# New York Times Sunday Review Graphics

> Brain waves, or: What do our brains sea?

- Canonical URL: https://artificial-images.com/project/new-york-times-opinion-art-neuralink/
- Year: 2020
- Medium and tools: Editorial, AI, Generative AI, Video Art, Print, Custom Models, Moving Image
- Pathways: [Models Made Here](https://artificial-images.com/pathways/models-made-here.md), [Commissioned Systems](https://artificial-images.com/pathways/commissioned-systems.md), [Printed Intelligence](https://artificial-images.com/pathways/printed-intelligence.md)
- Media: 6 images, 4 videos
- Artist: Derrick Schultz

## About this work

Four looping videos circling around the question of what our brains see.

Commissioned by [New York Times Sunday Review](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/28/opinion/sunday/brain-machine-artificial-intelligence.html). Opening image led the section on Sunday 30 August, 2020. Art direction by Frank Augugliaro.

Techniques: Next frame prediction, superresolution, superslomo

## Media

Videos cannot be watched by text agents; each entry gives its alt text, caption, Vimeo title and duration, and a description of the video.

### 1. Video `your-brain-thinking-of-flowers`
- Description: Looping video with graphic eye and floral images
- Caption: Your brain thinking of flowers.
- View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/new-york-times-opinion-art-neuralink/?media=your-brain-thinking-of-flowers

### 2. Triptych `sunday-review-print-section-graphics`
- Caption: Sunday Review print section graphics
- Image `nyt-sunday-review-lead-image`
  - Alt text: Image of newspaper cover front with abstract flowers and graphic eye
  - View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/new-york-times-opinion-art-neuralink/?media=nyt-sunday-review-lead-image
- Image `nyt-sunday-review-interior-illustrations`
  - Alt text: Open newspaper with three photo illustrations: a distorted hand, abstracted fish, and abstract buildings
  - View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/new-york-times-opinion-art-neuralink/?media=nyt-sunday-review-interior-illustrations
- Image `nyt-sunday-review-lead-image-with-pumpkin`
  - Alt text: White fluffy cat in front of newspaper
  - View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/new-york-times-opinion-art-neuralink/?media=nyt-sunday-review-lead-image-with-pumpkin

### 3. Video `your-brain-thinking-of-home`
- Description: Looping video of abstracted houses
- Caption: Your brain thinking of home.
- View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/new-york-times-opinion-art-neuralink/?media=your-brain-thinking-of-home

### 4. Video `your-brain-thinking-of-your-fishtank`
- Description: Looping video of abstracted fish and waves
- Caption: Your brain thinking of your fishtank.
- View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/new-york-times-opinion-art-neuralink/?media=your-brain-thinking-of-your-fishtank

### 5. Video `your-brain-your-hand-the-woods`
- Description: Looping video of a hand disentegrating amongst the trees
- Caption: Your brain, your hand, the woods
- View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/new-york-times-opinion-art-neuralink/?media=your-brain-your-hand-the-woods

### 6. Triptych `early-sketches`
- Caption: Early sketches
- Image `nyt-sunday-review-sketch-01`
  - Alt text: Mosaic grid over face
  - View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/new-york-times-opinion-art-neuralink/?media=nyt-sunday-review-sketch-01
- Image `nyt-sunday-review-sketch-02`
  - Alt text: Abstract patterns behind human head silhouette
  - View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/new-york-times-opinion-art-neuralink/?media=nyt-sunday-review-sketch-02
- Image `nyt-sunday-review-sketch-03`
  - Alt text: Abstract shapes in front of person wearing glasses
  - View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/new-york-times-opinion-art-neuralink/?media=nyt-sunday-review-sketch-03

## External links

- [New York Times Sunday Review](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/28/opinion/sunday/brain-machine-artificial-intelligence.html)

## Related

### Pathways

- [Models Made Here](https://artificial-images.com/pathways/models-made-here.md): Projects built around trained, adapted, or artist-specific generative models.
- [Commissioned Systems](https://artificial-images.com/pathways/commissioned-systems.md): Editorial and client work where the technical method is part of the visual language.
- [Printed Intelligence](https://artificial-images.com/pathways/printed-intelligence.md): Machine-made images that become prints, plots, pages, and physical artifacts.

### Tags

Editorial, AI, Generative AI, Video Art, Print, Custom Models, Moving Image

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