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LATENT FIGURES - JANNIS MAROSCHECK

Three years after Shape Grammars (2020)  Jannis Maroscheck returns with an updated look on
machine-generated graphics and the core motif of mass produced ideas: Latent Figures. Looking
for forms of expression hidden between ancient runes and y2k logos  medieval monograms and clip
art illustrations  hieroglyphs and stock icons  Maroscheck developed AI-based systems to merge
the shared visual vocabulary designed by humans across eras  continents and cultures. The
underlying process simulates human inspiration  but it is an analytical  objective process. The
systems consider form as pure form. They draw no reference to real-world things. In doing so 
they have a stubborn intensity to them  that seems less like human creativity and more like a
strange  unstoppable force of nature. The resulting catalog is a dive into the inner workings
of an AI that has seen nothing but graphic shapes and symbols. With this sort-of-dictionary 
Maroscheck creates a visual language that blends pragmatic graphic design aesthetics with
elusive imagery. A collection of shapes that often approximate something we know or can
understand  but their meaning doesn't quite want to resolve  they revolve around themselves 
somewhere between meaning and nonsense. Offering a space to project ones own imagination and
come across new ideas. When I think about it  something like a graphic form  black and white 
defined only by its outline  feels quite limited in what it can express  what it can
communicate. Then I look at it  like a blob of ink  continuously reshaping itself  in flux 
automatic and open in all directions. Jannis Maroscheck

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