Research program 03 · SA

Synthetic Archaeology

The Lost Worlds of Early Generative AI

The vanished morphologies, objects, graphics, and imagined civilizations produced by early generative systems.

IDL-SA-007 · Nascent

The Lost Morphologies of 2022

Recovering the Vanished Visual Species of Early Generative AI

The Lost Morphologies of 2022 identifies a developing system whose technical, cultural, or institutional components become more legible when studied as a connected whole rather than as isolated trends.

Prospectus stake

IDL-SA-008 · Nascent

Productive Ontological Error

How Generative AI Invented Things That Never Existed

Productive Ontological Error identifies a developing system whose technical, cultural, or institutional components become more legible when studied as a connected whole rather than as isolated trends.

Prospectus stake

IDL-SA-001 · Nascent

Animistic Product Emergence

Why Early AI Objects Seemed Alive

Animistic Product Emergence identifies a developing system whose technical, cultural, or institutional components become more legible when studied as a connected whole rather than as isolated trends.

Prospectus stake

IDL-SA-002 · Nascent

Archaeology of AI Dreams

Excavating the Imagined Worlds of Generative Models

Archaeology of AI Dreams identifies a developing system whose technical, cultural, or institutional components become more legible when studied as a connected whole rather than as isolated trends.

Prospectus stake

IDL-SA-003 · Nascent

Early Midjourney and the Vanished Dream Biome

A Natural History of a Lost Generative Aesthetic

Early Midjourney and the Vanished Dream Biome identifies a developing system whose technical, cultural, or institutional components become more legible when studied as a connected whole rather than as isolated trends.

Prospectus stake

IDL-SA-004 · Nascent

Commercial Artifacts from Impossible Civilizations

Advertisements, Packages, and Products from Worlds That Never Were

Commercial Artifacts from Impossible Civilizations identifies a developing system whose technical, cultural, or institutional components become more legible when studied as a connected whole rather than as isolated trends.

Prospectus stake

IDL-SA-005 · Nascent

The Catalog of Synthetic Objects

A Field Guide to Artifacts Invented by Generative Machines

The Catalog of Synthetic Objects identifies a developing system whose technical, cultural, or institutional components become more legible when studied as a connected whole rather than as isolated trends.

Prospectus stake

IDL-SA-006 · Nascent

Municipal Notices from Parallel Worlds

The Administrative Graphics of Impossible Cities

Municipal Notices from Parallel Worlds identifies a developing system whose technical, cultural, or institutional components become more legible when studied as a connected whole rather than as isolated trends.

Prospectus stake

IDL-SA-009 · Nascent

Ritual Consumer Goods

Devotional Products and Sacred Commodities Invented by AI

Ritual Consumer Goods identifies a developing system whose technical, cultural, or institutional components become more legible when studied as a connected whole rather than as isolated trends.

Prospectus stake

IDL-SA-010 · Nascent

Alien Industrial Design

Machines, Tools, and Interfaces for Nonhuman Users

Alien Industrial Design identifies a developing system whose technical, cultural, or institutional components become more legible when studied as a connected whole rather than as isolated trends.

Prospectus stake