some sonnets are memories that asked to be reinvented
my poem, Plein Air, was one such poem, whose beginning was certain but whose ending was the longest mystery
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once again… full pitch guidelines here + i am more than happy to workshop any ideas folks might be noodling on!
app.notion.com/p/modal-com/P…
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i feel incredibly honored to help @felchang bring this vision to life before she heads off to iowa writers workshop in the fall - incredible perk btw: she will be your editor ;) although she and i disagree on the use of the oxford comma…
pitches we are most excited about:
+ discoveries in personal engineering
+ science fiction that is actually real industrial research
+ tools, systems or communities that are hiding in plain sight
+ technical practices with unexpected aesthetic, religious, social or emotional practices
+ old machines, protocols, crafts and rituals that continue to shape modern life
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btw… this super secret project is for @modal’s inaugural technology + art publication! an in-print + spiritual successor to modal’s art show with @GrayAreaorg in the fall
with this publication, we hope to explore the technological and mechanical systems underpinning the most strange, unlikely and fundamentally human places: a factory floor, a server rack, a park, a birding forum, a bathroom, a galaxy, a church pew, a music model.
full pitch guidelines here! app.notion.com/p/modal-com/P…
if you have any q’s feel free to DM me
i am on the hunt for extremely technical, detailed, but also deeply human writing/explorations around technology for a special project
this might look like a literal academic paper, a deep-dive in the history of a technology, a journey through a technical, personal project, a deeply researched profile/review of a book/exhibit/person
starting a thread here of strong examples that i will update in real-time
if you come across any writing like this or have a pitch for a piece of your own (paid), DM me!
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The pace of the AI news cycle is overwhelming -- and frankly feels high noise, low signal. So I've turned to slower media, like The Economist, for perspective.
At @modal, we're working on our own "slow medium" where we can share thoughtful perspectives: The Modal Review.
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i am on the hunt for extremely technical, detailed, but also deeply human writing/explorations around technology for a special project
this might look like a literal academic paper, a deep-dive in the history of a technology, a journey through a technical, personal project, a deeply researched profile/review of a book/exhibit/person
starting a thread here of strong examples that i will update in real-time
if you come across any writing like this or have a pitch for a piece of your own (paid), DM me!
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I'll be doing a live virtual Q&A with the @GrayAreaorg team about this open call for art pieces that explore new aesthetic possibilities with large-scale generative models and artificial intelligence.
$2k honorarium, $20k in GPU credits, and $5k in materials/production support.
Sign up here: luma.com/gj6lkiim
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we're running an art show in oct in collaboration with @GrayAreaorg.
we're looking for artists that push the forefront of creativity and computing potential – apply by july 15 modal.art
📢 We're partnering with @modal to offer a new development and exhibition opportunity for artists with sustained engagements in artificial intelligence and the arts.
This global open call seeks proposals for creative projects that demonstrate the intentional use of AI to further artistic expression.
Generative media, enabled by models trained at network-scale and proliferated by agentic systems, has opened an expansive toolkit for artists. As aesthetic practices evolve, how can artists help us interpret the new realities unlocked through scaling computation?
Against a prevailing narrative where inference equates to automation, homogenization, and slop, we think there’s another story. One where artists harness the inherent creativity of inference to expand perspectives, create novel forms, and suggest alternative ways of sensing the world.
Selected artists will receive:
📌 $2,000 honorarium
📌 Up to $5,000 in materials and production stipends
📌 Up to $20,000 value in Modal credits to use for custom model training and cloud GPU compute.
𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘: 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟭𝟱
Full details at modal.art/
The question of artistic agency goes beyond AI:
Art-making has always been expensive.
For this creative program, @modal is providing up to 20K in compute, 5K in materials support, and a 2K honorarium for each artist.
From gpus to oil paint, from servers to clay:
📢 We're partnering with @modal to offer a new development and exhibition opportunity for artists with sustained engagements in artificial intelligence and the arts.
This global open call seeks proposals for creative projects that demonstrate the intentional use of AI to further artistic expression.
Generative media, enabled by models trained at network-scale and proliferated by agentic systems, has opened an expansive toolkit for artists. As aesthetic practices evolve, how can artists help us interpret the new realities unlocked through scaling computation?
Against a prevailing narrative where inference equates to automation, homogenization, and slop, we think there’s another story. One where artists harness the inherent creativity of inference to expand perspectives, create novel forms, and suggest alternative ways of sensing the world.
Selected artists will receive:
📌 $2,000 honorarium
📌 Up to $5,000 in materials and production stipends
📌 Up to $20,000 value in Modal credits to use for custom model training and cloud GPU compute.
𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘: 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟭𝟱
Full details at modal.art/
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i joined @modal :)
we're creating a publication
The Modal Review - a literary print and digital publication, with a balanced mixture of dispatches, guest essays, poetry and art
excited for this one~
On May 30th, we're partnering with @OpenAIDevs and @AntlerGlobal to host an Autoresearch Systems Hackathon to tackle problems in data and compute-intensive domains.
