ANNA RIDLER

Anna Ridler (b. 1985) is an artist and researcher who works with information and data. Born in London, Ridler spent her childhood raised between Atlanta, Georgia and the United Kingdom. A core element of her work lies in the creation of handmade datasets through a laborious process of selecting and classifying images and text. By creating her own datasets, Ridler is able to uncover and expose underlying themes and concepts while also inverting the usual process of constructing large databases. Her interests are in drawing, machine learning, data collection, storytelling, and technology. 

Ridler holds an MA in Information Experience Design from the Royal College of Art and a BA in English Literature and Language from Oxford University along with fellowships at the Creative Computing Institute at University of the Arts London (UAL). Her work has been exhibited at cultural institutions worldwide including the Victoria and Albert Museum, Tate Modern, the Barbican Centre, Centre Pompidou, HeK Basel, the ZKM Karlsruhe, Ars Electronica, Sheffield Documentary Festival and the Leverhulme Centre for Future Intelligence. She was a European Union EMAP fellow and the winner of the 2018-2019 DARE Art Prize. Ridler has received commissions by Salford University, the Photographers Gallery, Opera North, Live Cinema UK and Impakt Festival. She was listed as one of the nine “pioneering artists” exploring AI’s creative potential by Artnet and received an honorary mention in the 2019 Ars Electronica Golden Nica award for the category AI & Life Art. She was nominated for a “Beazley Designs of the Year” award in 2019 by the Design Museum for her work on datasets and categorisation.

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TRUTH TO NATURE CORAL I, 2022
TRUTH TO NATURE CORAL I, 2022
CHF 9,500.00

by Anna Ridler

1/1 unique NFT + PLOTTER DRAWING, signed

Series 1 of 4 (+ 2 AP)
Unique monochrome single thin line plotter drawing
Paper size: 35x55cm
Signed by the artist on front

Unique NFT minted on FoundationApp min bid 2.5 ETH

https://foundation.app/@annaridler/nature-to-nature/6

The practice of making scientific images has a long history and these works reface this. The objects chosen are those that occur frequently in the history of natural history and collecting. Each one is part of my studio and used to test and experiment with different types of emerging technologies. The drawings that are being presented have used various different types of machine learning (a series of GANs, NeRF) which have then been passed through a further series of image making techniques - the results of which can be seen in the different editions (that move between the digital to the analogue - drawing, painting) - to include or exclude new information and datapoints. As Lorraine Dalston writes, each image, no matter how scientifically rendered contains “traces of consequential choice about knowledge, persona and collective sight”. The work also includes an SVG file so that, if desired, further illustrations can be made and experimented with, and questions whether any image can truly be objective.

The NFT will also serve as the certificate of authencity for the physical drawing.

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TRUTH TO NATURE CORAL II, 2022
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TRUTH TO NATURE CORAL II, 2022
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by Anna Ridler

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NFT + PLOTTER DRAWING

Edition 2 of 4 (+ 2 AP)
Unique plotter drawing with one watercolored pattern
Paper size: 35x55cm
Signed by the artist on front

Unique NFT minted on FoundationApp

The practice of making scientific images has a long history and these works reface this. The objects chosen are those that occur frequently in the history of natural history and collecting. Each one is part of my studio and used to test and experiment with different types of emerging technologies. The drawings that are being presented have used various different types of machine learning (a series of GANs, NeRF) which have then been passed through a further series of image making techniques - the results of which can be seen in the different editions (that move between the digital to the analogue - drawing, painting) - to include or exclude new information and datapoints. As Lorraine Dalston writes, each image, no matter how scientifically rendered contains “traces of consequential choice about knowledge, persona and collective sight”. The work also includes an SVG file so that, if desired, further illustrations can be made and experimented with, and questions whether any image can truly be objective.

The NFT will also serve as the certificate of authencity for the physical drawing.

