‚HERBARIUM OF NEOPHYTES‘
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In the studio, new plant objects made from various organic materials are created on a lighttable for a short period of time. Inspired by the aesthetics of Leonhart Fuchs or Maria Sibylla Merian, the manifold details, structures, and surfaces are presented in an almost hyperreal form. However, upon closer inspection, fractures and impossibilities in the statics, form, and color become apparent.

With AI, the next major leap in design, interaction, and consumption seems to be just around the corner. All the more reason, in my view, to approach this phenomenon within my artistic practice in the most direct and intuitive way possible—through collected, analogue materials. At a table, I dry, preserve, and manually arrange individual plant parts. I gather these fragments from various places: biodegradable waste from cemeteries, cuttings from organic waste bins, or surplus flowers discarded by the local florist. After photographing them, I rearrange the flowers using my own LoRA-based AI model, which continuously learns from all the neophytes I have created so far (as seen in the animation on the right).

 The images shown are just a small selection of the entire series. All works are copyright protected, and any reproduction without the artist’s permission is strictly prohibited.

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