David Young

Tabula Rasa (b62g,5348), 2019

Fine Art Print, Ed. 1/1 + 1 AP, Dimensions: 40 x 40 cm

Tabula Rasa investigates the materiality and affective dimensions of artificial intelligence by stripping machine learning to its most elemental state. The work treats the neural network as a blank slate, training it exclusively on solid colors and basic geometric forms—the minimal visual vocabulary from which all complexity emerges. This radical constraint transforms the system into a site for exploring what might be called machine romanticism: the possibility that computational processes generate their own forms of expression when freed from the burden of representation.

The resulting images document the machine’s attempts to construct visual meaning from pure abstraction. Without photographic reference or semantic content to guide it, the system reveals its own material substrate—the computational grain through which all machine vision passes. These works suggest that what we interpret as machine “emotions” may be the visible traces of the system’s internal states as it navigates the space between input and output, between constraint and generation.

The images emerge from the tension between the machine’s mathematical structure and its generative potential, creating forms that exist nowhere else—neither in nature nor in human imagination, but in the specific topology of artificial neural networks learning to see.

Tabula Rasa (b62j,2796), 2019

Fine Art Print, Ed. 1/1 + 1 AP, Dimensions: 40 x 40 cm

Tabula Rasa investigates the materiality and affective dimensions of artificial intelligence by stripping machine learning to its most elemental state. The work treats the neural network as a blank slate, training it exclusively on solid colors and basic geometric forms—the minimal visual vocabulary from which all complexity emerges. This radical constraint transforms the system into a site for exploring what might be called machine romanticism: the possibility that computational processes generate their own forms of expression when freed from the burden of representation.

The resulting images document the machine’s attempts to construct visual meaning from pure abstraction. Without photographic reference or semantic content to guide it, the system reveals its own material substrate—the computational grain through which all machine vision passes. These works suggest that what we interpret as machine “emotions” may be the visible traces of the system’s internal states as it navigates the space between input and output, between constraint and generation.

The images emerge from the tension between the machine’s mathematical structure and its generative potential, creating forms that exist nowhere else—neither in nature nor in human imagination, but in the specific topology of artificial neural networks learning to see.

Tabula Rasa (b67h2,2599,1), 2019

Fine Art Print, Ed. 1/1 + 1 AP, Dimensions: 40 x 40 cm

Tabula Rasa investigates the materiality and affective dimensions of artificial intelligence by stripping machine learning to its most elemental state. The work treats the neural network as a blank slate, training it exclusively on solid colors and basic geometric forms—the minimal visual vocabulary from which all complexity emerges. This radical constraint transforms the system into a site for exploring what might be called machine romanticism: the possibility that computational processes generate their own forms of expression when freed from the burden of representation.

The resulting images document the machine’s attempts to construct visual meaning from pure abstraction. Without photographic reference or semantic content to guide it, the system reveals its own material substrate—the computational grain through which all machine vision passes. These works suggest that what we interpret as machine “emotions” may be the visible traces of the system’s internal states as it navigates the space between input and output, between constraint and generation.

The images emerge from the tension between the machine’s mathematical structure and its generative potential, creating forms that exist nowhere else—neither in nature nor in human imagination, but in the specific topology of artificial neural networks learning to see.

Tabula Rasa (b67m,1397,1), 2019

Fine Art Print, Ed. 1/1 + 1 AP, Dimensions: 40 x 40 cm

Tabula Rasa investigates the materiality and affective dimensions of artificial intelligence by stripping machine learning to its most elemental state. The work treats the neural network as a blank slate, training it exclusively on solid colors and basic geometric forms—the minimal visual vocabulary from which all complexity emerges. This radical constraint transforms the system into a site for exploring what might be called machine romanticism: the possibility that computational processes generate their own forms of expression when freed from the burden of representation.

The resulting images document the machine’s attempts to construct visual meaning from pure abstraction. Without photographic reference or semantic content to guide it, the system reveals its own material substrate—the computational grain through which all machine vision passes. These works suggest that what we interpret as machine “emotions” may be the visible traces of the system’s internal states as it navigates the space between input and output, between constraint and generation.

