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Lindholmens Badhus - en reproduktion av en svunnen tid?

Lindström, Karin LU (2024) KOVK03 20232
Division of Art History and Visual Studies
Abstract
Lindholmens Bathhouse – a reproduction of a bygone era?

This thesis discusses the development of generative AI and if we can get an extended understanding of an AI image linked to an already existing place. The essay is divided into two parts, one which focuses on trying to decode the chosen AI image based on Roland Barthes semiotics and the second part which deals with the AI image and with means to put it in its historical context based on Aleida Assmann’s theory of cultural memory. Based on these two discussions, it is clear that we are facing a new phenomenon and expanded field. So far it is therefore, which I conclude, only possible to treat the AI image as if it were a photograph when it comes to the semiotic analysis. In a... (More)
Lindholmens Bathhouse – a reproduction of a bygone era?

This thesis discusses the development of generative AI and if we can get an extended understanding of an AI image linked to an already existing place. The essay is divided into two parts, one which focuses on trying to decode the chosen AI image based on Roland Barthes semiotics and the second part which deals with the AI image and with means to put it in its historical context based on Aleida Assmann’s theory of cultural memory. Based on these two discussions, it is clear that we are facing a new phenomenon and expanded field. So far it is therefore, which I conclude, only possible to treat the AI image as if it were a photograph when it comes to the semiotic analysis. In a similar way, it is also difficult to determine how AI images will be able to be contextualized in the future and how significant they will become when speaking of the reproduction of text to image. In my essay I try to highlight that such a development and the use of AI is entirely possible. (Less)
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author
Lindström, Karin LU
supervisor
organization
course
KOVK03 20232
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
AI, AI-bild, generativ AI, badhus, Carl von Linné, Västgötaresa 1746, Lindholmens slott, Lindholmens badhus, semiotik, reproduktion, Midjourney, kakelplattor, Aleida Assmann, Walter Benjamin, Roland Barthes
language
Swedish
id
9148395
date added to LUP
2024-02-12 09:56:21
date last changed
2024-02-12 09:56:21
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  abstract     = {{Lindholmens Bathhouse – a reproduction of a bygone era?

This thesis discusses the development of generative AI and if we can get an extended understanding of an AI image linked to an already existing place. The essay is divided into two parts, one which focuses on trying to decode the chosen AI image based on Roland Barthes semiotics and the second part which deals with the AI image and with means to put it in its historical context based on Aleida Assmann’s theory of cultural memory. Based on these two discussions, it is clear that we are facing a new phenomenon and expanded field. So far it is therefore, which I conclude, only possible to treat the AI image as if it were a photograph when it comes to the semiotic analysis. In a similar way, it is also difficult to determine how AI images will be able to be contextualized in the future and how significant they will become when speaking of the reproduction of text to image. In my essay I try to highlight that such a development and the use of AI is entirely possible.}},
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  title        = {{Lindholmens Badhus - en reproduktion av en svunnen tid?}},
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