Pot-Art: 𝘪 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵

𝘪 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵 exhibits an image diffusion model powered by a large potato battery array. Here’s a little on how it works

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The potato battery array generates electricity.

I read the voltage it produces (using an arduino) and feed the value to my computer.

My computer generates images of potatoes using a model I trained locally on both healthy & diseased potatoes (10,117 images, dataset is called PotatoCare).

When the voltage is at its max (day 1), the generated potatoes are as healthy as they can be.

Over the next two weeks, as the potatoes dry up, the voltage will begin to decline. As it does, the health of the generated potatoes will also decline.

Eventually, towards the end of the exhibition, the voltage will have drop substantially, so that the model is no longer able to generate healthy potatoes.

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You can see this work, and others, at 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳 (𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳) 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 by @phreaking_collective

at ANNEX by The Koppel Project SE1 6NT
open from 10:00 – 17:00 until the 24th of January

(theres also many cool talks and workshops so check out @phreaking_collective!)