marry art (part one) by malakai koehler
Medium: mixed media
Dimensions: 16 x 20
Artist Statement: marry art (part one) uses the force-choice game popular with adolescents, "f*ck, marry, kill," to critique common complacency regarding the political, environmental, and human consequences of generative artificial intelligence. articles used throughout the piece are from the UN, International Energy Agency, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Pew Research Center, MIT, The New York Times, Euro News, Truthout, and TechCrunch. reach out to the artist for the full bibliography.
Image description: collage of articles about generative ai. certain phrases from the articles are highlighted in blue. in front of the articles, bold letters spell out “FUCK GEN AI, MARRY ART, KILL COMPLACENCY” going down the center, each phrase taking up two lines. “FUCK” and “KILL” are larger and in color (abstract black, red, white). “GEN AI” and “COMPLACENCY” are smaller and in black. “MARRY” and “ART” are both large with “MARRY” in streaky pink/white and “ART” in black.