Auštra [2021] :: CWS x Ivona Tau

Pagan gods and fairies are deeply rooted in Lithuanian folklore and a number of mythological creatures were said to be living in deep forests spanning the country. As the Baltics were one of the last pagan nations in Europe to Christianize, mythology from the area is a lot more recent than in other areas. This collection explores the mysterious. On foggy dusks, forests appear especially mysterious and one might wonder what kind of wonders they are hiding. In this work artist juxtaposes the mystery associated with forests in folklore with the mystery of artificial intelligence networks that are able to create real looking photographs of forests and invent motion transformations between still...View all