The images emerge from the tension between the machine’s mathematical structure and its generative potential, creating forms that exist nowhere else—neither in nature nor in human imagination, but in the specific topology of artificial neural networks learning to see.

by David Young

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From Tabula Rasa series

Unique NFT, Video work

Artwork generated by a GAN trained on a handful of basic color elements.

by David Young

Archival inkjet print

Ed. 1/1 + 1 AP

Dimensions: 18 x 18 cm (image size), 30 x 30 cm (print size)

Also available as a unique NFT

PRINT: 2,500.00 CHF

NFT: 3 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

Using AI & machine learning the computer was trained with photographs that I took of flowers at my farm in Bovina, NY during the summer of 2018. It then generated its own images. Nothing that emerges is accurate, but the work isn’t asking for accuracy — it’s asking for the machine to build its own unique vision of the natural world.

by David Young

Unique NFT

NFT: 3 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

Using AI & machine learning the computer was trained with photographs that I took of flowers at my farm in Bovina, NY during the summer of 2018. It then generated its own images. Nothing that emerges is accurate, but the work isn’t asking for accuracy — it’s asking for the machine to build its own unique vision of the natural world.

by David Young

SOLD

Unique NFT

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

Using AI & machine learning the computer was trained with photographs that I took of flowers at my farm in Bovina, NY during the summer of 2018. It then generated its own images. Nothing that emerges is accurate, but the work isn’t asking for accuracy — it’s asking for the machine to build its own unique vision of the natural world.

by David Young

Unique NFT

NFT: 3 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

Using AI & machine learning the computer was trained with photographs that I took of flowers at my farm in Bovina, NY during the summer of 2018. It then generated its own images. Nothing that emerges is accurate, but the work isn’t asking for accuracy — it’s asking for the machine to build its own unique vision of the natural world.

by David Young

Archival inkjet print

Ed. 1/1 + 1 AP

Dimensions: 18 x 18 cm (image size), 30 x 30 cm (print size)

Also available as a unique NFT

PRINT: 2,500.00 CHF

NFT: 3 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

Using AI & machine learning the computer was trained with photographs that I took of flowers at my farm in Bovina, NY during the summer of 2018. It then generated its own images. Nothing that emerges is accurate, but the work isn’t asking for accuracy — it’s asking for the machine to build its own unique vision of the natural world.

by David Young

Archival inkjet print

Ed. 1/1 + 1 AP

Dimensions: 18 x 18 cm (image size), 30 x 30 cm (print size)

Also available as a unique NFT

PRINT: 2,500.00 CHF

NFT: 3 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

Using AI & machine learning the computer was trained with photographs that I took of flowers at my farm in Bovina, NY during the summer of 2018. It then generated its own images. Nothing that emerges is accurate, but the work isn’t asking for accuracy — it’s asking for the machine to build its own unique vision of the natural world.

by David Young

Archival inkjet print

Ed. 1/1 + 1 AP

Dimensions: 18 x 18 cm (image size), 30 x 30 cm (print size)

Also available as a unique NFT

PRINT: 2,500.00 CHF

NFT: 3 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

Using AI & machine learning the computer was trained with photographs that I took of flowers at my farm in Bovina, NY during the summer of 2018. It then generated its own images. Nothing that emerges is accurate, but the work isn’t asking for accuracy — it’s asking for the machine to build its own unique vision of the natural world.

by David Young

Archival inkjet print

Ed. 1/1 + 1 AP

Dimensions: 18 x 18 cm (image size), 30 x 30 cm (print size)

Also available as a unique NFT

PRINT: 2,500.00 CHF

NFT: 3 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

Using AI & machine learning the computer was trained with photographs that I took of flowers at my farm in Bovina, NY during the summer of 2018. It then generated its own images. Nothing that emerges is accurate, but the work isn’t asking for accuracy — it’s asking for the machine to build its own unique vision of the natural world.

by David Young

Archival inkjet print

Ed. 1/1 + 1 AP

Dimensions: 18 x 18 cm (image size), 30 x 30 cm (print size)

Also available as a unique NFT

PRINT: 2,500.00 CHF

NFT: 3 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

Using AI & machine learning the computer was trained with photographs that I took of flowers at my farm in Bovina, NY during the summer of 2018. It then generated its own images. Nothing that emerges is accurate, but the work isn’t asking for accuracy — it’s asking for the machine to build its own unique vision of the natural world.

