AI-Generated glitch portraits created with Midjourney.
The Prerogatives of Power is a multi-screen installation that displays AI generated glitch portraits of political leaders from around the world (Putin, Trump, Zelensky, Xi Jinping, etc). The AI diffusion models result in portraits based on a fusion of many sources and the output images are fed backed into the AI image generator for multiple iterations producing the final result. This series is a critique and warning of the use and abuse of power by authoritarians the world over. The Prerogatives of Power is inspired by Antonio Muntadas’ 1987 installation “The Board Room” and by portrait studies by Frances Bacon.