Shock Value is an exploration of how image generation positions itself in the stratified issue of digital violence and gore voyeurism, and how the medium employed for its production – artificial intelligence– influences its impact and consumption.
Working with text-to-image open-source Al models, the artwork serves as a socio-anthropological experiment, compelling the audience to confront an “exquisite corpse” of graphic and disturbing imagery and valuing their reactions as research data.