Second Impression

Second Impression, 2023, Edition of 3, signed on the back
70 x 120 cm, Fine Art Print behind 6mm Acrylic Glass on Alu-Dibond
Generated using Artificial Intelligence and algorithms, image manipulation A rocket disrupts the tranquil idyll of Claude Monet's first impressionist painting, "Impression du soleil levant" (1872). One can feel the decline of nature in the presence of the sunrise. - Text: Judith Hochstrasser, Horizonte

Who is the author of this work? Claude Monet? The artificial intelligence? The programmers who built the image-generation model at Midjourney — or the artist who generated it?

Published in Horizonte Magazine, June 2023