Artist Niceaunties Uses AI-Crafted Surreal Worlds To Rebel Against Societal Norms Imposed On Women

Niceaunties attracts inspiration from her Singaporean roots, mixing custom, modernity and private experiences to have a good time the colourful, eccentric world of “aunties” – these resourceful, absurd and opinionated figures with larger-than-life personalities prevalent in lots of Asian societies – with reverence and awe. Her works reimagine these unsung heroines of on a regular basis life, empowering older girls by envisioning alternate realities the place they will freely and unreservedly reside out their desires with out judgement, whereas exploring themes of ageing, magnificence, private freedom and the extraordinary throughout the extraordinary. Her AI-generated surreal universes exemplify the transformative potential of human-machine collaboration, increasing the boundaries of inventive expression and difficult perceptions of identification and creativity within the digital age. By means of her artwork, she redefines the narrative of ageing and womanhood, infusing it with dynamism, dignity and boundless chance.

What was the origin of your “Niceaunties” sequence? Why did you resolve to deal with “auntie tradition”?

It began as a enjoyable mission, imagining and establishing a constructive different story to the time period “auntie”, which was typically seen negatively. I used to be additionally making an attempt to grasp why auntie tradition exists and why aunties behave in sure methods, significantly when it entails criticism or unsolicited feedback. I feel I’m nonetheless making an attempt to determine it out, LOL. I spotted AI was a good way to specific my observations through the years on how girls suppress, management, beautify and form themselves, typically by self-imposed restrictions and guidelines. With a lot collected inside, it turned a pure subject material, particularly since AI felt just like the shortest path between my concepts and the visuals. AI additionally permits me to think about situations that don’t but exist in practical visuals, which I get pleasure from immensely.

Describe your inventive language and philosophy. Have you learnt precisely the way it will appear to be whenever you begin, or are you shocked by the tip end result?

It’s about views, and maybe providing one other one. Additionally it is about being light-hearted and never taking issues too critically. I like working with puns and acronyms, layering and weaving completely different experiences and meanings into the piece. I spend time occupied with concepts, generally receiving inspiration within the early hours of the morning as I wake. I’ve a common thought of the coloration, narrative and subject material of a narrative I want to inform earlier than I begin prompting the machine. Generally the method generates shock particulars that take my narrative in new instructions. The method is guided by the massive thought, however stays versatile and natural in its execution and particulars.

How do present occasions and social and environmental points impression your paintings?

Generally these concepts discover their manner into the Auntieverse. Within the case of “Auntlantis”, a three-part video sequence impressed by Plato and the Nice Pacific Rubbish Patch, auntie-mermaids clear the seashore and the ocean flooring in a world stuffed with plastic trash, flooded cities and plastic outlet malls.

Describe “Auntiedote” at Expanded.Artwork gallery in Berlin this 12 months, your first bodily solo present.

This was a novel expertise for me, being my first bodily solo exhibition and my first journey to Berlin; it was wonderful assembly folks in actual life and receiving heat assist. I exhibited 5 movies and two bodily prints at this solo exhibition at Expanded.Art gallery, a collaboration between my gallery Fellowship and Expanded.Artwork. The 5 movies are spinoff tales of “Auntieverse”, an internet exhibition of 1,000 nonetheless pictures highlighting 10 chapters and completely different facets of this surreal world that celebrates aunties. One of many chapters in “Auntieverse” is “Auntieque”, which celebrates aunties’ large permed hair, power and personalities. Three movies within the “Auntiedote” exhibition increase on this story. “Hairspray” is an commercial for a product that retains aunties’ perms up, “Hair Help” includes a mattress and hair remedy salon serving to aunties keep their heavy perms, and “Auntieque Institute is Hiring” offers a glimpse into the origins of those particular aunties. “Aioli Instances” tells the coming-of-age story of a garlic character with a dream, a personality from “Auntieverse”, a large garlic that falls over on the style runway. “Spring Pores and skin” is a seasonal menu episode of the “Spa Menu” chapter of “Auntieverse”, likening pores and skin renewal to the earth sprouting new flowers.

The place do you promote your works primarily and who’re your collectors?

My works are bought on the gallery Fellowship. My collectors are based mostly everywhere in the world, predominantly within the US and Europe.

How do you account for the runaway success of “Niceaunties” in such a brief time period, from giving a TED speak in Vancouver and collaborating in a Christie’s 3.0 charity public sale to having your AI movies exhibited on the Instances Sq. Billboard?

Being on the proper place on the proper time, and utilizing a brand new medium in an surprising strategy to share an unusual subject material – that is my greatest guess.

What do you are feeling is the position of the artist in society?

The position of an artist is to specific their opinions or views in their very own distinctive manner, hopefully to spark conversations and constructive change. I hope to convey folks new power, and encourage them to have a good time their very own uniqueness and the enjoyment of self-expression.