DiffusionLab

The vintage era of AI art, and its electric sheep.

The collection

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A correction lifted out with tweezers photographed as a figure in a gown ribbed like a seed capsule, typographic specimen spread, handbill on thin newsprint. Work 8256.
A battery stall with terminals bare, a winter far down the next century, dense foreground occlusion, polarising filter on a deep blue sky. Work 8254.
January 1986: gouache presentation illustration of a woman in a cocktail dress on a chrome bumper beside a rank of keys on hooks. Work 8240.
Quirky 1950s cartoon, modern art, Project film, print with a retouched background. damaged film, film grain. Work 8236.
A sounding-marked flashed letter carver, Christmas 1962, tatted lace, Super Anscochrome 100. Work 8225.
A moth-nibbled saw tooth roof with broken glass beside a clockwork doll, the Yuan dynasty, CRT scanline photograph. Work 8223.
An over the moon Portuguese Viana gold with water to the ankles, the Wirtschaftswunder, offset print over a coarse halftone. Work 8194.
The last night of the booking, a figure seen from behind in a shell cape inside a space with no visible wall, fine grain holding every scale edge, standard lens with no falloff at the edge. Work 8192.
Quirky 1960s constructivist country club, retro tech, Project film, print with a retouched background. damaged film, film grain. Work 8183.
Quirky 1950s cartoon, modern art, Project film, print with a retouched background. damaged film, film grain. Work 8180.
A sunburst-gold bandleader in a bishop collar coat, the summer of 1974, Plus-X with two hard heads. Work 8164.
Quirky 1960s constructivist, retro tech, Project film, print with a retouched background. damaged film, film grain. Work 8152.
Memorial portrait of postmodern 80s fashion, ministry-grade, complementary colours. Work 8150.
Quirky 1960s constructivist country club, modern art, Project film, print with a retouched background. damaged film, film grain. Work 8145.
Airline timetable cover illustration of a palm-fringed stewardess with a folded route map, the 1937 season, gouache on board photographed flat. Work 8127.
A skipper at the spokes of a wheel in a wheelhouse at night, lithograph on smooth trade paper, albumen print gone yellow at the edge, blown highlights on wet oilskin. Work 8115.
Glass shot reference photograph of a soldier's face in flat olive against a shutter of mint boards, the 1960s, slide taped and numbered. Work 8112.
A bassist with a thumb on the low string, poster paint illustration in flat colour, she picked the gowns herself, faded Ektacolor gone warm. Work 8111.
A helmeted hornbill, the winter of 1960, winter fashion editorial spread, photostat on thin glossy paper. Work 8109.
1970s strange cartoons, glass negative scratched at the edge. Work 8101.
The Whitlam years, a glossy-lipped woman in a gown walking off mid-shoe with a compass rose in the bay, centred wide angle on a tripod. Work 8076.
An unbothered woman having her shoulder blotted by a friend, high season, Kodachrome 25 fashion transparency. Work 8069.
Neon sign design sketch of a man in a mirrored waistcoat clapping overhead, motion blur under a hard flash, HP5 developed hot. Work 8062.
Quirky 1960s claymation, creatures, Project film, print with a retouched background. damaged film, film grain. Work 8059.
A man in a cream jacket betting on the tie beside a doorman in gold braid, she tipped in the highest colour they had. Work 8048.
Quirky 1960s constructivist, retro tech, Project film, print with a retouched background. damaged film, film grain. Work 8040.
A woman in a scarlet dress on a pit gantry and a commentator in a blazer with a microphone on the pit lane wall in full sun, the gold livery years, lithographed circuit poster. Work 8003.
An attendant lacing a rental boot, a Saturday afternoon in 1980, flash-lit rink photograph, Fujicolor 400 with mixed light. Work 7993.
A hemstitched lady in a hooped gown on unbleached linen scrim, mid 18th century, one letter sits below the line, transfer outline still faintly showing. Work 7990.
The long blue part of the evening: flat lit study against deep black of a costume stitched from packaging film at the centre of a black cyclorama. Work 7980.