Welcome to my presentation about Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst's "xhairymutantx" project and other works. This project focuses on training data behind artificial intelligence (AI) models, opening new possibilities for its use. “Holly Herndon” is not just a person. The name also designates a distinctive internet presence: a female character with white skin, red hair, blunt-cut side bangs, and bright blue eyes. Herndon has become well known in the music and digital art worlds, to the point where when someone types the words “Holly Herndon” into a text-to-image AI program like Dall·E, Midjourney, or Stable Diffusion, the prompts generate an image with some of the characteristics of Holly Herndon, the character.
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Why?
I chose these artists because I have begun using AI for a multidisciplinary piece that I am working on. I am using Wonder to generate images of billionaires in the style of paintings that they collect. I will use these as references for actual paintings/sculptures that will be have "magic" performed on them and offer them for sale for $1,000,000,000 each. If they are not purchased, the "black magic" will be released.