Khazar Archeological Confabulations

Nimrod Astarhan

Artwork description:

The project employs machine learning to craft speculative archeological images tied to the artist’s heritage. Using a database of artifacts from a sought-after archeological excavation of the lost Khazar capital, the system generates a vocabulary of mean images of object drawings

Installation view (studio shot)

PC, AI algorithm, speculative archeology object database, cyanotype on paper, 2023. The system generates a vocabulary of mean images of object drawings in real-time. Select drawings are turned into Cyanotypes exposed to natural light, reflecting Khazar Tenegrist myths of the titular sky god and the eternal blue sky.

Installation view (WDWA, Arizona State University, 2023)

speculative archeology object database, cyanotype on paper, 2023 Select drawings are turned into Cyanotypes exposed to natural light, reflecting Khazar Tenegrist myths of the titular sky god and the eternal blue sky.

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Cyanotype on paper, 16’x12’, 2023