by David Young

Archival inkjet print

Ed. 1/1 + 1 AP

Dimensions: 18 x 18 cm (image size), 30 x 30 cm (print size)

Also available as a unique NFT

PRINT: 2,500.00 CHF

NFT: 3 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

Using AI & machine learning the computer was trained with photographs that I took of flowers at my farm in Bovina, NY during the summer of 2018. It then generated its own images. Nothing that emerges is accurate, but the work isn’t asking for accuracy — it’s asking for the machine to build its own unique vision of the natural world.

by David Young

Archival inkjet print

Ed. 1/1 + 1 AP

Dimensions: 18 x 18 cm (image size), 30 x 30 cm (print size)

Also available as a unique NFT

PRINT: 2,500.00 CHF

NFT: 3 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

Using AI & machine learning the computer was trained with photographs that I took of flowers at my farm in Bovina, NY during the summer of 2018. It then generated its own images. Nothing that emerges is accurate, but the work isn’t asking for accuracy — it’s asking for the machine to build its own unique vision of the natural world.

by David Young

Archival inkjet print

Ed. 1/1 + 1 AP

Dimensions: 18 x 18 cm (image size), 30 x 30 cm (print size)

Also available as a unique NFT

PRINT: 2,500.00 CHF

NFT: 3 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

Using AI & machine learning the computer was trained with photographs that I took of flowers at my farm in Bovina, NY during the summer of 2018. It then generated its own images. Nothing that emerges is accurate, but the work isn’t asking for accuracy — it’s asking for the machine to build its own unique vision of the natural world.

by David Young

SOLD OUT

Fine Art Print

Ed. 1/1 + 1 AP

Dimensions: 30 x 30 cm

Unique 1/1 NFT: SOLD

Description:

Using AI & machine learning the computer was trained with photographs that I took of flowers at my farm in Bovina, NY during the summer of 2018. It then generated its own images. Nothing that emerges is accurate, but the work isn’t asking for accuracy — it’s asking for the machine to build its own unique vision of the natural world.

by David Young

Archival inkjet print

Ed. 1/1 + 1 AP

Dimensions: 18 x 18 cm (image size), 30 x 30 cm (print size)

Also available as a unique NFT

PRINT: 2,500.00 CHF

NFT: 3 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

Using AI & machine learning the computer was trained with photographs that I took of flowers at my farm in Bovina, NY during the summer of 2018. It then generated its own images. Nothing that emerges is accurate, but the work isn’t asking for accuracy — it’s asking for the machine to build its own unique vision of the natural world.

by David Young

Archival inkjet print

Ed. 1/1 + 1 AP

Dimensions: 18 x 18 cm (image size), 30 x 30 cm (print size)

Also available as a unique NFT

PRINT: 2,500.00 CHF

NFT: 3 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

Using AI & machine learning the computer was trained with photographs that I took of flowers at my farm in Bovina, NY during the summer of 2018. It then generated its own images. Nothing that emerges is accurate, but the work isn’t asking for accuracy — it’s asking for the machine to build its own unique vision of the natural world.

by David Young

Archival inkjet print

Ed. 1/1 + 1 AP

Dimensions: 18 x 18 cm (image size), 30 x 30 cm (print size)

Also available as a unique NFT

PRINT: 2,500.00 CHF

NFT: 3 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

Using AI & machine learning the computer was trained with photographs that I took of flowers at my farm in Bovina, NY during the summer of 2018. It then generated its own images. Nothing that emerges is accurate, but the work isn’t asking for accuracy — it’s asking for the machine to build its own unique vision of the natural world.

by David Young

SOLD OUT

From Learning Nature series

Archival inkjet print

Ed. 1/1 + 1 AP

Dimensions: 30 x 30 cm

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

Description:

Using AI & machine learning the computer was trained with photographs that I took of flowers at my farm in Bovina, NY during the summer of 2018. It then generated its own images. Nothing that emerges is accurate, but the work isn’t asking for accuracy — it’s asking for the machine to build its own unique vision of the natural world.

