“Groaning and pitiful weeping cannot ease sorrow’s sickness.” Bach’s uncompromising view of beauty is what makes him immortal. Great read from Bernard Chazelle.
And speaking of Bach, if you are near Den Haag you must go and watch the exhibition “Gödel, Escher, Bach” at the West Den Haag. Featuring the Infinite Conversation and dozens of amazing pieces.
I’ve been re-ordering my stash of drafts and found some experiments I totally forgot about, like this netrunner straight outta Neuromancer.
Susan Sontag on plagiarism: “I’ve used these sources and I’ve completely transformed them. There’s a larger argument to be made that all of literature is a series of references and allusions.” Will we ever use a similar argument to get LLMs off the hook?
Very proud of having collaborated with Daniela de Paulis on this project. A Sign in Space imagines how Earth might respond to a signal from aliens and invites the public to help decode an ET message.
“Kleopatra taking a holiday to Northern Italy but didn’t quite get the memo about traveling light!
Here’s hoping the Po Valley has enough parking for a 270 km rock star!
#AsteroidVacay#SizeMattersInTheValley“
Well written, Ernie Smith. Warhol would have loved to create variations on iconic images and stretch the distinctions between high art and commercial/mass-produced art using text-to-image models.
