
Recursions

A Portrait of a Friend by Friends: Emmet Williams by Joan Loge The artist Fluxus Emmett Williams describes his friends and colleagues. Fifteen artists, poets and writers gathered at the Form Hotel in Warsaw. In this «a portrait painted by friends,» Williams appears in the memories shared in everyone’s native language. The viewer sees an intermediate, composite version of the subject. Williams himself appears only as an image at the end of the recording. Photo: Electronic Arts Intermix https://www.ei.org/mitles/a-portrait-of-a-friend-by-friends-emmett-williams

Slow Pan for Bob 1973 Directed by Chuck Close Synopsis With Richard Landry’s help, the camera scans Bob Israel’s face in an extreme large plan that never appears in its entirety. Photo: Centre Pompidou https://www.centrepmpido.fr/en/resources/oeuvre/ce9pjb

Portrait on the Fly — Digitalprints by Collitive Somer The online installation «Portrait on the Fly» can see about 10,000 computer-generated flies. As soon as visitors stop to look at the work, flies adjust to the screen for a few seconds, recognizing the spectator’s contours. This is made possible by the image recognition software that removes the contours and boundaries from the video images obtained from the camera above the monitor. Flies are not programmed to represent anything specific, but follow an algorithm that tells them to stay in dark or contrasting areas of the recorded image. They’re constantly in motion, and they’re rebuilding over and over again. Even a small movement causes the image to break down and flies to reshuffle. An animated fly is an artistic historical symbol of death and death. The work of Christa Sommerer and Lauren Minyono is linked to the tradition of Memento Mori, an artistic motive designed to remind the audience of the limb of his life. Photo: Digital Art Archive https://digitalartarchive.at/data/work/4385/

Autu-portrait 71 by Jochen Gerz Jochen Herz turned to self-portrait as a video psychic and photographic work. The Autoportrait 71 corresponds to four different phases, but at the same time represented in the artistic process of hiding and identifying one’s own image. Photo by Media Art Net http://www.mediankunstnetz.de/works/auto-portrat/

The Theorem of Identity by Peter Weibel «I write about myself within the image of mine on the screen.» Peter Wibel writes a description on the screen, creating the effect of writing on his image. Photo: Media Art Net http://www.mediankunstnetz.de/works/das-theorem-der-identitaet/
Exposition decision
Three different screenings are projected on three screens. There are portraits and samples all around, which are the best answer to project questions. There are headphones next to the screens to audition for audio escorts.
Prompt: A cube white gallery room. On each of three adjacent walls are TV screens. Headphones hang next to each screen. The room is dimly lit.
Images obtained
At first, I described the girl in a general way, indicating nationalities in different order, using different language.
Prompts
Made at Midjourney
Made at Midjourney
Prompt: A photographic portrait of a 20-year-old woman, highlighting her unique cultural heritage that gracefully merges aspects from Russian tradition, but more Europe-Jewish tradition
The best result was a prompt using my photograph, but it doesn’t answer the question about my possible nationality. This image only shows the existence of Slavic and Scandinavian roots.


Prompt: Create a portrait photo of a young woman aged 20, highlighting her diverse heritage that showcases her Russian, Jewish, and Ukrainian roots. Her features express this rich cultural background.
Percentage
I’ve calculated my nationality as a percentage, and, uh, I’ve proposed MidJourney the following prompt:
Warnings from Chat GPT
Prompt My mother is from Barnaul. Dad from Tallinn. Grandma on the dad’s line is half Ukrainian, half Jewish. My great-great-grandfather is Jewish. What’s my nationality? Response Nationality is a complex and multifaceted category that may depend on various factors, including cultural, ethnic, linguistic and personal preferences. Based on information about your relationship: 1. Mom from Barnaul — you may have Russian roots. 2. All right, all right, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. The Pope from Tallinn can add an Estonian element. 3. Grandma on the papal line has Ukrainian and Jewish roots. 4. All right, all right, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. Grandpa’s daddy was Jewish. On the basis of this information, you have Russian, Estonian, Ukrainian and Jewish roots. Your nationality can be defined as mixed, and you can identify yourself from either of these cultures or ethnicities, depending on your personal preferences and self-identification.
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