Introduction
Basanta connects facing scanners, learned image comparison and publication in a circuit where producing an image and recognising it as art become different operations.
Why this entry remains in the timeline
Editorial interpretation: connecting art databases, institutional circulation and automated judgement makes recognition itself a cultural operation. The work asks who defines recognisable art rather than equating automation with the absence of people.
Archive editorial judgment based on the cited sources; this does not establish global priority.
RESEARCH ACCOUNT
All We’d Ever Need Is One Another
ANTI-AI ARCHIVE · Revised 2026-10-19
Work, media and date
The artist dates the installation to 2018. Facing scanners produce images under changing scripted settings; learned comparisons determine which are published or printed. Machine learning participates in selection, distinct from scanner-based image production.
Section sources: Adam Basanta: All We’d Ever Need Is One Another — artist’s statement
Historical significance and questions
Editorial interpretation: connecting art databases, institutional circulation and automated judgement makes recognition itself a cultural operation. The work asks who defines recognisable art rather than equating automation with the absence of people.
Section sources: Adam Basanta: All We’d Ever Need Is One Another — artist’s statement
Sources for this account
Work, date and interpretive scope described in this node; see reading limits.
Artist’s project page read; operation, dataset permissions, independent reception and the linked full essay remain unchecked. A machine threshold is not an objective measure of artistic value; no litigation outcome is asserted. The account and translation are AI-assisted, pending independent human review. Section references identify evidence without claiming independent verification of every historical statement.
Continue with a comparative question
Compare automated selection with dialogue-guided generation: at which stage do people specify intentions or select results? This is a comparison, not a claim of influence.
Dates & version record
Date displayed for this node: 2018 · Historical date recorded for the source: 2018
2018 is the work year stated by the artist; no exact day is supplied. This accession was assessed on 19 October 2026.
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Original sources & further reading
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All We'd Ever Need Is One Another
https://adambasanta.com/allwedeverneed.php
Current cited URL
Artist’s project page read; operation, dataset permissions, independent reception and the linked full essay remain unchecked. A machine threshold is not an objective measure of artistic value; no litigation outcome is asserted.
Provenance, translation & verification
Timeline entry #101 · Artistic practice and display
Research materials & supplement references · 1
Historical accessions, 19 October 2026 · Work, date and interpretive scope described in this node; see reading limits. · 001
Date as recorded: 2018
Adam Basanta: All We’d Ever Need Is One Another — artist’s statement ↗
All We'd Ever Need Is One Another
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Official material was read within the stated scope; see the source note for reading limits and outstanding checks.
Cite this node
ANTI-AI ARCHIVE. All We’d Ever Need Is One Another. Art-history node #101. https://salondesrefuses.cn/en/art-history/363
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