What is it?
This faux consumer device, branded with the fictional “Natur-Tronics Corporation,” imagines a world in which window views of natural scenes are replaced by algorithmically generated simulacra.
The video shown on the device was made by filming tree boughs waving dramatically in a strong breeze; downscaling them to a very small resolution; then repeatedly using an “AI” upscaler to generate more and more fictional detail.
The resulting imagery seethes seamlessly between blocks, bleary outlines, and crisply reimagined leaves; at times, off-base visuals creep in, such as telephone poles and buildings. From a distance, it does approximately resemble the original video captured by the artist; the differences are in the details.
Set in a rosewood instrument enclosure, its front panel was designed and engraved by the artist in aluminum composite material.