Faces of Machine (2022-)

‘Faces of Machine’ is a series of paintings that explore the essence of intelligent machines and the emotions they elicit within us—ranging from trepidation and unease to curiosity, hope, affection, awe and veneration. The paintings range from portraits that depict infancy and child-like naivité, to AI’s adolescence as suggested by the ability to produce complex emotions, to its engagement with social structures like religion and the law.

The creative process behind ‘Faces of Machine’ involves a collaboration with AI-based image synthesis models, incorporating the machine's self-portrayal and examining the increasingly blurred boundary between human and machine in artistic expression. The ephemeral nature of this technological moment is contrasted with the tangible and enduring medium of oil paint.

[More information can be found in the ‘Portraits of the Artificial’ exhibition publication.]