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…5d ago5d ago
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
Nettrice GaskinsNeural Style Transfer to Prompt: Developing an AestheticDamask refers to a broad group of vintage woven fabrics made on a jacquard loom. Before prompt-based AI generators entered the mainstream…Jun 23Jun 23
Nettrice GaskinsAfrofuturism, Kinesthetics, Kinematics & Biomechanics: Beyond the SpeculativeAfrofuturism is a lot of things including science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics or STEAM. The term was coined by writer…Jun 12Jun 12
Nettrice GaskinsReadymades vs. Generative AIArtists have been exploring the relationship between machine-made things and algorithms (code) for a very long time. French artist Marcel…Jun 103Jun 103
Nettrice GaskinsThe Evolution of a Portrait: Variation, Image Style Transfer & PhotoshopA couple of years before prompt-based AI generators were released to the public I was using Deep Dream Generator, specifically “Deep Style”…Jun 41Jun 41
Nettrice GaskinsEmergence: Conceptual Art & Generative AIThe sight of Mr. Smith and his wide blue wings transfixed them for a few seconds as did the woman’s singing and the roses strewn about.May 27May 27
Nettrice GaskinsTVC or Why STEAM Needs to be More Inclusive: 10th Anniversary EditionThe setting was the Robert C. Williams American Museum of Papermaking in Atlanta, Georgia that is dedicated to the preservation of paper…May 20May 20