This work is part of my series “New beginnings, old endings, secrets secreting" where I use the Playform GAN to explore alternative methods of art creation and digital outsourcing. I use my past work "Color, Balance", as a data set to train the GAN in my paintings’ style. I then feed the network specific portraits I find online. The result of this process provides the base for new paintings I further alter in Photoshop. Computer scientists often refer to neural network images as ‘dreams’ due to their soft surreal-like quality. Considered a stepping stone in the search for artificial intelligence, hopes and fears surrounding these technologies attach themselves to ideas larger than any individual advance. The subject prompts consideration of my dreams and nightmares; real and imagined, small and large, wholesome, and vapid. I pair each work with a specific hope or fear of my own. Prints from this series were part of the exhibition "A Dream Within a Dream," organized by Playform Studio. Curated by Jessica Davidson, the show focuses on artists who use the Playform GAN in the process of creating their work. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the exhibition was presented online through Artsy in October, 2020. In this animation I decided to stitch together some the training images from the GAN with a brief overlay of the final artwork.

Animated MP4 45 seconds 1920x1422px. In the primary sale, the token comes with a “I Worry Lines Away #1” physical print, edition 1 of 1, 12x16 inches. This work is included in “Scratching the Surface”, an interview where I discuss my work with Eleonora Brizi on Artsy at https://www.artsy.net/breezy-art/article/breezy-art-scratching-surface