Nature, Seeds, Phagosytes

David Serra Navarro (Kenneth Russo)

synopsis

Year

2025

university

technical info

Hybrid-Generative AI artwork, 2080x1608px, 5'40"

An avalanche of children emerges, engaging in something between a competitive game and strict military training. Coordinated rhythm and clash of strategies between two teams merge into a single organism, that grows, expands and transforms into plant-like forms.

This imaginary nature emerges from data and model training based on the film Attack and Defence Game of Japanese Children (1941-1945). This film was used by the propaganda department of the Japanese military administration during the Pacific War, when the former Dutch East Indies (Indonesia now) were occupied by Japan from 1942-1945. Soon after the Japanese capitulation in August 1945 the film was confiscated by the returning Dutch authorities in Indonesia and shipped to the Netherlands. Later in 2020, the film was released by the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision after research in cooperation with NHK Enterprises (Japanese Public Broadcaster). David Serra Navarro (Kenneth Russo) uses this film as fertile soil for AI seeds resulting in this art and research work.

Is a visual artist & Researcher (Spain), with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (University of Barcelona,1998)n and PhD Communication (University of Girona, 2012)
He is interested in interactive communication systems, design oriented towards social innovation, ethics of virtual worlds and exploration of AI. He has published in various international journals and participated in numerous conferences related to Digital Humanities.
His production seeks a critical dialogue with the viewer through formats such as painting, video, installations, mobile applications or through collaborative actions. He understands technology as a medium that questions itself while redefining us in a process of constructing new meanings.
His artwork, which appears with the alter-ego Kenneth Russo, has been exhibited at Arts Santa Mònica, Fundación Godia, Loop Festival, CCCB, LaCapella (BCN), FIB’Art (Benicàssim), Off-Arco (Madrid), DAHJ Gallery, Digital Graffiti Festival (Florida), Rome Art Week'24, AI International Film Festival (San Diego, USA), K-AIFF, Korea International AI Film Festival 2024 (Gyeonggi-do) or Festival Internacional de la Imagen (Colombia).

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