EVIDENCE by artist Barry Sutton represents an exploration of creative consciousness using advanced machine learning technologies to document and analyze the fundamental patterns underlying the creative process.
“The project started as an exploration to visually chart the emotions, visual references, intuitive leaps, and subconscious impulses that inform each decision in the making of a work of art. Using AI diffusion models running custom scripts and advanced image analyzation tools, I developed a methodology for prompting, creating and analyzing a body of work that was forged by asking how and why, not what.” The resulting images are the product of that inquiry– data visualizations embodying the strata, themes, and structures that have shaped art across millennia. Each piece may be viewed as a work of art in its own right—a visual artifact of this expansive investigation.
