Google-NYC Dreamscape Refresh

This gallery presents two options for refreshing the 12' wide x 8' high "Dreamscape" light box that Google has on display in their giant building in Chelsea (in the "Subway Lounge" on the 4th floor, as shown in the first image below). Both of these refresh options utilize a new approach to AI-augmented landscape imagery that I've recently developed. This new concept starts with an upscaled detail of one of my panoramic photos that has been transformed with one style of neural network "hallucination" and then further upscales the image before applying a second pass of artificial intelligence with a different style of hallucination. Unlike my previous "full scene" Dreamscapes, these large works are clearly hallucinatory even from a distance, yet contain intricate details that defy expectations.

Dreamscapes go to Google-NYC
After 6 months on tour in Seattle, my "Central Park Azalea Walk Dreamscape" was installed at the giant Google Building in the Chelsea District of New York City on May 4, 2017. Given the subject matter and technology employed (a modified version of Google's DeepDream), this venue certainly provides a perfect setting for this piece. See photo album and video of art+tech talk.
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Nightfall at The Pond - Grand Scale "Two-Pass" Detail
(scaled for printing at 12' wide x 8' high; click here to interactively explore entire image)
From Grand Scale "Multi-Pass" Dreamscape Details
Nightfall at The Pond - Grand Scale Detail (Close-Up)
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Bow Bridge - Grand Scale "Two-Pass" Detail
(scaled for printing at 12' wide x 8' high; click here to interactively explore entire image and/or see photo album of installed piece)
From Grand Scale "Multi-Pass" Dreamscape Details
Bow Bridge - Grand Scale Detail (Close-Up)
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iPhone video shot by Jenny Park Adam
Unretouched iPhone photo shot by Lizzie Devcich
Unretouched iPhone photo shot by Lizzie Devcich
Unretouched iPhone photo shot by Lizzie Devcich
Unretouched iPhone photo shot by Lizzie Devcich
Unretouched iPhone photo shot by Lizzie Devcich
Installation of artwork chosen by a sampling of Google-NYC employees
Artist w/ Google engineering collaborator, Joseph Smarr, and Dreamscapes patron, Dave Orr
Google-NYC employees stopping by to view the new artwork
Artist w/ Discovery Channel executive producer, Catriona Stuart, and executives from virtual reality incubator, The Glimpse Group, Jimmy Giliberti and Rod Recker
Artist w/ founder & CEO of VAST, Dan Piech
Artist w/ writer/reporter/art critic, Anthony Haden-Guest, and chief curator & editor of online publication, Discoveries in American Art, Peter Hastings Falk
Artist w/ Carl Murray, partner & CMO of Art Frankly, a platform for the global art community
Artist w/ Jenny Park Adam, founder & CEO of ARTDEX with associates, Nithya Reddy and Chieh-Ting Liao
Artist w/ fellow AI artist, Ahmed Elgammal, and art advisor, Jessica Davidson

Daniel Ambrosi

Google-NYC Dreamscape Refresh