DiffusionLab

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

The collection

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The last engine in steam: a gauge glass wiped with a thumb below a numbered warning post, volumetric dust haze study, hand tinted print in thin washes. Work 10186.
A conical pendulum tracing a circle beside a thermometer read at the moment, bar shading for a set of measurements, impression from a block with a nick in it. Work 10178.
A water gauge with two cocks above a strip of blank space for the seal, 1849, the office manner with no ornament, laid paper with chain lines showing. Work 9218.
A sketching frame of wire squares in the style of a pressure gauge on the pump stand below a bright disc of surface, 1876. Work 8601.
A sulphur-toned rust-hazed pressure gauge in a brass case on a wall, the survey years, atmospheric wide shot with a small figure, slow film at a small aperture. Work 8431.
French roman noir jacket plate of an electrolysis of water in a voltameter beside the maker's name on the apparatus, overprinted red with a wet trap, gloss lamination lifting at an edge. Work 8310.
A mint-coated mineral chip numbered on a white spot in the year the labels were retyped, highlight on a polished brass fitting, line block engraving with part numbers. Work 8084.
The last shot took eleven days: a bomb calorimeter in the first summer of the 1970s, rod puppetry shot at boards level, print with the hue flat corner to corner. Work 7938.
Locked off camera at a platform end of a gauge dial in a brass case in a cabin round a curved brass grab rail, enamel sign finish in cream and mint, Ektachrome frame under tungsten light. Work 7400.
A measuring engine with a micrometer screw, hand coloured lecture slide, the coyotes were loud that night, linen backed engineering print. Work 7211.
Travel plate with the type left off of a rheostat wheel under an operator's hand in a demonstration room off the lobby, the quiet part of the year, mimeographed programme page. Work 7132.
An ammeter and a stereo viewer reel, deadpan wide framing, print with the rebate left showing. Work 6770.
An oil-streaked speedometer cracked in its housing, the end of the age of engines, veiling flare across the frame. Work 6323.
Appliance advertisement illustration of a countdown clock on a blockhouse wall in a cramped cockpit, the year Sputnik went up, specular glare off tinplate. Work 6088.
A nixie tube clock, Amiga Deluxe Paint graphic, nobody wanted it, Fujichrome Provia 100F. Work 5942.
A detailed and award winning photo of a interior of luxury retromodern spaceship, oscilloscope screen, solargraph. Work 3883.
A thermometer under a tongue, Joan Mitchell canvas, creased, sodium light. Work 2445.