Wrestling with Originality
If you didn't make it yourself, can you really call it your own?
As a kid, my father had cleverly (sadly!) programmed MTV out of existence via the remote control. So I ended up watching a lot of American Gladiator. Maybe this is why, to me, working with AI feels like a wrestling match — a constant push and pull, a struggle to coax something fresh and original out of a system predisposed to give me the ordinary.
In this new episode of Dream Logic, 'Wrestling with Originality,' I talk about what this metaphorical grappling with generative AI feels like. I reveal one way in which I shape characters through a term I call hyper collage. And I question what we can really call our own when it comes to art in this emergent medium. I'm looking forward to featuring guest artists, creatives, and academics in upcoming conversations.
Please share with the curious.
Karin
Created: Kirby Ferguson & Karin Fyhrie
Title Design: Yeun Kim
Music: “Luna Clipper” by Green-House:
Design note: Each episode features a character Karin hyper-collaged in AI, mapped over Zoom recorded video — a visual experiment in what's currently possible. Still image made using Stable Diffusion AI; video mapping with Runway.