Chikai
@lifeofc • 37,903 subscribers
Artist/filmmaker (https://t.co/vMIc4Fc1rl). Collector (https://t.co/M2OAHeZRWD). Creator of https://t.co/H7HPTJqONe https://t.co/aA1UYhyBDu . Previously co-creator of Google Earth.
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Today is my birthday!🥳🎂🎈 I usually don’t announce it on socials, but this year I’m launching my new Chikai Films website! My birthday wish is for you to subscribe to my new YT channel!🙏 (link in comment below) The new site is where my film work will reside. I’ve found that my film practice is very distinct from my art practice and it needed its own home. I’ll be posting new short films on the YT channel and the vertical shorts that you may have already seen here on X. I’ve realized that the characters I’ve created in my shorts is a direct reflection of my inner monologue and they also happen to be AI agents that I’ve created within my cinematic AI workflow that I have given names too. It should be a fun way to see what is going through my mind as I make my films. Thanks for all of your support!
Chikai14,883 views • 20 days ago
ALWAYS HAS BEEN Chapter 1: Fenestra Animae Website: X Article: Whitepaper video (~10 min) (see below) This is by far my most ambitious project yet and so I've provided a few ways to dig into the many deep layers of the artwork. First is the website which has the full whitepaper and a blueprint of the entire system. It also has a fun design, so I'd definitely check it out even just for that. Second, I've included the full whitepaper as an X article, so that it is easy to access and read. Third, I've created a video (~10 min) that narrates the entire text of the whitepaper with video illustrations of the concepts within the artwork (see below). There is a lot in there and those that take the time to understand it all will benefit greatly when the time comes. Hopefully one of these ways of reading the whitepaper will provide an easy way to dive in. I'll be following up with more posts and discussions to dig into the nuanced aspects of the work. In addition, a new version of The Terminal (FKA Latent Space Terminal) has also launched today. You can visit The Terminal here: But you will need to engage with the Always Has Been X account to gain access. If the account likes your post, you will be automatically granted entry after signing in with your X account.
Chikai12,056 views • 6 months ago
A new cinematic AI piece. "Panopticon - Survivorship" This is my sixth piece in my Midjourney + Magnific.ai + Runway series. I've been on a bit of a creative streak for the past week and loving this new process. I almost gave up on this one, but then finally found a narrative through line. It looks at those who survive a disaster, but it is a contemplation of those who did not survive. We not only zoom in on those who are trying to get to safety, but we zoom in looking for those who may not have survived. We also zoom into elements that may help identify people. It also looks at who is hardest hit by a disaster and it is often people of color and I hope the piece elicits a question of why this is the case and an examination of the dark history it may uncover.
Chikai33,485 views • 2 years ago
My upcoming release of "Cinematic AI" has made me think about how bodies of work are formed. I think some are manifested and some are revealed. I think "Cinematic AI" falls into the latter category. It was not something I had a clear vision for and then created, but it was something that was revealed to me over time. I thought I saw a glimmer of it early on, but only after some time had past, could I see the body of work emerge. With a bit more context and watching great artists and how they work and think, it finally came to me that this series of 15-20 pieces that I had created could be a worthy collection to mint. AI art has been going through so many transformations from the early GAN work to Collaborative AI to now AI being widely accessible through platforms like MidJourney, Stable Diffusion, and many others. But one area that I have seen explode in recent months is cinematic AI. I distinguish this from animated AI, which has been around for a while, but cinematic AI is where the movements created by AI are getting closer to what you'd see in a movie or captured on a video camera. It still has a long way to go but it is getting more real than surreal as the technology develops. And this is where I seem to have found my groove, my home, my little corner in the artistic landscape. After Runway launched their image-to-video tool, it just blew my mind and I went down a deep rabbit hole and have created a new cinematic AI piece almost every other day for the past few months. I initially saw many of these pieces as just experiments, but with some time to reflect, I am seeing them as having the potential of being relevant pieces of artwork to mark this time in the development of AI. In some cases, I'm not sure if I'll ever be able to create a similar piece again, since the tools I use are not in my control, but in the control of the AI platforms, who are constantly improving and evolving the tools. Given all of this, there is no better way to mark my place in time than on the blockchain. I truly believe that this body of work has the potential to be an important artifact of this era in AI and AI art. It is always hard to judge ones own work, but what I can do is permanently etch in time on an immutable public database saying that I created this. Only time will tell if the work has any value or is of any significance, but who created it and what was created cannot be disputed. I hope this gives you and especially collectors some perspective on the work I'll be releasing next week. I'm still very early in my artistic journey, but hopefully some of you will see promise in what I'm doing and maybe even put in a early bet on my art practice by bidding on a piece next week. Thanks to all of you who have supported me, taught me, advised me, been a friend to me. Much love and respect.🙏 ------------------------------------- CINEMATIC AI October 25, 2023 Marking on the blockchain, establishing historical provenance for a cinematic AI body of work. Minting on Transient Labs ERC-721TL Listing on SuperRare
Chikai21,517 views • 2 years ago
After 24 hours with 11 bids and 6 bidders, the auction for my piece "Walk in the Woods" was won by none other than the legend Pak.🤯 Wow… I'm truly blown away. Thank you Pak. On top of that my work is currently being exhibited in Rome, Italy. Thank you Satyrus Meta Art.🙏
Chikai10,185 views • 2 years ago
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