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#206 Dunsparce 

"Isolation"

Digital assemblage using both AI generated objects and photos, collaged together.

This is a new experiment I'm trying. I used to do assemblage art boxes years ago, you can see a few on my main instagram if you scroll back a ways.

I miss making them, and I have been enjoying others artists on here who do much the same kind of work. They inspired me honestly, to try this.

I cannot do assemblage the way I did previously because it requires more space than I have available and the ability to procure items, whether found or bought...I don't have that available to me either.

Since I already have experience doing digital collage, this is not a huge step for me to attempt a digital assemblage. I really love using old vintage stuff, objects that seem to have a story. At first I was going to stick to using things like I would have found before for my boxes, but then I decided to kick it up a notch and include items that would be honestly too precious to adhere into a cigar box- small relics from various eras in history.

I love museums so much, and I haven't been able to visit any of those either, so I decided to allow myself the best of both worlds and make meaningful art about the things I love.

I know there are some who don't like AI, and I understand that. But when I choose to use it, I'm not just typing in prompts. I'm using it to create elements to manipulate myself. I don't find it any different then selecting items for a box. I still choose them, their meaning, and arrangement. AI in this sense is allowing me to have part of myself back again.