Fragile images. Photographic emotions in CGI and AI imaging

How can AI reflect vulnerability or fragility ? In the context of the research project Soft Photography, which explores emotional responses to synthetic images, photographer Charlie Engman and curator Marco De Mutiis discuss the human component of generative technologies, their technical shortcomings and innate inability to understand emotions.

Marco de Muutis - Charlie Engman

Charlie Engman, Chair, 2024 - Courtesy of the artist