“Shock Value” is an exploration of how image generation positions itself in the stratified issue of digital violence and gore voyeurism, and how the medium employed for its production–Artificial Intelligence–influences its impact and consumption.
Working with text-to-image open-source Al models, the artwork serves as a socio-anthropological experiment, compelling the audience to confront an “exquisite corpse” of graphic and disturbing imagery and valuing their reactions as research data.
