Ikebana Paradox

MP4 ∞ LOOP | 1920x1080 | 2:30 | 2023

The dream of a cut flower.

IKEBANA PARADOX emerges from artifacts and photographic histories of Bakshi’s indigenous Taiwanese heritage, text prompts developed from abstract translations between the Hokkien and English languages, and recursive mechanisms of AI image synthesis models. Seeding a consumer-grade generative AI model with a minoritized data set, the workflow leans on a recursive digital dialogue to negotiate the territories of influence between an obscured source and the imposition of a dominant code. Within the recursion of the AI model, each successive generation of image reflects a boundary condition on which the concept of ‘becoming’ is contested, questioning invisible power dynamics in systems rooted in colonial legacies.

IKEBANA PARADOX is a meditation on the artist’s ongoing examination of themes around indigenous identity, diaspora, and manifest destiny.

FEATURED IN

‘Everything is Mixed in Black: From Form to Emergence’. Presentation by Dr. Bronac Ferran. Minimum {Sustainable} Data Sets, DESCON 8.0. Belgrade, Serbia. 13–14 September 2024.

ICA London | “Cybernetic Serendipity: Towards AI.” Panel with Connie Bakshi, Luba Elliot, Lawrence Lek, moderated by Günseli Yalcinkaya. 24 February 2024. London UK.

Standard Vision Showcase. MIT School of Engineering. Cambridge, MA. 2024.

Standard Vision Showcase. Los Angeles Public Library. Los Angeles, CA. 2024.

bitforms gallery x PR for Artists | “INTERREALITY Artist Talk: Connie Bakshi, Mieke Marple, and Katie Peyton-Hofstadter.” 28 October 2023. Los Angeles, CA.

INTERREALITY. bitforms gallery x PR for Artists. Los Angeles, CA. 14 October 2023 — 18 March 2024.

Standard Vision INTERREALITY Showcase. Marriott LIVE. Los Angeles, CA. 14 October — 25 November 2023.

ARTWORK INQUIRIES TO BITFORMS GALLERY IN NYC.