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Filippo Francocci - 'A Gruesome Discovery' - Art2act Genesis Pass #0734

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Art2Act Genesis Collection

Description

I am a painter and musician. I have been painting and writing songs for over 30 years. In my paintings I am interested in working from memory and from what is evoked by chance. Just as dreams seem to create a story from fragments of our experiences, I like to concoct a painting from the different forms which happen during the process. I sometimes also use collage and mix it with painting or techniques such as decalcomania and dripping, producing forms which I then elaborate on. Generally I enjoy experimenting with creative processes and being surprised by the results. My recent discovery of AI art has completely broadened my scope as an artist. Not only am I able to develop my ideas and use AI iterations as resource material while painting but I can also use my completed paintings as prompts to create something new or elaborate on specific themes. The following pieces were created using an AI and one of my physical paintings as an initial image, then varying the prompts according to the sensation I wished to convey. The original painting, called “Where I broke my arm”, was done from memory depicting a childhood experience. I have described the works in this series according to my own intention when I created them, but they are open to interpretation and may resonate in different ways with each viewer. This piece, derived from one of my physical paintings, is based on a frightening yet intriguing experience I had as a child on the school playground. Inside a hole in a large oak tree, I encountered a nest of giant red crickets I had never seen before, which evoked both repulsion and curiosity in me at the same time. This experience made a great impression on me as a child and in this work I tried to express contrasting feelings such as fear and interest, which may occur simultaneously when something alien and unknown threatens to invade our comfort zone.

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Filippo Francocci