AI images are circulating more and more online and sometimes we can't tell the 'real' from AI-generated. But as I discuss with the inimitable Gillian Rose and Roland Meyer, we need to think about AI images beyond their indexicality, i.e. the idea that a photograph is a direct representation of the subject it captures. In this episode, we grapple with AI generators that are part of extractive, colonial industries, and how that shapes the affect of AI visuals. Recorded Jan 29, 2025. Released Feb 24, 2025.
It’s a flat world. The Synthetic Realities of Sora
https://rrrreflect.org/special-issue-1/its-a-flat-world-the-synthetic-realities-of-sora
“It’s a flat world. The Synthetic Realities of AI Video” by Roland Meyer at Hidden Layers 24
https://vimeo.com/1011342969
The New Value of the Archive
AI Image Generation and the Visual Economy of ‘Style’
https://image-journal.de/the-new-value-of-the-archive/
“Generic Pastness. AI Image Synthesis and the Virtualization of the Archive”
https://vimeo.com/873978726
Models All The Way Down by Christo Buschek & Jer Thorp
https://knowingmachines.org/models-all-the-way
Gillian Rose, Professor of Human Geography
Fellow of the British Academy and Academy of Social Sciences
webpage: https://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/staff/grose.html
bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/profgillian.bsky.social
blog: visualmethodculture.wordpress.com
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