ISSUE.01
THE MEANTIMES
2023-2025 AI GENERATIVE
The MeanTimes is a code-generated newspaper project from the not-so-distant future. It explores the problematic condition of our modern society, questioning the role of art, science, and artificial technology. Multiple speculative scenarios were prepared and processed using text and image machine-learning models. Custom Java Software takes the AI output and recodes it into ASCII data.
Two formats exist of the project: an audiovisual version featuring electronic sounds and a printed newspaper version. The physical format is available for purchase at selected art book fairs.
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2025
ADELA Festival of Generative Arts - Parameter Art Fair
Ljudmila + Osmo/Za, Ljubljana (SVN)
Special thanks to: Maja Burja, Katja Pahor, and Luka Frelih.
2025
ADELA Festival of Generative Arts - Parameter Art Fair
Ljudmila + Osmo/Za, Ljubljana (SVN)
Special thanks to: Maja Burja, Katja Pahor, and Luka Frelih.
ABOVE: Newspaper, internal spread.
BELOW: A nuclear event reported in real-time.
BELOW: A nuclear event reported in real-time.
ABOVE: 360 large-scale version of the project (artist render).
ABOVE: The second installment features the rise and fall of drone technology.
VIDEO: Twelve short headlines about the LayFlat or Tang ping (躺平) movement.
THE SOFTWARE
ABOVE: The MeanTime software v10.0
ABOVE: UI Detail
We coded over two thousand lines of code to generate the kinetic content of each series. Our custom JAVA app allows us to change the resolution of the ASCII output. We can also change the character rendering palette and navigate to each item of a specific series. The system exports the final result as TIFF images, PDF files, and TXT data.
ABOVE: 2025 PARAMETER Generative Arts Fair at Kino Šiška, Ljubljana (SVN).
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