Sun Ra, Kendrick Lamar and the Emergence of ‘oklama’Jazz maverick and proto-Afrofuturist Sun Ra was born Herman Blount on May 22, 1914, in Birmingham, Alabama. He was nicknamed “Sonny” from…3h ago3h ago
Data Scraping Before AI: The Story of Modern ArtCubists pioneered one of the most radical avant-garde movements in Europe during the early 20th century. However, these artists “scraped”…Feb 14Feb 14
The Algorhythmic Toolbox: Riffing on Bias Using Generative AIIn the past I’ve drawn analogies between AI art and sampling or remixing in hip-hop culture. I also pointed to techno-vernacular creativity…Jan 241Jan 241
Future Self Continuity in the Latent Space of AIThere are many theories about what self-concept is and how it develops (Cherry, 2018B; Gecas, 1982). The term refers to the overall idea we…Jan 15Jan 15
Prompts Didn’t Make These: Deep Style is Still HereThe first wave of generative AI content was roughly from 2014–2021, before Dall-E and other text-2-image (prompt-based) generators reached…Jan 91Jan 91
Reincarnated: AI Art & the Lessons of Kendrick LamarYears ago I started using Deep Style (neural style transfer) and created an image archive of styles that range from text and stock images…Dec 30, 2024Dec 30, 2024
Making GenAI Art: A Year in ReviewThe year 2024 marks the eighth year I’ve been making images using generative AI tools. That’s right: 8 years. I discovered ‘Deep Style’ aka…Dec 23, 20246Dec 23, 20246
Afrofuturistic World-Building with PatchworkWorld-building refers to the process of developing a detailed and plausible fictional world for a novel or story. This process is often…Dec 12, 2024Dec 12, 2024