„Scapes I“ presents pictures of three-dimensional sculptures of previously two-dimensional photographs. The sculptural appeal is created through artificial intelligence, which determines the depths of the picture. The result is a three-dimensional object that can be rotated and moved on screen. In this body of work they were brought back to their “photographic nature“ on paper.
These works, like many other pieces by the artist, question how modern photography can be expanded by breaking free from its „classic linear“ workflow. The use of experimental software and editing becomes the central element in this process.
Sometimes the original motives can be retraced in these „landscapes,“ while others leave this information to the imagination. This makes these works an entry point to discover and recognize appreciation for nature and one‘s own position within in very individual ways.
This body of work is inspired by geology, particularly its sedimentary layers and fossils, and their (imaginary) meta-information as well as contexts that enriches a piece of work through.
Mineralogy, modern scientific documentation and archive images as well as early NASA photographs are just some of the visual references that inform these works.
The AI used for these pictures is the same technique as for deepfakes.
