Ornella Fieres

Ornella Fieres examines how advanced technology, trained on modern data, interprets depictions of a no longer existing natural world. Her works revolve around the concept of technology possessing its own mind, learning from our past and present, to shape an unknown future. In her "Inverse Fourier" series, she transforms photographs from personal archives by manipulating algorithmic processes, showcasing the machine's autonomous interpretation. The artist scans analog images and then manipulates the algorithmic mechanisms of the digitization process. Despite this deliberate alteration, her control over the final output is somewhat limited, leaving part of it to the machine. These works show the world of yesterday, seen through the eyes of today's algorithms, creating a picturesque aesthetic of washed-out memories.

Her more recent series "The Essence of a Moment/Depth Estimation" delves into AI's perception of visual data. Using avanced computer vision techniques, this new series analyzes the depth of 2D images and transforms them into 3D representations. The resulting 'point clouds' are juxtaposed with the original analog images in silver gelatine print, providing a visual comparison between the original source material and their AI interpretation, revealing the same moment seen through the eyes of humans and of the machine.

Ornella Fieres, born in 1984 in Frankfurt, lives and works in Berlin. She studied Australian Media and Art at Macquarie University, Sydney, and Visual Communication at Offenbach University of Art and Design, with majors in conceptual photography and theory of perception. She is currently pursuing her PhD in media design focusing on research in AI. Her multimedia works have been exhibited internationally, including Centre Pompidou Paris, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Goethe-Institut Toronto, Literaturhaus Berlin, Signs and Symbols Gallery New York, Kunstverein Speyer, and Fotografie Forum Frankfurt. She is represented by Galerie Sexauer, Berlin and by signs and symbols, New York.