~WHAT'S IN YOUR WALLET? ~
“Morpheus: The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now, in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window or when you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work... when you go to church... when you pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.
Neo: What truth?
Morpheus: That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else you were born into bondage. Into a prison that you cannot taste or see or touch. A prison for your mind.”
― Lana Wachowski, The Matrix: The Shooting Script
// Process
Step 1) Rt-click-saved all of the pieces of art in my wallet
Step 2) Trained a GAN on the pieces in my wallet
Step 3) Utilized the GAN outputs as a seed for new creations in Midjourney6
Step 4) Upscaled in Magnific AI
Step 5) Animation & Sound Design directed by Claude
Step 6) Animated in Luma Dream Machine using prompt from Claude
Step 7) Sound CC0 Glitch sound effect from CapCut
Step 7) Stitched together in Capcut
Step 8) Moshed in Photomosh
// DESCRIPTION
MLow, a crypto artist known for his AI collaborations, presents "What's In Your Wallet?" - a series exploring identity and taste in the digital age. Inspired by the idea that our possessions define us, MLow trains a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) on the art pieces in his cryptocurrency wallet, and then proceeds to use those outputs as seeds for new creations.
The AI mixed-model (GAN, ChatGPT 4o, Midjourney6, Photoshop with AI Generative Fill, Magnific AI Upscale, Pika, Luma Labs, and more) interprets the stylistic and thematic elements of the collected works, creating a dialogue between them. The resulting AI-generated pieces are a fusion of influences, embodying MLow's digital persona. He further engages multiple AI models to transform the works, each leaving its mark and adding new layers of interpretation. This iterative process mirrors MLow's journey of self-discovery, as the AI models deconstruct and reconstruct his identity. "What's In Your Wallet?" invites us to reflect on how we curate and express our identities in the digital world.
Artist Footnote: One of my favorite rabbit holes that I went down with this project was working with @jhuffizi to have a conversation through our work. From oil painting, to GAN, Mixed GAN with Oil painting in Midjourney, back to Oil painting, Magnific, and back to Midjourney6.
I also attempted to learn how to code with ChatGPT 4o in conversation with Claude to write a script using Python that would connect to etherscan API and download all of the pieces in one's wallet, train a GAN on it, and then create new pieces with them in Midjourney6....