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TRUTH TO NATURE FLOWER I, 2022
TRUTH TO NATURE FLOWER I, 2022
CHF 9,500.00

by Anna Ridler

1/1 NFT + PLOTTER DRAWING signed

Series 1 of 4 (+ 2 AP)
Unique monochrome single thin line plotter drawing
Paper size: 35x55cm
Signed by the artist on front

Unique NFT minted on FoundationApp min bid 2.5 ETH

https://foundation.app/@annaridler/nature-to-nature/1

The practice of making scientific images has a long history and these works reface this. The objects chosen are those that occur frequently in the history of natural history and collecting. Each one is part of my studio and used to test and experiment with different types of emerging technologies. The drawings that are being presented have used various different types of machine learning (a series of GANs, NeRF) which have then been passed through a further series of image making techniques - the results of which can be seen in the different editions (that move between the digital to the analogue - drawing, painting) - to include or exclude new information and datapoints. As Lorraine Dalston writes, each image, no matter how scientifically rendered contains “traces of consequential choice about knowledge, persona and collective sight”. The work also includes an SVG file so that, if desired, further illustrations can be made and experimented with, and questions whether any image can truly be objective.

The NFT will also serve as the certificate of authencity for the physical drawing.

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TRUTH TO NATURE FLOWER II, 2022
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TRUTH TO NATURE FLOWER II, 2022
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by Anna Ridler

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NFT + PLOTTER DRAWING

Edition 2 of 4 (+ 2 AP)
Unique plotter drawing with one watercolored pattern
Paper size: 35x55cm
Signed by the artist on front

Unique NFT minted on FoundationApp

The practice of making scientific images has a long history and these works reface this. The objects chosen are those that occur frequently in the history of natural history and collecting. Each one is part of my studio and used to test and experiment with different types of emerging technologies. The drawings that are being presented have used various different types of machine learning (a series of GANs, NeRF) which have then been passed through a further series of image making techniques - the results of which can be seen in the different editions (that move between the digital to the analogue - drawing, painting) - to include or exclude new information and datapoints. As Lorraine Dalston writes, each image, no matter how scientifically rendered contains “traces of consequential choice about knowledge, persona and collective sight”. The work also includes an SVG file so that, if desired, further illustrations can be made and experimented with, and questions whether any image can truly be objective.

The NFT will also serve as the certificate of authencity for the physical drawing.

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TRUTH TO NATURE FLOWER IV, 2022
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TRUTH TO NATURE FLOWER IV, 2022
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by Anna Ridler

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NFT + PLOTTER DRAWING

Edition 4 of 4 (+ 2 AP)
Unique plotter drawing with watercolored background
Paper size: 35x55cm
Signed by the artist on front

Unique NFT minted on FoundationApp

The practice of making scientific images has a long history and these works reface this. The objects chosen are those that occur frequently in the history of natural history and collecting. Each one is part of my studio and used to test and experiment with different types of emerging technologies. The drawings that are being presented have used various different types of machine learning (a series of GANs, NeRF) which have then been passed through a further series of image making techniques - the results of which can be seen in the different editions (that move between the digital to the analogue - drawing, painting) - to include or exclude new information and datapoints. As Lorraine Dalston writes, each image, no matter how scientifically rendered contains “traces of consequential choice about knowledge, persona and collective sight”. The work also includes an SVG file so that, if desired, further illustrations can be made and experimented with, and questions whether any image can truly be objective.

The NFT will also serve as the certificate of authencity for the physical drawing.

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TRUTH TO NATURE FLOWER III, 2022
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TRUTH TO NATURE FLOWER III, 2022
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by Anna Ridler

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NFT + PLOTTER DRAWING

Edition 3 of 4 (+ 2 AP)
Unique plotter drawing with watercolored background
Paper size: 35x55cm
Signed by the artist on front

Unique NFT minted on FoundationApp

The practice of making scientific images has a long history and these works reface this. The objects chosen are those that occur frequently in the history of natural history and collecting. Each one is part of my studio and used to test and experiment with different types of emerging technologies. The drawings that are being presented have used various different types of machine learning (a series of GANs, NeRF) which have then been passed through a further series of image making techniques - the results of which can be seen in the different editions (that move between the digital to the analogue - drawing, painting) - to include or exclude new information and datapoints. As Lorraine Dalston writes, each image, no matter how scientifically rendered contains “traces of consequential choice about knowledge, persona and collective sight”. The work also includes an SVG file so that, if desired, further illustrations can be made and experimented with, and questions whether any image can truly be objective.

The NFT will also serve as the certificate of authencity for the physical drawing.

