Introduction
The program recombines words and phrases from Instagram wellness and confidence graphics, using pastels, stars and hearts to produce familiar yet absurd encouragement. This documents recombination, not necessarily a large language model.
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Text generation and social-media critique
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Work and historical context
Art Blocks dates FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT to 2022-08-10, with an edition field of 700 works and attribution to Maya Man. This dates the release, not the beginning of every sketch or development process.
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Text generation and social-media critique
The program recombines words and phrases from Instagram wellness and confidence graphics, using pastels, stars and hearts to produce familiar yet absurd encouragement. This documents recombination, not necessarily a large language model.
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Viewing the work and its documentation
Read both the language and visual styling of FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT. Similarities and mismatches with online encouragement matter to its treatment of gendered self-presentation and social-media speech; palette alone is insufficient.
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Art-historical significance and comparison
Editorial interpretation: Generation extends here to language, gendered interfaces and attention culture: code becomes a critical medium as well as a source of formal variation.
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Generation extends here to language, gendered interfaces and attention culture: code becomes a critical medium as well as a source of formal variation.
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