Chimerical Stories by Entangled Others

“I discovered the magical world of Sofia Crespo’s work when we first invited her to exhibit and talk at CADAF Miami 2019. The way she used AI to create familiar seascapes and creatures but that don’t exist (or that we have not discovered yet) made me understand the potential of AI for artists. She took her practice to another level with her partner, Feileacan McCormick, and their studio Entangled Others to create this hybrid world, between organic and mechanic.“

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ARTWORK DETAILS

Artist Name: Entangled Others (Sofia Crespo and Feileacan McCormick)

Artwork Title: A Gelatinous Beginning 00041

Series Size: Unique edition in a series of 513 works

Creation Date: May 2022

Genre: AI Art

Description: Caterpillar. Chrysalis. Butterfly. Each word immediately understood as part of a three-part process of metamorphosis, this story we know. It is also the story of many, from the aquatic, for instance the jellyfish who experiences not one, but no less than six vibrantly diverse stages during their life-cycles. Yet, commonly these are transformative states that we have no associative image of, they are stories untold.

These works form a speculative mapping through creating mutating chimera that attempt to map the limits of our knowledge by infusing a familiar story with an essential “jellyfishness” as its most commonly associated. The caterpillar, a gelatinous beginning. The ghostly traces of the metamorphic vessel, the chrysalis. The emergent finale, the vividly iconic butterfly as an airy, ethereal figure.

None of these chimera come close to the jellyfish. We know nothing more of these soft, shifting others. They are but tales who quietly ask us to carefully enquire deeper, below the waves. To spend time in those deep depths. To gaze and listen long enough to learn the stories of those who live lives as alien to us as we are to them.

Platform: Braindrop

Blockchain: Ethereum

Link to the NFT:  Braindrop | Opensea

Links:

1. Project website: https://chimericalstories.com/

2. Artist website: https://entangledothers.studio/

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