26 Thermae

This work is the first in a series of 26 works on spaces designed with the assistance of artificial intelligence. It started with an internal project that I didn't have time to do, but that I had the intention of producing for a while. It was a morbid curiosity that led me to test it on the first software I found interesting, and voilá. Almost 100 interactions and two hours later, refining the prompt down to the last detail, I arrived at a result that, even though it wasn't what I envisioned, came close to the meaning I wanted to convey. Funny it wasn't faster. A skilled draftsman, or myself working in 3d would have arrived at the design I thought of at the same time. But in the process, so many interactions were generated with interesting results that I was inspired to make the series with the theme of hot springs and spas. In homage to 26 Bathrooms, by Peter Greenaway, a film that spiritually discusses the question of the meaning and use of the most intimate space in the house, as soon as time permits I will be posting the interactions that emerged in the exercise.

Federico Estevão