Chimera of the Post-Anthropocene
As a photographer and filmmaker my work has focused, in the
past 3 years, on engaging with stressed ecosystems. Chimera
of the Post-Anthropocene
my current series, explores objects that are assembled from
nature but not of it. The photographic tableaus and short
videos are based on specific biomes, envisioning dramatic and
unpredictable futures of flora and fungi.
These hybrid sculptures are photographed in a style inspired
by classic natural history museum dioramas. Recent work has
been created in the fire scorched High Sierras of Yosemite, the
sub-Alpine forests of Banff, Estero Bay in Central California
and during a residency a the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology
in Cascade Head, the estuary in Oregon formed by the
confluence of the Salmon River and the Pacific.
Negotiation Artifacts
Building Blocks for Chimera
Biological samples collected from ecosystems
Debris Sculptures
Hybrid forms between nature and artifice
Backstage at The Dioramas
Setting up photographic tableaus
Photo Tableau
Final photographic compositions
AI Co-creator Profile
Photography + Poetry & AI = Moving Images
AI Interpretation of Poetry
Tableau are shared with an AI collaborator
who is prompted with Haiku.
Movement added to Diorama
Photographs by AI Collaborator
is an interpretation of the poetry.
Human Responses with Poetry
Haiku / Poems written by human artist in
response to the diorama images.
Video Editing Process
Most raw clips are 5 seconds and are edited in Capcut.
Creative Divergence
I am looking for consistency in my world building.
The AI collaborator, on occasion, will run off on flights of fancy.
Though entertaining, the hallucinations do not make the final cut
Creative Divergence
Rejected imagery
Biological samples collected from ecosystems
Hybrid forms between nature and artifice
Setting up photographic tableaus
Final photographic compositions
AI Co-creator Profile:
Topaz Photo AI - for cleaning images
Photoshop Beta - for image development
Kling 1.6 for adding movement to the clips - accessed through OpenArtAI
Capcut - Editing
Topaz Photo AI - for cleaning images
Photoshop Beta - for image development
Kling 1.6 for adding movement to the clips - accessed through OpenArtAI
Capcut - Editing
Tableau are shared with an AI collaborator
who is prompted with Haiku. The resulting
movement is an interpretation of poetry.
Haiku / Poems written by human artist in
response to the diorama images.
Most raw clips are 5 seconds and are edited in Capcut.
World building with AI collaboration
I am looking for consistency in my world building. The AI collaborator, on occasion, will run off on flights of fancy. Though entertaining, the hallucinations do not make the final cut.
Single channel video with audio
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