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@xuv writes

This early 2000 work by Stephen J Shanabrook, in collaboration with Veronika Georgieva, feels like GenAI artifacts reproduced in analog form.

These crumbled magazine pages, from the “paper surgeries” series, resembles strangely the mishaps and uncanny human figures that early versions of “AI” image generators produced at the beginning.

And of course this is not what inspired the artist. That would be anachronic statement since the likes of Midjourney or Dall-e only started in 2022 and the technology that generated these kind of image artifacts only emerged in 2014 with GANs.

Really love how some of these turned trash origami into digital future commentary.

Images taken from the artist’s portfolio page on web.archive.org

↬ woostercollective.com

https://p.xuv.be/paper-surgery

Scan of a folded fashion magazine page displaying the portrait of a red hair woman. The folds are messing with the facial features displacing eyes, nose and mouth in a barely recognizable face.
Scan of a folded fashion magazine page displaying the portrait of a blond hair person looking to the left. The folds are messing with the facial features hiding the eyes, nose and mouth are smashed together. A very large ear is visible.
Scan of a folded fashion magazine page displaying the portrait of a dark hair person looking to the right The folds are messing with the facial features hiding the eyes, smashing the nose and mouth, making the teeth prominent.
#AI#origami#paper
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marie verdeil

crazy AI story: my housemate is a dj, and she got booked for a show. The team asks for pictures of her to make an instagram promotion post.
When the post is published, her face looks odd on the poster, maybe it's a picture she doesn't remember?
Turns out the venue created the graphics with AI, and her face got "beautifed" in thr process: slimmer neck, symmetrical features, bigger eyes.

All of these without consent nor any disclaimer on the post...
#ai #midjourney #uncanny

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Julius Zukowski-Krebs

Hello Fediverse! Feels good to be back! With this account I hope to make my small contributions in #romance #horrorliterature research and the #discourse around #horror, #fear, the #uncanny and #affect in general, but also to share some thoughts on the current political and philosophical discourse concerning #affecttheory #psychoanalysis #existentialism and #cosmotechnics

Writing primarily in ENG and GER but also in RU, IT, PT, ESP and maybe even FR!

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Lauren McMenemy

We're blessed to have such talented folks joining us for Writing the Occult: The Uncanny - especially when they are as multi-hypehanted as Zebib K. Abraham! Not only a great writer and storyteller, she's also a psychiatrist, and she'll be telling us about what happens in our brains when we see something uncanny. Cannot wait!

🔎Details: writingtheoccult.carrd.co
🎫Tix: eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-the

On a white background is the following text: Writing the Occult: The Uncanny Our speakers do great things! This speaker is so prolific and accomplished that we just don't know where to start! Zebib K. Abraham is a psychiatrist, writer, film critic, facilitator and storyteller. Find out what she's up to over at zkabraham.com Writing the Occult: The Uncanny is a virtual event for writers & readers. It happens 18 January 2025. Details at writingtheoccult.cardd.co There are two images on the graphic. On the right, a small drawing of a brain with flowers growing from it. On the left, a photo of Zebib, who is a woman of colour wearing a multicoloured striped jacket. She sits with her arms crossed over and resting on her thigh, and she smiles broadly at the camera.
#writersofmastodon#writing#neurology
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Lauren McMenemy

We're blessed to have such talented folks joining us for Writing the Occult: The Uncanny - people like @lizabeth Dearnley, who's latest Tales of the Weird collection for the British Library is all about uncanny playthings.

We gather on 18 January. Tickets are now available for the early bird price of £35+bf. Full speaker details at writingtheoccult.carrd.co - or go straight to eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-the

#uncanny#writersofmastodon#writingevents
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Shantell Powell

As usual, the morning workout left me more tired than it should have. But I managed to workshop some stories, do a bit of writing, and send a bunch of things off to contests and magazines. Really glad I had the forethought to do the bulk of my packing yesterday. I suspected the gym would gas me.

My creepy new story about the suburbs is getting creepier. I’m having fun writing unsettling things. Will I have time/inclination to write on my trip? No idea! #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #Uncanny #horror

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