Nettrice GaskinsDream Variations: Langston Hughes, Dreamtime & DeepDreamI’ve been thinking a lot about dreaming, which is defined as a series of events or images that happen in your mind when you are at rest…3d ago3d ago
Nettrice GaskinsThe Evolution of the Remix: Mechanical Reproduction to Machine LearningOne of the first times I heard the word “remix” spoken was in the 1988 rap song “Serious” with Steady B and featuring KRS-One who says,6d ago6d ago
Nettrice GaskinsA River of Stuff or How Samuel R. Delany Predicted Generative AII first met writer and critic Samuel R. Delany 10 years ago at Spelman College in Atlanta, GA, for the Octavia E. Butler Celebration of Art…Aug 301Aug 301
Nettrice GaskinsVisual Storytelling 3.0: From Faith Ringgold to NeoAccra[S]he worked across a breadth of techniques — patchworking fabrics together, plotting out her designs, and painting onto the fabrics, in a…Aug 23Aug 23
Nettrice GaskinsFragmentation & Generative AI: The Algorhythmic TurnThe fragmented and re-assembled images of Romare Bearden and its closest relative — the African-American quilt — are formal, aesthetic…Aug 20Aug 20
Nettrice GaskinsGenerative Portraiture: From Francis Bacon to AIDuring one of the early dream scenes in Christopher Nolan’s Inception, a character named Mal fixates her attention to a painting hanging on…Aug 101Aug 101
Nettrice GaskinsDesigning Interactions: Urban Communication in the Age of GenAIFor many years, the importance of cognitive artifacts — artificial devices designed to serve a representational function — and their use…Jul 21Jul 21
Nettrice GaskinsGenerative AI, the Digital Divide & Enacting AgencySouth Jamaica Houses is a housing project in South Jamaica, Queens, New York. Three elementary schools are located near the complex and…Jul 15Jul 15
Nettrice GaskinsNew American Gothic: The Great Migration, “Not Like Us” & the FutureI grew up knowing about and seeing artist Grant Wood’s famous 1930 painting “American Gothic” that was intended to convey a positive image…Jul 5Jul 5
Nettrice GaskinsBBL Drizzy, The D.O.C. & TextFX: Generative AI in Hip Hop“BBL Drizzy” is a ‘diss track beat’ by Black music producer Metro Boomin. The track was released on May 5, 2024 dissing Drake in response…Jun 26Jun 26
