Monday, 30 October 2023

October 2023 Summary

Between ranting, printmaking, figure drawings and AI Art, I kept very busy in October 2023.

NO SCUM ALLOWED
I had to stand outside
the "No Scum Allowed Saloon"
in White Oaks, New Mexico
  • Apparently the "No Scum Allowed Bar" was conceived in the movie Young Guns

PRINT EXHIBITIONS


The biggest thing in October was the Desert Triangle Print Carpeta reception at the University of Arizona Art Museum in Tucson, on October 24, 2023:



"Desert Triangle Print Carpeta" Panel


The exhibition even got written up in Hyperallergic:

Hyperallergic article
about the Desert Triangle Print Carpeta
at the University of Arizona Art Museum




We started the month in Silver City going to the Southwest Print Fiesta 2023 -- October 6 and 7, 2023 -- where Manny showed one of my AI prints:

Manuel Guerra gives a talk during the Southwest Print Fiesta
for the 8x8 SHOW
at the Diane Ingalls Leyba Studio/Gallery

February 28, 2023
My AI print showing 
in Silver City


Southwest Print Fiesta 2023 -- SUMMARY

BUCKET EXHIBITIONS

Ellie and I hung 88 prints on Monday, October 23rd,  before going to Tucson, for the "Deck the Walls" exhibition at the North Fourth Art Center in Albuquerque. They filled the walls with art for the last blow-out exhibition as the art center will be closing at the end of this year, 2023:

88 prints hanging at the North Fourth Art Center

My AI print
showing at North Fourth Art Center


Potato Print Party

We had a potato print party at Ellie's house on October 21, 2023:

AI ART

Vanity lead me to  use Midjourney to blend my drawing with a drawing of Duerer's, and then further tweak it to add a javelina:

October 23, 2023
Midjourney
My drawing blended with a Duerer print
(plus javelina)


I generated a bunch of fake drawings in my style with Stability Matrix, on the supercomputer at Quelab:

Fake drawing 
generated and animated with AI
using Stability Matrix and PIKA LABS


LLaVA is an AI program that will describe an image after you upload it:

October 17, 2023
LLaVA AI says that my style is
"minimalistic and artistic"


I generated a short AI video in Deforum, of figures based on my drawing style, using the supercomputer at Quelab:

Deforum AI Video
Stability Matrix
Deforum
EzGif
An AI video in Deforum
somewhat based on my drawing style


I also enjoy animating my images with PIKA LABS on Discord:

PIKA LABS guided by Krrrl


I was really impressed in El Paso when Nefi Duran composed a musical piece from the model's last pose:

October 10, 2023
Nefi Duran composed a musical piece
from the model
while everyone else drew her


RANTS

I started the month with two rants:

Do all my drawings really look the same?

The last figure is AI

Lack of Diversity...
All of these figures were generated with AI
from my drawings


ECLIPSE

The sun went into an Annular Eclipse on October 14, 2023 in Albuquerque.  We went to Mountainair to see it:
Deborah checking out the annular eclipse
in Mountainair, New Mexico

Gonzalo Espinosa continues "Taller Sin Miedo" in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico:

October 23, 2023
"Taller Sin Miedo"
in Puerto Vallarta


Gonzalo, Joshua Woodhall and I 
started "Taller Sin Miedo" in 2012
at the Sculpture Resource Center in Tucson


SOFTWARE

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