Introduction
Sri Lankan protest photographs become prints through generation, selection and manual layering. Gallery and artist accounts describe the 2022 practice and its commemorative intentions.
Why this entry remains in the timeline
Editorial interpretation: this series connects AI-image history to the circulation and commemoration of protest imagery. Transforming historical material does not turn generated images into evidence of events. Photograph provenance and subjects’ consent remain central questions for the production chain.
Archive editorial judgment based on the cited sources; this does not establish global priority.
RESEARCH ACCOUNT
Muvindu Binoy: Protest in Colour
ANTI-AI ARCHIVE · Revised 2026-11-02
Work, institution and date
The gallery retrospective describes generating variants from protest photographs, selecting them and manually layering them into prints. A caption identifies a 2022 giclée on archival photo paper. In an interview published on 1 August, Binoy connects photojournalism, Renaissance aesthetics and digital manipulation with commemorating protesters. The exhibition page lists 16 June–16 July and distinguishes the series from digital collages produced during a 2021 residency. Reported variant counts are not independently tested; neither the accompanying film nor all collages are thereby established as AI-generated.
Section sources: Retrospective on the production process · Exhibition and AI protest-image series · Interview with Binoy and Jayasundara
Historical significance and questions
Editorial interpretation: this series connects AI-image history to the circulation and commemoration of protest imagery. Transforming historical material does not turn generated images into evidence of events. Photograph provenance and subjects’ consent remain central questions for the production chain.
Section sources: Retrospective on the production process · Exhibition and AI protest-image series · Interview with Binoy and Jayasundara
Sources for this account
Relevant project text; reading scope and limits are recorded in this account.
Relevant project text; reading scope and limits are recorded in this account.
Relevant project text; reading scope and limits are recorded in this account.
Based on the named interview and gallery accounts; photograph permissions, models, prompts and the complete works remain unchecked. The electronic catalogue could not be retrieved. The account and translation are AI-assisted, pending independent human review. Section references identify evidence without claiming independent verification of every historical statement.
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Dates & version record
Date displayed for this node: 2022 · Historical date recorded for the source: 2022
Work year 2022; exhibition dates, interview publication and unknown production day remain distinct. Added to this archive on 2 November 2026.
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Original sources & further reading
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Protest in Colour
https://www.saskiafernandogallery.com/press/85-looking-back-on-2022/
Current cited URL
SURVIVAL OF THE FRAGILE: Muvindu Binoy
https://www.saskiafernandogallery.com/exhibitions/113-survival-of-the-fragile-muvindu-binoy/
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“FILM IS A FANTASTIC MEDIUM TO TELL STORIES”
https://www.dailymirror.lk/life/FILM-IS-A-FANTASTIC-MEDIUM-TO-TELL-STORIES/243-242165
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Based on the named interview and gallery accounts; photograph permissions, models, prompts and the complete works remain unchecked. The electronic catalogue could not be retrieved.
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Provenance, translation & verification
Timeline entry #138 · Artistic practice and display
Research materials & supplement references · 3
Historical accessions, 2 November 2026 · Relevant project text; reading scope and limits are recorded in this account. · 003
Date as recorded: 2022
Retrospective on the production process ↗
Looking back on2022
Historical accessions, 2 November 2026 · Relevant project text; reading scope and limits are recorded in this account. · src-1669
Date as recorded: 2022
Exhibition and AI protest-image series ↗
SURVIVAL OF THE FRAGILE: Muvindu Binoy
Historical accessions, 2 November 2026 · Relevant project text; reading scope and limits are recorded in this account. · src-1671
Date as recorded: 2022
Interview with Binoy and Jayasundara ↗
“FILM IS A FANTASTIC MEDIUM TO TELL STORIES”
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ANTI-AI ARCHIVE. Muvindu Binoy: Protest in Colour. Art-history node #138. https://salondesrefuses.cn/en/art-history/377
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