Yes - I see it as a machinic prosthesis of the collective. Other artists, such as Avital Meshi assert that Chat GPT, et al have already achieved consciousness! Given she has integrated this onto her own body and thinking awareness, I cannot easily refute the claim lived through her own experience.

Gen AI is interesting in this context as it is the labor of multitudes stretching back through time that is synthesized by an automated network that has been assembled and tuned by the labor of many present day workers - foregrounding art as a collective activity.

Perhaps, more importantly, it is the agency of the viewer (receiver) to express their response to works that contain palpably emotional content even if made through a human-machine symbiote.

... image with a modicum of patience and perhaps some knowledge of art history. This changes the conversation from tech and technique to the intentionality and conceptual components of intellectual, emotional, narrative content.

ultimately more important. Gen AI is a perfect example of this disconnect as a mere mention of the term AI has many making the sign of the cross with their fingers to ward off the evil the medium represents. By leveling the playing field in terms of skill acquisition, one can render a virtuosic ...

Going back decades I have felt the imperative to foreground the systems, methodologies (hardware, software, human interactions, etc.) that are utilized in my work(s). When, in fact, it is the narratives, emotional states and aesthetic histories that are woven into the final expression that are ...

When I first came across the term "Techpressionism" it seemed like a toss-off / a little too clever neologism. ... but the actual intention behind the term as posited in this article makes a welcome distinction that is helpful for me.

Congrats on the exhibition. GUI/Gooey as described looks like something I would surely attend if nearby. I have more to say re: Techpressionism but BlueSKY severely limits word count :(