DIID
WAITING FOR TIME TO PASS, 2026
neural-morphed image on paper
20 x 24 in
50.8 x 61 cm
Available at VFA
Diid is one of the most talented, and thoughtful, generative artists working today. He considers himself a compressionist artist and explores the way in which new technologies can be applied to making and understanding art.
“In the age of trying to quantify everything,” Diid wrote, “including the quality of an artwork when training a neural network to produce artwork, art itself falls short of that quantifiable nature. In fact, art is the pure unadulterated essence of the unquantifiable. It’s human, or at the very least experimental and non-computational at its core.”
Diid has had a profound impact on the works of other generative artists and their use of technology, asking questions like, “could it bridge the emotional gap between human and machine?”
Julian Opie has a solo exhibit at Ulsan Art Museum in South Korea. Opie’s portraits greet visitors with a moving horizontal display above the museum’s entrance and a moving vertical display on the museum’s front lawn. A VR installation, in the museum itself, completes the exhibit, which will be on view through October 5, 2026.
Opie has recently created works that focus on the movement of children. His moving sculpture, 20 Children, is on view at the Ginza Six mall in Tokyo.
“I am often asked what I think people will take away from looking at my work. I don’t have a clear answer, but to be honest, it’s not really my business,” Opie said in an interview with Ginza Six. “I see myself as a toddler playing in a sandpit or an explorer discovering a new world … Showing my work is more like an invitation to join me in playing, investigating or simply looking at things.”
Works from Opie’s Children Walking series are available at VFA.
The Dataland Museum in Los Angeles has recently opened. Dataland describes itself as “The world’s first Museum of AI Arts and digital ecosystem dedicated to data visualization and AI-based creativity.”
The exhibits at Dataland explore the use of technology in arts, science, AI research and other fields.
References:
Diid. On Compressionism. The Center for the Advancement of Digital Art. February 28, 2024.
Eugene Shin. Inside the Immersive Julian Opie Exhibition at Ginza Six Tokyo. Tokyo Weekender. May 22, 2026.
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