PetaPixel Friday May 19, 2023
The creators of a disturbing viral beer commercial that was entirely generated from artificial intelligence say that it is designed to invoke our anxiety around AI, notes PetaPixel. The video, entitled Synthetic Summer, is in the style of an extremely generic feel-good beer ad but the visuals grow weirder until it concludes. It was created by Private Island, a commercial production company that works with mixed media. Its co-founder Chris Boyle says the video has received over 40 million views across different platforms.
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Stanford University Friday May 19, 2023
In the fall of 1930, Stanford biology professor Laurence Bass-Becking used a curious phrase to describe the photography of his friend Edward Weston: “Reality makes him dream.” That phrase is the inspiration for the exhibition “Reality Makes Them Dream: American Photography, 1929–1941,” on view at Stanford University’s Cantor Arts Center through July 30. The work of five photographers—Ansel Adams, John Gutmann, Helen Levitt, Wright Morris, and Edward Weston—comprises the core of the exhibition.
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The Guardian Friday May 19, 2023
Growing up in Winnipeg, Canada, Sarah Piantadosi was drawn to transgressive photography, from the crude explorations of gender and family by Diana Thorneycroft to the work of Robert Mapplethorpe. After moving to London in 2007, she pursued photography as a career, building up a portfolio with clients including Dior, Calvin Klein and Alexander McQueen. Recently she set out to photograph more than 50 young people in London and Paris using the nude as a way to explore ideas of agency and empowerment, notes The Guardian.
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CNN Friday May 19, 2023
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the late Andy Warhol infringed on photographer’s Lynn Goldsmith’s copyright when he created a series of silk screens based on a photograph of the late singer Prince. The ruling was 7-2, reports CNN. The court rejected arguments made by a lawyer of the Andy Warhol Foundation that his work was sufficiently transformative so as not to trigger copyright concerns. The opinion has been closely anticipated by the global art world watching to see how the court would balance an artist’s freedom to borrow from existing works and the restrictions of copyright law. Read the full Story >>
