BORIS ELDAGSEN

ARTIST

NFT DROP: 12 September 2024 | 6 PM CET NEVERENDING STORIES by Boris Eldagsen is a collection of 13 AI-generated videos based on AI-images that Eldagsen generated in weeks of experiments. They were then animated with AI, extended and cut into a loop in a video program. Eldagsen also generated the music as his own version of Doom Jazz. 
NEVERENDING STORIES feels like you’ve wandered into a Hammer horror film on the brink of total existential collapse. The visuals pulse between memory and nightmare — absurd spaces and strange figures that come and go like half-forgotten thoughts. It’s as if Tarkovsky’s STALKER got hijacked by Camus. Like a Sisyphean Cycle of coming back to the same place but never quite arriving, the loop stands in for both an escape and a trap.
From the first flickering image, you’re thrust into a disorienting space that feels more like a mental landscape than a physical one. The human form is present but always distant, always dissolving—like a memory that never fully belonged to you. <meta charset="utf-8">
SOUGWEN CHUNG AND BORIS ELDAGSEN: SEED STORIES. AI IN CONTEXT #1 11 SEPTEMBER – 5 OCTOBER 2024

BORIS ELDAGSEN | NEVERENDING STORIES

The artwork THE ELECTRICIAN by Boris Eldagsen is part of the series PSEUDOMNESIA. It is a promptography created using AI generators.  <meta charset="utf-8"> Boris Eldagsen is the artist who made headlines by turning down the prestigious Sony Photography World Award in 2023. In a world where AI sparks debates between haters and worshippers, Eldagsen offers a unique perspective that transcends the binary narrative. Rejecting the notion that AI is solely a threat to creativity, Eldagsen emphasizes the importance of human agency and expertise in harnessing AI as a tool for artistic expression. 
The series explores the concept of pseudomnesia, which refers to the creation of false memories or fake recollections of events that never actually occurred, as opposed to simply having inaccurate memories. Eldagsen employs deep-learning AI generators to generate the images. Drawing inspiration from the imagery of the 1940s, the artist produces these images as fabricated memories of a nonexistent past that were never captured by any photographer. 
The creation process involves utilizing language and revising the generated images by AI algorithms approximately 20 to 40 times. Various techniques such as "inpainting," "outpainting," and "prompt whispering" are employed to refine and shape the final result. <meta charset="utf-8">"My rejection of the prize has indeed sparked the necessary discussion about the nature and future of photography, art, and human creativity, as well as the issue of disinformation. In the first few weeks following the rejection, I was the one still pointing out the new problems to many journalists, but soon new podcasts and journalist teams specializing in AI were emerging everywhere.
Many people have asked me about the meaning and message of THE ELECTRICIAN I have always answered that the question "What is the artist trying to tell us?" is mundane. I do not aim to promote a political message through art, as many other contemporary artists do. I am not interested in addressing a specific political issue but rather in exploring the timeless human condition that underlies these contemporary problems. If I wanted to do that, I would write an editorial for a newspaper or attend a demonstration." – Boris Eldagsen

THE ELECTRICIAN (PSEUDOMNESIA)

Boris Eldagsen is the artist who made headlines by turning down the prestigious Sony Photography World Award in 2023. In a world where AI sparks debates between haters and worshippers, Eldagsen offers a unique perspective that transcends the binary narrative. Rejecting the notion that AI is solely a threat to creativity, Eldagsen emphasizes the importance of human agency and expertise in harnessing AI as a tool for artistic expression. 

AI AND PROMPTOGRAPHY

BORIS ELDAGSEN: "THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE FUTURE IS WHAT AI LEAVES BEHIND"

MAGAZINE

The exhibition presents pioneers from different generations, early 1950s until today, working in the field of generative art. On view will be, among others, plotter drawings, generative photography, sculptures, and NFTs from 30 international artists. In collaboration with ELEMENTUM.ART.

GROUP SHOW

THE THINKING MACHINE. PRESENTING PIONEERS, 1953-2023 | GALLERY & SHOWROOM

On the occasion of Berlin Art Week, we launch our new program, AI IN CONTEXT: Sougwen Chung and Boris Eldagsen, with a performance by Jiny Lan.

SEED STORIES. AI IN CONTEXT #1

SOUGWEN CHUNG AND BORIS ELDAGSEN | GALLERY 

EXHIBITION

Boris Eldagsen’s AI-generated series PSEUDOMNESIA III is a reflection on art history and memory itself—manufactured memories that feel historical but are entirely invented. He fuses the nostalgia of 1940s photography with the evolution of generative and abstract art, creating images that are eerily familiar yet wholly artificial. These are memory-scapes: images from a parallel art history, evoking whispers of both Bauhaus and the digital revolution. Eldagsen teases the eye with familiar echoes, holding up a cracked mirror to both the past and the future. This is visual déjà vu—something that feels as real as it is imaginary.

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