Nimrod Astarhan

Khazar Archeological Confabulations, 2023

PC, AI algorithm, speculative archeology object database, cyanotype on paper

020D, Cyanotype on paper, 16x12

010B, Cyanotype on paper, 16x12

Khazar Archeological Confabulations employs machine learning to craft speculative archeological images tied to the artist’s heritage. Using a database of artifacts from a sought-after archeological excavation of the lost Khazar capital, the system generates a vocabulary of mean images of object drawings in real-time. Select drawings are turned into Cyanotypes exposed to natural light, reflecting Khazar Tenegrist myths of the titular sky god and the eternal blue sky.