Julia Stalnaker

BFA, Art & Technology

Climate change has produced many uncanny environments with their own sort of “artifacts” or “glitches.” In Oregon we’re seeing longer wildfire seasons and changing precipitation patterns. Slow degradation and unraveling are a new normal. Projected single channel video showcases new environments with their own glitches. Gradual weakening of natural influence over the environment in favor of technological influence mirrors the way human activity has contributed to climate change. An AI algorithm uses source video of smoke to create photorealistic landscapes. Realistic as they are, however, their unnatural origin can reveal itself in the form of pixelated patterns or other distortions.

Artifact, 2023, AI video, projection on netting, 7.5 x13 feet