Beyond Performance 2024
Beyond Performance is an ongoing series of images by Tiffany Trenda that ventures into the realm of performance art and artificial intelligence. Through the integration of smart applications and her performance archive, she introduces a new dimension to the traditional understanding of the body in performance art. These imaginative performances only exist in the digital realm, blurring the boundaries between what is real and what is fictional. These imagined performances push the limits of what can be, challenging conventional notions of identity and representation within simulated experiences.
This work invites viewers to contemplate the fluidity of meaning and the interplay between machine perception (how artificial intelligence interprets the performance art data set) and human subjectivity. The images offer a new lens, through which we can understand and navigate the complexities of the body in the digital age.
Digital Refractions of Materiality 1 2024
In “Refractions of Materiality,” Trenda explores the interplay between painting, the human body, and artificial intelligence. She expands her investigation of the human body and AI by integrating reflective surfaces, such as glass, with self-portrait images to challenge how AI understands both reflections and the human form. That is, how AI interpreted the distortions and reflections of the body on these surfaces. Then the work is transformed again, using painting and different mediums. The physical brushstrokes are intentionally visible over glass objects, creating a tactile contrast that highlights the disparity between the physical act of painting and AI's digital representation of reflections. This blend of mediums with AI's interpretations deepens the inquiry into how technology reshapes our understanding of the human figure and material presence, provoking viewers to reconsider the relationship between identity, presence, and the evolving digital-material dichotomy.
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Tiffany Trenda
US Minor Outlying Islands
https://www.tiffanytrenda.com/
Tiffany Trenda is a contemporary artist in the intersection of performance art and new media. She holds a BFA from Art Center College of Design and an MFA from UCLA's Design and Media Arts program. She was recognized as Artist of the Year at the London International Creative Competition Awards. Notable performance venues include the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, Broad Art Museum, and the Exploratorium: The Museum of Science, Art & Human Perception. She was included in the performance program during the 55th annual Venice Biennale. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Faena Art Center in Buenos Aires, Laboratorio Arte Alameda in Mexico City, Art Center Nabi in South Korea, Brand Library and Art Center, and Art in Flux at London's Barbican. Her work is in the permanent collections at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art and Yale University's Beinecke Library.