The vintage era of AI art, and its electric sheep.
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Showman's lettering in gold leaf photographed as a big wheel against a dark sky, Hall and Fowle style ride front, fog haze pumped into the street.Work 10303.Perspective rendering in coloured ink of a Trylon and Perisphere on the fairground and a mural of a rocket over a counter, the World of Tomorrow, offset lithography on toy tin.Work 10037.The year of the fair: a boomerang shaped canopy inside a flying saucer, stop motion puppet photograph, raking light across rivets.Work 9919.A crazy paved hayrick giant over a printed pattern of even dots, the age of the penny farthing, flea market stall photograph.Work 9909.A fairground being taken down, kodachrome, overcast, mud.Work 8582.A Marenghi organ front on the Santa Monica Pier in 1950, fairground organ front carving, long exposure at night.Work 6429.A tram passing a shuttered shop on an amusement pier, the last night of the fair, Gevacolor frame, north light in a bare room.Work 6388.A sullenly patient space station shaped like a chandelier with a headscarf knotted under the chin, New Year 1945, arcade cabinet side art.Work 6373.The fair comes every October: a Ferris wheel over a state fair in the first week of October, linen finish postcard, magenta dye shift.Work 6341.A bright red Dutch kermis ride at night, the last week of August, scratched negative.Work 6297.Seaside amusements handbill of a unidentified flask of tea being poured out, the late 1980s, Boots processing envelope.Work 6241.Showman's fairground lettering of a festoon lighting over a midway spinning past the camera, 1968.Work 6151.A removed clock recording its own time, 1985, record shot with a ruler in frame, 35mm slide in a carousel.Work 6092.1950: carnival banner line painting of a helter skelter lit from below in the glow of a ride front.Work 6037.A mirrored panel on a ride front in the style of a hand-lettered ride front at the bottom of a helter skelter, 1950.Work 6010.A fairground being taken down, kodachrome, overcast, mud.Work 5989.A balloon and dart stall at the Foire du Trone, the early 1950s.Work 5961.Somebody was sick: illuminated sign design of a worn smooth ring toss on a midway, 1976.Work 5933.A shrieking row of chaser bulbs beside a Big Tex statue over a Texas state fair, 1985, 16mm archive footage frame.Work 5892.A bulb-lit overpainted grandstand at a county fair, 1962, carnival ride catalogue page, harsh on-camera flash.Work 5866.Gold leaf signwriting of a ride frame with no panels on in the last night of the fair, flash against a dark background.Work 5856.Fairground showman's poster of a doughnut machine turning them out at the State Fair of Texas, 1968, halation around a bulb.Work 5619.A fairground being taken down, kodachrome, overcast, mud.Work 5285.A fairground being taken down, kodachrome, overcast, mud.Work 4770.A fairground being taken down, kodachrome, overcast, mud.Work 4221.A pinwheel in the style of a wardrobe floating down a river, featured on Behance.Work 4097.A fairground being taken down, kodachrome, overcast, mud.Work 3958.A starlit antique superconducting magnet, kodachrome, 16k.Work 3150.An overconfident cadmium yellow deep sea lander, Fra Angelico altarpiece, see attached, wind farm red lights.Work 3093.A fairground being taken down, kodachrome, overcast, mud.Work 2873.