How many visual variations will occur
when a melting ice ball is placed inside a black box and exposed to a stable
light source? The answer should be infinite and unpredictable. If there were a
machine that could predict the future and show all the possibilities, then the
answer would become concrete. In the meantime, how should the pixel's autonomy
be maintained?
"Stochastic Camera" is a
continuous art project that began in 2018. In version 0.2, re-examines and
rethinks machine learning image processing algorithmic logic. The project
starts with recording the melting of different ice balls over three hours. It
continues for eight days, capturing approximately 24 hours of ice ball melting
footage and converting it into raw pixel data for further processing. The
melting ice ball symbolises a future world where crystal balls used for
divination may no longer be needed while also existing as a refractive object
to extend the camera's lens. The "Stochastic Camera (version 0.2)"
utilises two independent formulas representing overall stability and individual
autonomy. These formulas are inspired by ensemble averaging and stochastic
processes, calculating the data's overall mean and predicting each pixel's
momentum, which results in two sets of pixel data and moving images.
