As an ongoing project, Gabriola Photography Club curates the art display space downstairs at the Gabriola Medical Clinic on Church Street, Gabriola Island. Club members take turns having solo exhibitions or taking part in group exhibitions.

We’re delighted to present Diane Green‘s latest solo show. In Diane’s own words:

The ever-increasing use of artificial intelligence is affecting almost every aspect of our lives. It is now nearly impossible to tell (when done well!) whether an image – or even a voice – is original, altered, or completely artificially created. In many ways this is all a frightening prospect for the future.

ON THE OTHER HAND……!
“Messing about” with AI in the arts field can be a lot of fun and can enhance creativity exponentially.

What is the dividing line between photography and “art”? Art created using paint does not have to justify itself when it doesn’t exactly recreate reality! Photography (unless journalistic photography which has to be 100% unmanipulated) should be similarly accepted as art, “messed around with” or not!

The resulting images in this exhibit are created from my original photographs, sometimes manipulated to different degrees using tried and true programs like Photoshop, but now may also be amended in a variety of ways using artificial intelligence.

So “let’s play”!