Operative ekphrasis: the collapse of the text/image distinction in multimodal AI

• Published in: Word & image (London. 1985) Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 77 - 90
• Main Author: Bajohr, Hannes
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 02.04.2024; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Artificial intelligence; Critical AI Studies; Ekphrasis; Information; Neural networks; Paradigms; Poetry; Visual arts; visual poetry

This article discusses the implications of multimodal artificial intelligence (AI), including image generators such as DALL·E, for the traditional concept of ekphrasis. Using ekphrasis as an example of 'thinking with AI', it takes up the suggestion that in the digital realm ekphrastic rela...