AI-generated art gets its own sophisticated printed magazine

Art created with artificial intelligence is ubiquitous online, appearing on platforms ranging from Instagram and Reddit to websites that host the generative AI tools themselves. Artists now have a new and slightly ironic medium to present their algorithmic digital work: paper.

A sleek new print publication, The AI ​​Art Magazine is, as its name suggests, entirely focused on AI and art. The first issue, published on December 6th, spans 176 pages filled with artwork submitted in response to an international call for entries and selected by a jury. The contest features robots and robot-like works created by artists, graphic designers, engineers, and one AI-generated judge named Xiaomi. Anime character. This independently funded biennial magazine published in Germany costs 22 euros (about $22.95) and does not include advertising, at least for now.

“This project is driven by pure passion and a shared vision to chart the course for the future of AI art,” reads the magazine’s mission statement. “This is a collective effort driven by a community that imagines, innovates, and inspires.”

The jury also includes Boris Eldagsen, who withdrew from the prestigious photography prize after revealing that the winning image had been generated using AI to spark controversy. In a short blurb, judges share why they chose to feature a particular work, and in accompanying essays and interviews, creators discuss their artistic process, what excites them about incorporating AI into their work, its strengths, weaknesses, and more. I will elaborate on my views on the limits.

“This is a technology that is shaping our world, and the voices of artists who engage with it critically and creatively and ask where it fails us and how it improves our lives. ,” artist Kevin Esherick said during a Q&A. “The best way to understand these technologies is to try them out.”

Esherick was only 20 years old when he lost his brother, and he feels the loss every day. The piece, published in a magazine, is a hazy, dream-like image of his deceased brother, part of his deeply personal series “I’m With You,” a reminder that he is still here. I imagine a world where we share the moments of life.

The Brooklyn-based artist trained an AI model using a photo of his brother, interrupting the image generation process and leaving only a hazy trace of his appearance. Esherick created more than 100,000 images for the collection, narrowed them down to 24, and named each image after a song that her brother liked or would have liked. In the magazine’s “Especially Michigan 2024,” his deceased family seems to exist on the other side of a veil, in another realm of consciousness.

“For me, these works reflect sadness and memory, absence and presence, joy and hope,” Esherick says. “They’re about possibilities, what can happen, and what stays alive.”

The magazine itself is centered around what is possible as artists worry about what AI means to them, their future, and creativity as a whole. A total of 50 images will be published in the first issue, and the next issue is scheduled for summer.

In “Multiple Sclerosis – Ataxia” Sabine von Basewicz seeks to visually convey the experience of relapses, characterized by spasticity and movement difficulties, as well as emotional turmoil. The piece depicts the artist sitting on the floor painting with a disembodied hand and a shoe on one arm.

“I find it very difficult to explain the symptoms verbally in a way that the listener can understand,” the German photographer told the magazine. “I often get the impression that even the neurologists treating me, while knowledgeable about the subject, don’t fully understand it. Midjourney, on the other hand, understands me It seems that

“AI is real and it’s not going away”

AI has fundamentally changed the state of art in recent years, with widely used generation tools like Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, and OpenAI’s Dall-E allowing anyone to create images by simply entering a text prompt. I changed it to This rapidly evolving field has sparked passionate and often divisive debates among creators. Some people embrace machine learning as a tool that can take them in weird and wonderful directions, while others are angry that their work is being stolen from the internet to train AI datasets without credit or compensation. Some people are. Many people also fear that their livelihoods will be deprived.

“We understand the concerns of traditional artists,” Mike Browner, the magazine’s publisher and co-founder, said in an email interview. “However, we need to recognize that AI is real and will not go away. We are at the very beginning of a breakthrough, but what I can do is encourage all artists to realize new possibilities. I just want them to know more about sex.”

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Brauner, founder of Hamburg-based creative agency Polardots Studio, is an illustrator and author of the book Age of Data: Embracing Algorithms in Art & Design, which focuses on the aesthetics and creativity of a new generation of designers. We co-founded this magazine with Christoph Grünberger. Look at the tools that support your algorithms. The duo chose to create the magazine in open-thread binding to contrast digitally produced art with traditional binding, adding, “The result is a fusion of modern technology and classic artistry.” A remarkable homage was born.”

Although AI Art Magazine is currently print-only, Browner revealed plans to launch an accompanying online database where artists can display their work. “Our first call received an overwhelming number of applications from 40 countries, and we really want to give them a platform to present,” he said.