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Laurie Simmons
In and Around The House II
Feb 15 - Mar 15, 2023
Overview
“Throughout the process of curating Laurie’s project, I tried to choose pieces that were nods to the legacy of her work. I sought examples of images that represented a new twist while striking enough to command recognition on their own, as well as remaining cohesive to the collection. It strikes me how ahead-of-the-crowd her work has always been; the medium, the message, the method.“
- Claire Silver
Details
"I feel as deep a connection to language as I do to images, though they’ve always lived in separate compartments of my brain. Writing sentences that convert to pictures feels oddly like a dream come true. I have no recollection of having had that dream, but the process feels like it was born from an unconscious wish. It interests me that some people are frightened by AI picture-making technologies and think it will be the end of art and create a generation of lazy artists. New technologies frighten people. We know that Plato reported Socrates' condemnation of the rise of writing. In this narrative, Socrates insists that writing 'will introduce forgetfulness into the soul of those who learns it'. For me, the fear and resistance to AI image generators make the text-to-image process more appealing."
- Laurie Simmons
Artworks
Laurie Simmons
In and Around The House II #12
"I feel as deep a connection to language as I do to images, though they’ve always lived in separate compartments of my brain. Writing sentences that convert to pictures feels oddly like a dream come true. I have no recollection of having had that dream, but the process feels like it was born from an unconscious wish. It interests me that some people are frightened by AI picture-making technologies and think it will be the end of art and create a generation of lazy artists. New technologies frighten people. We know that Plato reported Socrates' condemnation of the rise of writing. In this narrative, Socrates insists that writing 'will introduce forgetfulness into the soul of those who learns it'. For me, the fear and resistance to AI image generators make the text-to-image process more appealing."
- Laurie Simmons