Jeroen van der Most “The Excel Works”
PoCo invites you to the launch of “The Excel Works”, a new exhibit by Jeroen van der Most, artist and former data scientist, known for blending technology, nature, and myth to challenge what art and being human means in the age of intelligent machines.
In “The Excel Works”, Most transforms one of the most rational, utilitarian tools in modern life, Microsoft Excel, into a surprising artistic medium. These works were created entirely within Excel using advanced vibe coding and merging code, data, and digital intuition.
“An ordinary computer can run these Excel artworks. They were made fully using cutting edge AI assisted programming. The flowers you see in the artwork are based on the output of a custom AI (GAN) model trained on ten thousands of flower pictures. The output of such a model can evolve indefinitely, endlessly morphing from flower to new flower. GAN models were the base for most creative AI art before the rise of current AI image and movie tools,” Jeroen says.
The exhibit is a meditation and a warning against the overreliance on AI, data and rationality. In a world shaped by ChatGPTs, likes, and KPIs, Most invites us to question whether we’re losing touch with the natural and the human.
Join us on 20 October for the unveiling of The Excel Works and a conversation with the artist and PoCo founder Linnar Viik.
Jeroen van der Most is an Amsterdam-based artist who has been combining traditional art with algorithms, data and artificial intelligence for over 10 years. His works have been featured in numerous international publications, including The Guardian, MIT Technology Review, TheNextWeb, Artnet, The Art Newspaper, and others.
Previously, PoCo has exhibited his work “Vegetable Vendetta”, which, in a curious and technologically clever way, uses artificial intelligence to enable a potato to market itself.
About the artist: jeroenvandermost.com
