‘TALKATIVE/01’
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THIS PAPER, FROM GROTESK.GROUP, EXAMINES AI'S PROFOUND IMPACT ON SOCIETY, CREATIVITY, AND ETHICS. IT NOTES TENSIONS BETWEEN AUTOMATION AND AUTONOMY, POTENTIAL LOSS OF ARTISTIC INDIVIDUALITY, AND THE NEED FOR REBELLION AGAINST STANDARDIZATION.
IT REVEALS AMBIVALENT REACTIONS TO AI, FEARS ABOUT ERODED CRITICAL THINKING AND AUTHENTICITY, AND CALLS FOR ANALOG EXPERIENCES. THE PAPER ADVOCATES FOR CONSCIOUS AI GUIDANCE AND COMMUNITY-DRIVEN SYSTEMS, AND EMPHASIZES HUMAN EMOTION AND AUTHENTICITY IN ART.
GROTESK.GROUP WILL DEFINE ITS OWN ETHICAL FRAMEWORK FOR ENGAGING WITH AI. IT IS AN ART PROJECT, NOT STRICTLY SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.
‘SOULY/NICHTSHITTETMEHR’
CREATION OF A DATA-DRIVEN HORSE.
PROD. STOOPID LOU, WATERBOUTUS, ANATOLE MUSTERMIX: HEAVEN IN STEREO @HEAVENINSTEREOMASTER: CARBONARA STUDIOS / DUSTIN SCHEID @CARBONARASTUDIOSVIDEO BY FLIPPHONESTUDIOS @FLIPPHONE.STUDIOSREGIE: FRITZ ELSMANN @FR1TZDOP: FRITZ ELSMANN @FR1TZ LUIS KOPPELKAMM @LUIZ_KOART DIRECTION: SERIFFS.DEPARTMENT @SERIFFS.DEPARTMENTTITLELS: LUCAS GRASSMAY @LUCAS.GRASSMAYEDIT: FRITZ ELSMANN @FR1TZGRADING: LENNART FRÄNKEL LENNARTFRAENKELVFX DATA VISUALS: GROTESK.GROUP @GROTESK.GROUPVFX 3D ELEMENTS: LEANDER LARISCH KAUM STUDIOS @KAUMBTS: NEMO LIENAU @Y.LASHMANAGEMENT: PIETRO DAMIANI @PIET.DA
‘DEEPDIPS’ / BPB
CREATION OF A DATA-DRIVEN HORSE.
DEEPDIPS ADDRESSES THE SURGE OF REALISTIC, YET FAKE, VIDEO CONTENT ON PLATFORMS LIKE TIKTOK, INSTAGRAM, AND YOUTUBE. THE PROJECT WAS CONCEIVED TO COMBAT THE SPREAD OF DEEPFAKES AND SENSITIZE YOUNG AUDIENCES TO THEIR POTENTIAL IMPACT.
DEVELOPED AND PRODUCED IN COOPERATION WITH ANNABLUME ON BEHALF OF THE CLIENT, BUNDESZENTRALE FÜR POLITISCHE BILDUNG (BPB), THE PROJECT ADOPTED A NOVEL APPROACH. IT LEVERAGED ARTISTICALLY-CRAFTED DEEPFAKES AS A PLAYFUL ENTRY POINT, CREATING CONTENT IN COLLABORATION WITH POPULAR TIKTOK CREATORS SUCH AS SIMON.BTH, ADRIAN KOZAKIEWICZ, KHOI TRUONG, MISS MI, AND LAURA ANTONIA. THIS STRATEGY AIMED TO EDUCATE VIEWERS DIRECTLY ON THE PLATFORM ABOUT HOW TO RECOGNIZE AND IDENTIFY FAKE MEDIA.
TO COMPLEMENT THE TIKTOK VIDEOS, DEEPDIPS INCORPORATED LIVE STREAMS. HOSTED BY CREATOR NIKO KAPPE, THESE STREAMS FEATURED EXPERTS FROM ACADEMIA AND INDUSTRY DISCUSSING THE CREATION, DETECTION, AND DANGERS OF DEEPFAKES WHILE ENGAGING WITH QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY.
‘KIA/SOUNDSCAPES’
CONVERTING DATA FROM THE ADAS-SENSORS INTO SOUND/MUSIC..
SOUNDSCAPES PROJECT: GROTESK.GROUP CONTRIBUTED TECHNICAL EXPERTISE TO A COLLABORATIVE PROTOTYPE INITIATIVE WITH KIA AND INNOCEAN BERLIN. THE PROJECT UTILIZED A KIA EV9, LEVERAGING ITS INTEGRATED ADAS SENSOR ARRAYS FOR REAL-TIME ENVIRONMENTAL DATA ACQUISITION. GROTESK.GROUP PROVIDED CREATIVE CODING STRATEGIES TO CAPTURE AND PROCESS THE RAW SENSOR DATA STREAM PERTAINING TO SURROUNDING LANDSCAPE TOPOGRAPHY AND OBJECTS. THIS DIGITAL INPUT WAS THEN SUBJECTED TO ACOUSTIC TRANSLATION VIA THE ONBOARD SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE AND SOUND DESIGN PROTOCOLS DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DA HOUSE.
THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO CONVERT COMPLEX SENSOR READOUTS INTO A SONIFIED REPRESENTATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT, CREATING AN AUDITORY PERCEPTION LAYER FOR PASSENGERS BY TRANSFORMING ADAS DATA INTO MUSICAL OUTPUT.
‘ODDWORLDxELIPREISS / U SO PRETTY’
GENERATED, CODED AND ANIMATED MUSIC VISUALIZER .
► VIDEO CREDITS
VIDEO BY – @GROTESK.GROUP
VHS SHOTS BY – @SHOTBYLARAAA
► SONG CREDITS
PRODUCED & WRITTEN BY – @ODDWORLDBOOTLEG (@MINHTENDO @ALEXIS_TROY)
PERFORMED & WRITTEN BY – @ELIPREISS
MIXED & MASTERED BY – @ALEXISTROY @KINGSIZE130
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VISUAL ASSETS BY – @MINHTENDO @TIENSFILM @TWENTYZEROEIGHT @GROTESK.GROUP
SINGLE COVER BY – @GROTESK.GROUP
ODDWORLD MANAGEMENT – @EMREE.KAVAS
‘DUSFIGHTER’
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‘DUSFIGHTER’ REIMAGINES THE CLASSIC ARCADE FIGHTING GAME FORMAT WITHIN DÜSSELDORF’S URBAN LANDSCAPE. THIS MULTIPLAYER INSTALLATION FEATURES LOCAL LANDMARKS LIKE SCHAUSPIELHAUS, KÖNIGSALLEE AND STIPES PIZZA AS BATTLE ARENAS, CREATED FOR THE ‘SUPERHEROES’ EXHIBITION AT NRW FORUM.
THE INTERACTIVE WORK MERGES GAMING CULTURE WITH SITE-SPECIFIC ELEMENTS, ALLOWING VISITORS TO ENGAGE WITH FAMILIAR CITY SPACES IN AN UNEXPECTED CONTEXT.
THE EXHIBITION IS ON DISPLAY AT THE ‘SUPERHERO’ EXHIBITION / NRW-FORUM IN DUESSELDORF UNTIL MAY, 11TH.
‘MONEY’
- ODDWORLD
MUSIC VIDEO IN COOPERATION WITH SUPSTORYS AND TIENSFILM.
THE UTILIZATION OF DIGITAL TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR VARIOUS PRODUCTION PROCESSES, SPECIFICALLY ENCOMPASSING EDITING AND COMPOSITING OPERATIONS ON VARIOUS MEDIA FORMATS. FURTHERMORE, THIS INCLUDES THE GENERATION OF DIGITAL ASSETS VIA MULTIPLE MODALITIES.
THIS GENERATION INCLUDES TEXT-TO-IMAGE (TXT2IMG) SYNTHESIS, TEXT-TO-VIDEO (TXT2VID) CONVERSION, AND THE UTILIZATION OF VARIOUS EXTENSIONS AND LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS (LLMS), IN PARTICULAR LLM9.
THE GENERATION OF CONTENT IS FURTHER AUGMENTED THROUGH CREATIVE CODING PRACTICES, WHERE ALGORITHMS ARE PROGRAMMED AND UTILIZED TO GENERATE ARTISTIC AND TECHNICAL ASSETS.
OUTOFOFFICE > OOO
CORPORATE IDENTIY.
CLIENT: OUT OF OFFICE STORIES - YEAR: 2024 - WORK: CI INCLUDING LOGO-DESIGN AND ANIMATION, PRESENTATION DESIGN AND VISUAL CONTENT.
‘DEPERSONALIZATION.PTH’
- ARTWORK
ARTWORK FOR FUTURE TECH FEST 2024.
'DEPERSONALIZATION.PTH' IS A SURREAL, PSYCHEDELIC DIALOGUE BETWEEN US AND AI-GENERATED IMAGES. IT VISUALIZES AN AI TRYING TO UNDERSTAND OUR WORLD BUT GETTING LOST IN THE ABSTRACT. PAIRED WITH TERENCE MCKENNA'S IDEAS ON HUMAN-MACHINE HARMONY, IT EXPLORES THE STRANGE IN-BETWEEN SPACE WHERE OUR PERSPECTIVES INTERSECT WITH AI'S REINTERPRETATIONS.