Mitch Rosefelt - December 2024

"Algorithmic Mirror" explores the fascinating intersection of human creativity & artificial intelligence. Through AI-generated imagery, this exhibition scratches the surface of how this unprecedented toolset can be used to remix our collective experiences, emotions, and aspirations in astonishingly unexpected ways.

The images are both familiar and otherworldly: landscapes that could exist in dreams, emotions rendered in impossible colors, and visions that, IMO, combine human and machine intelligence to extend the boundary of imagination by an order of magnitude. As we stand at the dawn of the AI age, these works invite us to see ourselves - and our shared human experience - with fresh perspective and deeper insight.

This show is the result of extensive ‘conversations’ with several AI models. It is my hope that it will spark appreciation and conversation in the analog world as well ;).

Artist Bio

For four decades, my artistic path has meandered through designing/building sculptural furniture to creating visual effects for feature films, to graphics and animation for various entertainment and educational uses, and now to exploring AI-generated art. Throughout my career, I've subscribed to "the explore school of design" - letting experimentation and careful observation guide me until something aesthetically or conceptually compelling emerges. This work continues through my art business, The Pixel Farm.

My career in computer graphics and IT has given me a front-row seat as we’ve drifted into the astonishing age of the algorithm. Technology advances at a dizzying pace, each breakthrough amplifying human potential in ways we never imagined. In the arts, AI provides us with an algorithmic distillation of the entire human experience. It is an extraordinary storytelling tool, weaving threads of emotion, culture, and science into new forms of visual expression.

Since the dawn of civilization, we have been driven to use the technology of the day to explore and express our deepest thoughts, emotions, and aspirations. As I watch technology's rapid advance with equal parts amazement and alarm, I sometimes wonder if what I am doing now is simply the modern version of finger painting on the wall of a cave.