Khazar Archeological Confabulations

AI algorithm, speculative archaeology database, cyanotype on paper

Studio shot

Khazar Archeological Confabulations employs machine learning to craft speculative archeological images tied to the artist’s heritage. Using a database of artifacts from a sought-after archeological excavation of the lost Khazar capital, the system generates a vocabulary of mean images of object drawings in real-time. Select drawings are turned into Cyanotypes exposed to natural light, reflecting Khazar Tenegrist myths of the titular sky god and the eternal blue sky.

020D, Cyanotype on paper, 16’x12’, 2023

010B, Cyanotype on paper, 16’x12’, 2023

Khazar Archeological Confabulations, 2023, installation view at Weird Dreams, Weird Analysis

Khazar Archeological Confabulations, 2023
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