ALEXANDER HAHN

electronic media artist

ALEXANDER HAHN

electronic media artist

 MEDUSA RISING

Step by step, Medusa emerges from the amorphous noise of the Stable Diffusion latent space and intertwines with a confabulated skyline of New York. I treat the intermediate stages generated during this progressive upscaling like etching plates: each phase is printed individually and further refined by hand. Ancient myth meets digital retina, and the classical print format captures a process of becoming that would otherwise vanish in the fleeting realm of data.

Plate IV, detail

Plate VII, detail

Stable Diffusion - Medusa Rising I-VIII


Date: 2023/24

Dimension:  variable  

Series of 8 monoprints

Technique: pigment ink on synthetic paper



Medusa


Date: 2023

Dimension:  26 x 40  inch  

Technique: pigment ink on synthetic paper 




Medusa


Date: 2023

Dimension:  23.5 x  23.5 inch  

Technique: pigment ink on polycarbonate, mixed media  




Medusa (on the Cover of VOGUE Magazine I)


Date: 2023

Dimension:  23.5 x  23.5 inch  

Technique: pigment ink on polycarbonate, mixed media  




Medusa (on the Cover of VOGUE Magazine II)


Date: 2023

Dimension:  26 x  40 inch  

Technique: pigment ink on synthetic paper




Medusa (on the Cover of VOGUE Magazine III)


Date: 2025

Dimension:  26 x  40 inch  

Technique: pigment ink on synthetic paper