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Solitude and Society

Generative art and post-photography are two exciting fields of art that have come to the fore amidst the groundswell of creativity in recent years brought about by NFTs and generative AI technologies. In both fields, man and machine are intimately entwined. Artistic expression is mediated by algorithms, which while created and honed by humans, have now the space and agency to transcend our creative vision and challenge our pre-conceptions.

Hypnopompia

Hypnopompia refers to the transitory state as one emerges from sleep into wakefulness. It may be remembered by the restful ease of snoozing in bed, or the disorientation of a piercing alarm. One can also harbour a sense of yearning for a delightful day that awaits, or a feeling of foreboding for a dreary day to avoid. Ultimately, it is a state of ambiguity and flux—liberating when one is still running ahead of the demands of reality, but crippling when one becomes powerless to stop the latter from catching up.