Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/07/05/applying-ai-filters-to-an-1830.html
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Reading this from the BBS, I thought the first image was actually the original and not one of two filtered images. It does vaguely resemble some tortured, baroque marble structures, after all.
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“To die, to sleep – to sleep, perchance to deep-dream – ay, there’s the rub, for in this sleep of death what deep-dreams may come…”
Nifty.
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Applying AI filters to an 1830 painting leads to pleasing results
no it doesn’t 
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I wanted some better resolution, and tracked the origin to: https://www.instagram.com/officialvictorespinoza/
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Bender: “Neat!” click
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Hrmph. Back in my day if you wanted pictures like that you needed to have schizophrenia or LSD.
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Sheesh, at least some digitalis or maybe an eye disorder or something.
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Hmmm; reminds me of the cat paintings of Louis Wain, who may have suffered from some form of schizophrenia. As his disease progressed, his cats became more psychedelic
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Oh, right. that urban legend thats been retweeted so many times it might as well have been true for all anyone cares…
Heres a more modern, enlightened take on that series of pictures:(spoiler alert-they are not in chronological order!)
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Reminds me of Augustin Lesage’s work:
From Wikipedia:
In 1911, when he was 35 years old, Lesage claimed he heard a voice speak to him from the darkness of the mine and tell him, “One day you will be a painter”. The only contact Lesage had had with the arts at that point in his life was a visit to the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille museum in Lille during his military service. The voice experience prompted him to explore communication with what he believed was the spirit world, and within a year of his first experience, Lesage was hearing more voices, this time specifically giving him instructions. The voice told him what to paint, what art supplies to buy and where to find them. It was his belief that the voice speaking to him was the spirit of his little sister who had died at the age of three.
On purchasing his first canvas, Lesage mistakenly bought one ten times as large as he had intended. His spirit guides instructed him not to be daunted, but to begin painting. Large canvasses became his chosen format.[1]
Lesage went on to develop a unique, highly symmetrical style, drafting detailed patterns and monolithic constructions reminiscent of Egyptian and Oriental architectural forms.[1]
Lesage claimed, that he would never have any idea about what he wanted to portray. “I never have an overview of the entire work at any point of the execution. My guides tell me; I surrender to their impulse ".[1]
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Interesting; thanks for the additional information. I know that his difficulties may or may not have been due to schizophrenia, and it is intriguing that his art may have no discernible pattern due to that. The more abstract forms remind me of doodles, and they have a “fractal” quality to them.
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I wish we knew more about these. I suspect more has been ‘manually’ done to the AI output.
For example, the colour palette of the first image doesn’t really relate to that of the source, and the second precessed image has the same pattern as the first, just with different colours (which, again, don’t directly relate to the source).
Thanks - that was really interesting. I have to confess I’d unquestioningly taken the standard explanation at face value.
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I agree. It carries no meaning from the original painting and looks horrible.
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AI be tripping!
I’m imagining those as woven tapestries, or embroidered pieces; there is a very rich, textural quality to them. I was unaware of his work, but I’ll head down that rabbit hole! Thanks!
Applying (non-A)I filters to a 1928 composition leads to…interesting results
Do I spy a Stross?
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Love 'em. Specially the second. Thanks MF
