Tucson Sculpture Festival 2012

Thursday, 23 April 2026

April 22, 2026 -- Ice Sculptures

I drew at FUSION in Albuquerque:

Ice-into-Flames animation --
like a local ABQ ZOZOBRA

FLOW prompt:

Adric took a bunch of photos near the old Quelab 2.0 of the burnt out building as it is now, in full decay, after a couple of fires (2023 and 2021):

The building at 6th and Haines in Albuquerque


DOTS to SCULPTURES

I like some dotted-line drawing (but not all) -- that AI transformed from my pencil line drawings (with KREA Realtime), by pumping up the contrast and converting some strokes into dotted lines.  I then uploaded the dotted line drawings again and asked KREA Realtime to make the transparent sculptures above:

Drawing into dotted-lines into ice sculpture
using AI

My drawings converted into dotted lines,
with higher contrast

However FLOW repeated some of the dotted line drawings, and eliminated others, when I ask it to pin all the drawings on the wall in a studio:






KREA Realtime prompt:
"dotted lines"



KREA Realtime prompt:
"dotted lines"

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KREA Realtime prompt:
"transparent sculpture made of only thin wire"



KREA Realtime prompt:
"dotted lines"


KREA Realtime prompt:
"transparent sculpture made of only thin wire"



KREA Realtime prompt:
"dotted lines"



KREA Realtime prompt:
"dotted lines"



KREA Realtime prompt:
"dotted lines"


KREA Realtime prompt:
"transparent sculpture made of only thin wire"



KREA Realtime prompt:
"dotted lines"


KREA Realtime prompt:
"transparent sculpture made of only thin wire"



KREA Realtime prompt:
"dotted lines"

KREA Realtime prompt:
"transparent sculpture made of only thin wire"



KREA Realtime prompt:
"dotted lines"



KREA Realtime prompt:
"dotted lines"



KREA Realtime prompt:
"dotted lines"

KREA Realtime (no prompt)




KREA Realtime prompt:
"dotted lines"


I asked ChatGPT to blend the two abstract images above into one machine -- note that the free ChatGPT would only let me upload two images to reconstruct with AI (unlike Google's FLOW, which lets me upload many images):

ChatGPT rewritten prompt:
"Abstract mechanical-organic sculpture concept"

Midjourney prompt:
"moving parts in a machine"




DOWNTOWN

LINDY'S Diner was abruptly closed down by the city of Albuquerque on Monday, April 20, 2026 -- in danger of collapsing for bowing out:


The building bowing out




Fence around the building
blocking it off






Note on the front door

UPDATE (April 27, 2026):  Lindys Collapsed:


UPDATE (April 30, 2026):  I took photos three days after the collaspe:




Both Nani Chacon and Ben Harrison had studios in that building, but in the back, the part that didn't collapse:




There is going to be an art show in the old Maisel's Indian Trading Post building.  The PLEASED TO PRESENT first opening is on May 2, 2026:


Dropped off artwork








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