Read more →
TRUTH TO NATURE CORAL III, 2022
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TRUTH TO NATURE CORAL III, 2022
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by Anna Ridler

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NFT + PLOTTER DRAWING

Edition 3 of 4 (+ 2 AP)
Unique plotter drawing with watercolored background
Paper size: 35x55cm
Signed by the artist on front

Unique NFT minted on FoundationApp

The practice of making scientific images has a long history and these works reface this. The objects chosen are those that occur frequently in the history of natural history and collecting. Each one is part of my studio and used to test and experiment with different types of emerging technologies. The drawings that are being presented have used various different types of machine learning (a series of GANs, NeRF) which have then been passed through a further series of image making techniques - the results of which can be seen in the different editions (that move between the digital to the analogue - drawing, painting) - to include or exclude new information and datapoints. As Lorraine Dalston writes, each image, no matter how scientifically rendered contains “traces of consequential choice about knowledge, persona and collective sight”. The work also includes an SVG file so that, if desired, further illustrations can be made and experimented with, and questions whether any image can truly be objective.

The NFT will also serve as the certificate of authencity for the physical drawing.

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TRUTH TO NATURE CORAL IV, 2022
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by Anna Ridler

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NFT + Plotter drawing, both unique

Edition 4 of 4 (+ 2 AP)
Unique plotter drawing with both background & one pattern watercolored
Paper size: 35x55cm
Signed by the artist on front

Unique NFT minted on FoundationApp

The practice of making scientific images has a long history and these works reface this. The objects chosen are those that occur frequently in the history of natural history and collecting. Each one is part of my studio and used to test and experiment with different types of emerging technologies. The drawings that are being presented have used various different types of machine learning (a series of GANs, NeRF) which have then been passed through a further series of image making techniques - the results of which can be seen in the different editions (that move between the digital to the analogue - drawing, painting) - to include or exclude new information and datapoints. As Lorraine Dalston writes, each image, no matter how scientifically rendered contains “traces of consequential choice about knowledge, persona and collective sight”. The work also includes an SVG file so that, if desired, further illustrations can be made and experimented with, and questions whether any image can truly be objective.

The NFT will also serve as the certificate of authenticity for the physical drawing.

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Mosaic Virus, 2018
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by Anna Ridler


GAN video installation
Edition 5 + 1 AP.

Featured in https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/art-age-machine-learning

Final edition 5/5 available from Kate Vass Galerie only;
please contact us at info@katevassgalerie.com.

Exhibited at “Automat und Mensch” show, Zürich, Kate Vass Galerie, 2019

Description:

Mosaic Virus (2018) is a GAN generated video work using artificial intelligence of tulips, creating a Dutch still life for the twenty-first century. Drawing historical parallels from the ‘tulip mania’ that swept across the Netherlands in the seventeenth century, the stripes on the tulips respond to the rise and fall of bitcoin prices in real time, drawing a parallel to the hysteria and speculation around crypto-currencies today.

This work is the first iteration of a larger project expressed in three different forms: Mosaic Virus (2019) and Mosaic Virus (2018) as video installations; Myriad (Tulips) (2018) as a dataset; and Bloemenveiling (2019) as a website.

PRICE UPON REQUEST please contact us info@katevassgalerie.com

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Art On-Chain

Articles

  • WHEN HUMAN CREATIVITY MEETS TECHNICAL AUTONOMY

    Observer published an interview with Anna Ridler, in which she discusses her practice of handcrafting datasets and using AI to explore the relationship between human creativity and machine autonomy.

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  • ANNA RIDLER: CAN DATASETS CREATE ART?

    Google Arts & Culture published a feature on Anna Ridler’s Myriad (Tulips), a work that examines the politics and process of using datasets in art.

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  • WHEN CODE BLOOMS: THE FLOWER AS A GENERATIVE SYSTEM

    When Code Blooms explores how flowers have evolved from enduring artistic motifs into generative systems shaped by mathematics, code, datasets and artificial intelligence.

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Exhibitions

  • PHYGITAL, ZÜRICH, 2022

    PHYGITAL was an exhibition, above all, an intent to explore important works by generative artists with various implementations, generated by the machine, bit by bit, infusing the pieces with more real-world complexity.

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  • AUTOMAT UND MENSCH, ZÜRICH, 2019

    The Automat und Mensch (Man and Machine) exhibition is, above all, an opportunity to put important work by generative artists spanning the last 70 years into context by showing it in a single location.

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