One Cow

Image generation in the area inside the frame with the ?one cow’ prompt
Image generation in the area inside the frame with the ?one cow’ prompt

One Cow

One Cow is interested in the semantics of artificial intelligence tools.
These tools generate images on the basis of a prompt, a word, a sentence or a paragraph on which the tool relies to produce an image. However, the tools available to the general public are veritable black boxes. It's impossible to know the image database on which the image-generating algorithm is based; an algorithm that's just as mysterious and secretive.
Albertine's "One Cow" project focuses on the semantics surrounding a prompt composed of a single word: "One Cow". In order to constrain the generation tool, Albertine asks it to produce "One Cow" within a golden frame, a context that requires us to look beyond representation. As a result, some astonishing images are produced, not representing a cow but rather representations close to the cow's environment: Milk, Sheep, Green Grass, Nourisher...
In this way, the images produced allow us to discover the semantic tree associated with the cow in the mysterious tool that is Midjourney.

Some of Midjourney's cow semantics:
BIRD, SURELY ON THE COW
DRESSED LAMB
GREEN GRASS
MILK
UDDER COW
BUTTER
FEEDER UDDER
ICECREAM YAOURT
BULL OF THE TOREADOR
TOREADOR
SHEEPS, BUDDY OF COWS
PINK FRILLY SHEEP
COTTON SHEEP
16th CENTURY SHEEP
21th CENTURY SHEEP
FISH IN A ROW
GOLDEN LINGOT
COW IN SPACECRAFT
REPRODUCTION
SQUIRREL
MONGOLIA
WILD WEEDS
MARGUERITE
created with Midjourney 5.2

2024 – Albertine Meunier

Materials

Epson P20 000 inkjet print on Hemp Natural Line Hahnemühle 290g laminated on Dibond


Dimension

32 x 37 cm


Fabrication

Midjourney 5.2



Exhibitions



"One cow" Exhibition view at the Madrid French Institute
"One cow" Exhibition view at l'Avant Galerie Vossen, 2024
BIRD, SURELY ON THE COW . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
BIRD, SURELY ON THE COW . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
DRESSED LAMB . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
DRESSED LAMB . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
MILK . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
MILK . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
UDDER COW . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
UDDER COW . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
BUTTER . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
BUTTER . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
FEEDER UDDER . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
FEEDER UDDER . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
ICECREAM YAOURT . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
ICECREAM YAOURT . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
BULL OF THE TOREADOR . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
BULL OF THE TOREADOR . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
TOREADOR . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
TOREADOR . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
SHEEPS, BUDDY OF COWS . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
SHEEPS, BUDDY OF COWS . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
PINK FRILLY SHEEP . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
PINK FRILLY SHEEP . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
COTTON SHEEP . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
COTTON SHEEP . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
16th CENTURY SHEEP . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
16th CENTURY SHEEP . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
21th CENTURY SHEEP . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
21th CENTURY SHEEP . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
FISH IN A ROW . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
FISH IN A ROW . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
GOLDEN LINGOT . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
GOLDEN LINGOT . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
COW IN SPACECRAFT . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
COW IN SPACECRAFT . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
REPRODUCTION . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
REPRODUCTION . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
SQUIRREL . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
SQUIRREL . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
MONGOLIA . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
MONGOLIA . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
WILD WEEDS . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
WILD WEEDS . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
GREEN GRASS . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
GREEN GRASS . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
MARGUERITE . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt
MARGUERITE . Image generation in the area inside the golden frame with the 'one cow’ prompt