork is a perfect amalgamation of the artist's most impressive works. It blends the technical complexity of Quantum Folly with the aquarelle smoothness of Aquarelle or Drop and crafts dreamscapes inspired by the cover art of classic sci-fi novels.

It strikes a chord of nostalgia from my childhood days of devouring book after book from my father's collection and manages to look both strange and comfortable.

boringold,

2/ Enigmatik by Kali

Reminiscent of the nocturnal illuminations by Reuben Wu, this magical artwork shows mysteriously illuminated landscapes by night.

The images' central element remains ambiguous in its nature, and could be alien, supernatural, or technical. It "serves as a symbol of the unknown and the latent spaces that reside within our reality. Its luminosity amidst the darkness embodies both disruption and enlightenment."

An amazing eye-catcher of an artwork!

boringold, (edited )

8/ Strange Skies will start on 7 August, and the artworks included in it are among the most anticipated ones for me this year. Thank you, @Haiver, for the excellent work you have done in creating the platform and in getting these amazing artists to participate!

boringold,

6/ ODYSSEY I by @markludgatex

The artwork juxtaposes nature and technology.

Geometric shapes are combined into natural landscapes reminiscent of man-made artifacts (like the basalt pillars of the Giant’s Causeway), and their code-based essence is meant to make us think about the nature of our relationship towards technology and nature. A tapestry of randomized colours paints the landscapes in surprising harmony and at times makes me think of Garden, Monoliths by @zancan on psilocybin.

A landscape of soft pink round pillars cavering the ground, between them lush pink and blue vegetation.

boringold,

7/ Remnants of Humanity by @kira0art

Evoking the confusing perspective of a warped world from the movie Inception, this project explores a future where the cookie-cutter homes inside artificial habitats mimic our world but fail to capture its beauty.
The images radiate the fascination of a miniature wonderland not unlike the places from Sim City, and dense settlements of cotton candy-coloured houses feel like a continuation of the artist's beautiful recent project NeoPrimal.

Endless landscape of a low-density urban environment with trees and houses, orange and black, set on a surface that is bent upwards.

boringold, to genart German

1/ "How Moons Are Made" (HMAM) by @richardboeser is an outstanding generative artwork in its ingenuity and thematic depth.

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#5, #6, #9 (from my collection)

boringold,

8/ The full text of this thread is available on fx(text). You can collect an edition to support my writing or read for free.

https://www.fxhash.xyz/article/balance-and-boundaries

boringold,

7/ Because of the title, it's easy to see the singular disc in the images as a representation of a moon. Yet by arranging elements in certain ways, we can push it off the visible part of the canvas and make "HMAM" a non-representational piece of abstract art.

I love either configuration and view of this beautiful artwork!

Project link: https://www.fxhash.xyz/generative/slug/how-moons-are-made

(monaymaker21)

boringold, to genart German

1/ Towers, Doors and Thresholds

A thread of #artmiration about the enigmatic generative artwork "Tur" by @ganchitecture and @ajberni

"Tur" consists of 444 mostly black and white images of mysterious, solitary towers in desolate landscapes. The artists used AI to generate the images based on hand-drawn architectural sketches.

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#GenerativeArt #AIArt #fxhash #DigitalArt

#0 @ganchitecture
#4 (TENDER x)
#89 @kevinabosch
#59 @djdisdo

AI–generated black and white image, photography style, of an irregular tower resembling a termite hill, the surface dotted by uncountable openings and crevices
AI–generated black and white image, photography style, of a dark, irregular tower in a dry, rocky landscape filled with low bushes and grass, its surface completely shrouded by a loose, wiry grid resembling scaffolding
AI–generated black and white image, photography style, of an improbably thin and tall tower with a narrow, semicircular platform about two thirds from the top.

boringold,

13/ While parallels to video game classics may be a personal reflection, they illustrate the timeless nature of themes and ideas across different artistic mediums.

The fact that the images of "Tur" have been created using AI adds a meta layer of liminality. It shows how our world is at a threshold to something new, inexplicable that might already be beyond our control.

(Mint Eastwood)

boringold, (edited ) to aiart German

Here's another pairing of images that, when I noticed them, seem to be having a conversation:

"Torn Fjords" by @plasm0 and "Draining the clouds" by @heliodorosantos

United by colours and glitch, yet complementary in framing, atmosphere and main subject, they seem to point out the contradiction between representation and the actual subject and how both can be datafied.

boringold, to aiart German

More art from my collection that needs to be seen:

"Impossible places " by @nicolavilla and "Sublime Inside 2" by @labelsonhumans

Two artists seem to be having a dialog about reality and memories of places and events through their works.

In a thread on Twitter by Nicola, you can read about the creative process behind his artwork (see attached screenshot for easier reference): https://twitter.com/nicolavilla5/status/1644703662147616771?s=20

Screenshot of a Twitter thread processed by the @threadreaderapp service; here is the text without descriptions of the images attached to each tweet: Little thread about how it's made…. Impossible places 02 1/5 Lately I loose myself in feeding AI with different pictures coming from screenshots from my phone as well as from my paintings archive… Times ago while looking at some webcam to know if the sea will be good for fishing the day after I accidentally took this… 2/5 Later days ago after stumbling in it in my album I decided to give it some stablediffusion treatment just to see what eventually could come out and got those two outputs between others that looks kind of fascinating for my eyes 3/5 Next step were some /blend iteration in Midjourney that gives some pretty cool and more detailed versions and picked up this raw one 4/5 Then it cames the postproduction workflow starting from a bmp blend with a personal pattern to get the grain effect, adding lights, and finally cropping and changing the full image size/aspect to get the final result(detail here) 5/5

boringold, to aiart German

Brainstorming how to start my next artist–focused write–up by creating some AI–interpretations of words I associate with their work.

This is amazing (and probably totally useless for my workflow).😂

AI–generated image, portrait orientation, of some bottles on a paint–crusted shelf, surrounded by purple lilac in a flower pot, in front of a flaking and rusty yellow piece of framed wall.
AI–generated image, intricate illustration, a big, rusty, orange cuboid machine on leg–like stilts on a small hill in the middle of a yellow and dry meadow. A blue sky gives the image a peaceful, nostalgic atmosphere.
AI–generated image, intricate illustration, a number of big, brightly orange, rusty tanks reminiscent of propane bottles in a dark, overgrown building. Round objects on the floor look like strange skulls.

boringold, to DigitalArt

"Kratta #4" by @juhani_halkomaki radiates a peaceful calm reminiscent of a Japanese dry garden.

It currently is just the thing I feel like looking at.

boringold, to genart

More art from my collection that needs to be seen:

"Uncalibrat_d #3" by Valeen GLX and "Aurae #1" by @mandybrigwell

Both of these works from are compelling on their own, but when I saw them next to each other, I saw a perfect match in colour and style. "Aurae" seems to pick up the frayed threads that "Uncalibrat_d" dropped and makes the colours and lines into something new.

boringold, to genart

New releases on have been comparably sparse recently, which gave me the time to look at some of them before they got lost in a flood of new ones — even though I spent way less time on it than usual (and than I would have liked to, but that's life).

I didn't find the time to write about them, though, but at least put my favourite iterations into a deca gallery (a pity they don't (yet?) support base chain).

https://deca.art/boringoldguy/fxrecent

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