by David Young

SOLD OUT

From Learning Nature series

Fine Art Print

Ed. 1/1 + 1 AP

Dimensions: 30 x 30 cm

Unique 1/1 NFT : SOLD

Description:

Using AI & machine learning the computer was trained with photographs that I took of flowers at my farm in Bovina, NY during the summer of 2018. It then generated its own images. Nothing that emerges is accurate, but the work isn’t asking for accuracy — it’s asking for the machine to build its own unique vision of the natural world.

by David Young

SOLD OUT

From Learning Nature series

Fine Art Print

Ed. 1/1 + 1 AP

Dimensions: 30 x 30 cm

Unique 1/1 NFT: SOLD OUT

Description:

Using AI & machine learning the computer was trained with photographs that I took of flowers at my farm in Bovina, NY during the summer of 2018. It then generated its own images. Nothing that emerges is accurate, but the work isn’t asking for accuracy — it’s asking for the machine to build its own unique vision of the natural world.

by David Young

SOLD OUT

From Learning Nature series

Archival inkjet print

Ed. 1/1 + 1 AP

Dimensions: 30 x 30 cm

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

Description:

Using AI & machine learning the computer was trained with photographs that I took of flowers at my farm in Bovina, NY during the summer of 2018. It then generated its own images. Nothing that emerges is accurate, but the work isn’t asking for accuracy — it’s asking for the machine to build its own unique vision of the natural world.

by David Young

Fine Art Print

Size: from 40 x 40 cm (TBC)

Unique

The work is also available as a unique 1/1 NFT, minted upon request

PRINT: from 2,500.00 CHF (The price of 2,500.00 CHF applies to a 40 x 40 cm work. For larger sizes, please contact us for pricing details)

NFT: 2 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

“Summer Woods” series was trained on pictures David took while walking in the woods of upstate New York. He was impressed by the intensity of the green foliage, the repetitions and chaos of the trees and branches, as well as the horizontal layering of sky, woods, and ground, and wanted to see how the GAN would interpret those elements.

Exhibited at Untitled Miami Art Fair, Miami, Kate Vass Galerie Booth A43, December 2024

by David Young

Fine Art Print

Size: from 40 x 40 cm (TBC)

Unique

The work is also available as a unique 1/1 NFT, minted upon request

PRINT: from 2,500.00 CHF (The price of 2,500.00 CHF applies to a 40 x 40 cm work. For larger sizes, please contact us for pricing details)

NFT: 2 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

“Summer Woods” series was trained on pictures David took while walking in the woods of upstate New York. He was impressed by the intensity of the green foliage, the repetitions and chaos of the trees and branches, as well as the horizontal layering of sky, woods, and ground, and wanted to see how the GAN would interpret those elements.

Exhibited at Untitled Miami Art Fair, Miami, Kate Vass Galerie Booth A43, December 2024

by David Young

Fine Art Print

Size: from 40 x 40 cm (TBC)

Unique

The work is also available as a unique 1/1 NFT, minted upon request

PRINT: from 2,500.00 CHF (The price of 2,500.00 CHF applies to a 40 x 40 cm work. For larger sizes, please contact us for pricing details)

NFT: 2 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

“Summer Woods” series was trained on pictures David took while walking in the woods of upstate New York. He was impressed by the intensity of the green foliage, the repetitions and chaos of the trees and branches, as well as the horizontal layering of sky, woods, and ground, and wanted to see how the GAN would interpret those elements.

Exhibited at Untitled Miami Art Fair, Miami, Kate Vass Galerie Booth A43, December 2024

by David Young

Fine Art Print

Size: from 40 x 40 cm (TBC)

Unique

The work is also available as a unique 1/1 NFT, minted upon request

PRINT: from 2,500.00 CHF (The price of 2,500.00 CHF applies to a 40 x 40 cm work. For larger sizes, please contact us for pricing details)

NFT: 2 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

“Audubon” or “Birds of America” series was a continuation of the “Birds” series. David wanted to understand how the GAN would interpret a more particular visual style, rather than pictures of birds in the wild. He used a selection from John J. Audubon’s "Birds of America” watercolors as the training images.

Exhibited at Untitled Miami Art Fair, Miami, Kate Vass Galerie Booth A43, December 2024