Exhibition Review: SuperRare IRL: Artifacts by Claire Silver
Exhibition on view:
June 1 – June 21, 2023
10:00am – 8:00pm daily
Curated By:
Mika Bar-On Nesher, SuperRare
Location:
0x.17 Gallery
Ground Floor, Pier 17
89 South Street
New York, NY
SuperRare IRL: Artifacts by Claire Silver is on view at 0x.17 Gallery at The Seaport, NYC
Watch our reel from the exhibition!
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Watch our reel from the exhibition! 〰️
At the beginning of this month, SuperRare has taken over the 0x .17 Gallery at the Seaport in NYC to present three curated shows through end of July. The program opens with Artifacts by Claire Silver, a solo exhibition featuring seven artworks the artist created using AI.
“I explore themes of vulnerability, trauma, disability, social hierarchy, innocence, and divinity, and question the role they will play in our transhumanist future.”
We believe AI provides an immense potential to enhance human creativity while extending and completely revolutionizing creative processes. For Artifacts, Claire Silver created seven different forms of AI-generated art to underline the multifariousness: video, generative, still, poetry, music, 3D, and an avatar with an AI voice.
SuperRare IRL: Artifacts by Claire Silver is on view at 0x.17 Gallery at The Seaport, NYC
Amidst all the concern and discussions around artificial intelligence art, Artifacts keeps it welcoming and somewhat mysterious. There aren’t any written statements on the walls, nor are there descriptive plates by the artwork. There is no way of telling that the collection is of AI-generated work unless the curious viewer scans the QR-code by the screens to learn more about the art.
“I do not make statements on whether AI is good or bad. I’m a caveman painting fire.”
Claire Silver is a renowned digital artist who collaborates with AI to produce art that is transcendental. She hopes to evoke a wordless truth in the viewer through her art. Claire Silver believes in the power of AI when creating something bigger than both the human and the machine — something profound and more important than both the collaborators. To ensure that she lives in the same world as the AI, the artist paints a physical twin to select digital artwork she creates.
SuperRare IRL: Artifacts by Claire Silver is on view at 0x.17 Gallery at The Seaport, NYC
The show is curated by Mika Bar-On Nesher for SuperRare. She is a director, writer, and curator who explores the synthesis between film, technology, and visual art. SuperRare is the leading NFT marketplace for curated digital artworks. The artists need to meet SuperRare’s standards and submit original digital artworks that haven’t already been minted on other NFT markets to be welcomed to sell on the platform. The marketplace therefore makes sure to present the collectors only original and authentic single edition art that’s been created by a top digital artist.
Artifacts by Claire Silver is showcased at the 0x.17 Gallery, which a community-focused NFT gallery in a beautiful neighborhood by the East River, The Seaport. The gallery showcases digital works of art, from Bored Ape Yacht Club to Enter the Inclusiverse by HUG, bringing awareness to the works and to the creators as hundreds of people feel curious to drop by to see the art as they walk by.
See the collection through June 21, 2023 from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. daily at The Seaport’s 0x.17 Gallery in New York City.
“With the rise of AI, for the first time, the barrier of skill is swept away: Taste is the new skill. What comes next will be the cream of humanity’s entire creative lineage. It is imperative that we, as a species, take this moment to recognize the transcendent longing inherent in being human, and that we commit to bringing it with us into our future.”
SuperRare IRL: Artifacts by Claire Silver is on view at 0x.17 Gallery at The Seaport, NYC
