Tamara Janes & Natalia Funariu

Switzerland - United States (1980 / 1986)
Biennale Images Vevey
2024
Funny Snow Face

Tamara Janes and Natalia Funariu explore the link between creation and artificial intelligence. The title of their project, Funny Snow Face, comes from a prompt submitted nearly 5,000 times to DALL·E to generate countless images. These funny faces evoke the human act of drawing a head in the snow, formed simply by two dots and a line. The artists take a humorous look at their role in relation to AI. By placing these images on a screen curtain, they create a dialogue between the material and the immaterial, the domestic and the domotic. The project invites us to reflect on the omnipresence of technology in the home and reminds us of the importance of the personal touch in a world dominated by screens. Presented in Le Couloir de L’Appartement – Espace Images Vevey, the installation highlights childlike gestures and the playful use of technology.