A bold fusion of gym, art gallery, and think tank, SOLID FLESH Collective is a radical union of flesh and technology. We blur the lines between art and sport, transforming the intensity of physical movement into groundbreaking AI-driven video art.
Our mission is to take the raw energy of gym culture and elevate it into high art, creating immersive visual experiences that challenge conventional notions of the body in motion. By harnessing cutting-edge generative AI, we craft surreal, thought-provoking works that push the boundaries of how we perceive athleticism, movement, and creativity.
SOLID MOTIONS
In our first intervention we decided to an open-source motion model to process Muybridge’s images because the closed-source models, with their superior quality and ‘realism,’ rejected the images, deeming them pornographic.
We tasked the animDiff model with creating perfect 16-frame loops of motion based on the provided inputs—much like a human animator performing the basic exercise of creating a walk cycle. The model reanimated the photographic traces of long-perished bodies in a wonderfully clumsy, inhuman way, as if it were an animator who had never seen an actual person move and had to imagine it.
We believe there’s a poetic justice in this process. Over 200 years ago, Muybridge classified and froze bodies against a grid to study their movements, but through our efforts and the model’s interpretation, we have made them mysterious and fluid once again.
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SELF REFLECTION
We experimented with running the name of our collective through Stable Diffusion, adjusting various settings and inputs. Yet, the results were persistently violent: fragmented, muscular white bodies, dismembered and distorted. It made us question whether it’s time to reconsider our name.
The sculptures in the video are derived by using an photo to 3d model AI on photos by Muybridge.
CHAT GPT DREAM
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RELIQUARIES
The AI managing our day-to-day activities detected a drop in motivation. In response, it (we) created a custom reliquary for each member of the collective. These sculptures encapsulate the essence of why we choose to remain underground, dedicated to our mission of bodybuilding and creating AI-driven video art.