Gardening Software

by Robbie Barrat

Found images and gardening software, Raspberry Pi

5 7/8 x 4 1/4 in

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In this piece Barrat explores his interest in digital 3d scenes designed to be viewed from only one specific angle, and then doing something unexpected with them. In Gardening Software (2019) he uses outdated garden planning software in combination with landscape painting, specifically an image of British painter George Lambert’s Pastoral Scene with a Peasant Family (1753). Translated via his code and a reworking of the properties and visual language of the gardening software, Lambert’s idealised and peaceful scene undergoes fascinating changes in its translation. Although the compositions are similar, in the new image stacks of hay have become a shed, a cow has become a large rock, and pointing children have become garden gnomes.

About Robbie Barrat

Robbie Barrat (b.1999) is a Dublin-born, West Virginia-raised artist, who uses machine learning and GANs, to explore fashion, architecture, and art history, focusing on AI's interpretation of data. Barrat's art, which views AI as both a medium and a tool, has been exhibited internationally, including at the Musée de la Mode Hasselt, Ars Electronica, System Failure in San Francisco, ArtJaws in New York, and the Late Tate during the Nam June Paik show. His debut show, Infinite Skulls, was a collaboration with French painter Ronan Barrot at Avant Galerie Vossen in 2019. Initially focused on AI as both tool and subject, his recent work integrates AI into a broader creative process.

Gardening Software