Do Machines Dream of Human Bodies?
Efrain Ortiz Efrain Ortiz

Do Machines Dream of Human Bodies?

Do Machines Dream of Human Bodies? is a collection that explores how AI attempts, and inevitably fails, to understand the human experience of having a body.

Through a process of AI interpretation and (mis)understanding, the collection transforms AI’s flawed perception of the body into a series of theatrical, exaggerated images, ones that, in a strange way, end up creating unexpected meaning and uncovering hidden truths about human culture.

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For Friends
Efrain Ortiz Efrain Ortiz

For Friends

For Friends is an ongoing collection of 360 portraits created out of the combination of generative systems of photography, coding, and AI.

For a period of at least 13 years, For Friends will be an exploration of the evolution of technology, the visual narrative of vast and clever reinterpretations of a singular artistic instruction, and the unique intersection of the personal and the digital, encapsulating the essence of evolving friendships and my own artistic pathway.

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