Vincenzo Fiore Marrese

Artwork ohne alles

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I blended Artificial Intelligence and literature with irony and depth.

A round, brown plate with a pile of gray powder in the center. A white book with German text is placed on top of the powder. The text reads: “OHNE ZÄHNE, OHNE AUGEN, OHNE GESCHMACK, OHNE ALLES. SHAKESPEARE ÜBERSETZT VON KUuml;NSTLICHER INTELLIGENZ”. There are shadows of a window on the plate and the floor.

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“ohne alles,” 2023; installation art, new-media art; artificial intelligence, found object (wooden table), book, fake book cover, ink, cement powder; 90×90×60 centimetres; 35.4×35.4×23.6 inches; former courthouse, Kalbe (Milde), Germany; 11. Internationaler Sommercampus, artist residency, Künstlerstadt Kalbe; photo by V.F. Marrese; ©VFMarrese. Click to download HD Image (for press use only). Please credit V.F. Marrese. Contact us for other use or licensing.

Artwork Details

  • Title:
    “ohne alles,”
  • Year:
    2023;
  • Medium (Type of Art):
    installation art, new-media art;
  • Medium (Materials):
    artificial intelligence, found object (wooden table), book, fake book cover, ink, cement powder;
  • Dimensions (International):
    90×90×60 centimetres;
  • Dimensions (British and US):
    35.4×35.4×23.6 inches;
  • Venue:
    former courthouse, Kalbe (Milde), Germany;
  • Setting:
    11. Internationaler Sommercampus, artist residency, Künstlerstadt Kalbe;

Establishing Context

Artificial Intelligence raises social issues. But how can it be part of the creative process? I used a chatbot to translate a line from a play and put it on a fake book cover.

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“ohne alles,” 2023; installation art, new-media art; artificial intelligence, found object (wooden table), book, fake book cover, ink, cement powder; 90×90×60 centimetres; 35.4×35.4×23.6 inches; former courthouse, Kalbe (Milde), Germany; 11. Internationaler Sommercampus, artist residency, Künstlerstadt Kalbe; photo by V.F. Marrese; ©VFMarrese. Click to download HD Image (for press use only). Please credit V.F. Marrese. Contact us for other use or licensing.

I’m looking at Western literature. Yet, my interest isn’t limited to the West. The title means “without everything”. In the play, it’s the final age of life when we lose our senses and bodies.

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“ohne alles,” 2023; installation art, new-media art; artificial intelligence, found object (wooden table), book, fake book cover, ink, cement powder; 90×90×60 centimetres; 35.4×35.4×23.6 inches; former courthouse, Kalbe (Milde), Germany; 11. Internationaler Sommercampus, artist residency, Künstlerstadt Kalbe; photo by V.F. Marrese; ©VFMarrese. Click to download HD Image (for press use only). Please credit V.F. Marrese. Contact us for other use or licensing.

So, I’m studying how society divides people based on age.