Egor Kraft (b. 1986, Saint Petersburg) is an interdisciplinary artist and researcher based between Berlin, Moscow, and Vienna. He works at the intersection of arts, media, technology, film, critical design, and research, exploring the epistemics of human and non-human agencies, speculative models, and domain ontologies of information technologies. Kraft’s projects often involve AI systems and computational technologies in combination with traditional media.
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Five-channel video installation Air Kiss. Akkta, Kraft’s solo show at Anna Nova Gallery, Saint Petersburg, 2018
Ascending, 2011. This interactive installation takes the viewer into the labyrinths of virtual space on a quest for the meaning of life
Content Aware Studies series. For this project, Kraft used AI to reconstruct missing pieces of classical sculptures. Installation view. Alexander Levy gallery, Berlin, Germany. Machine learning assistance: Artem Konevskikh
Content Aware Studies series. Here, Kraft raises questions about abilities and creativity of AI, also exploring broader issues such as materiality
Chinese Ink, 2019. Installation view. Artificial Intelligence and Intercultural Dialogue exhibition at the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Chinese Ink, 2019. In this project, a network was provided with a database of thousands of inkblots created by spreading Chinese ink on calligraphic paper, and produced its own works. Technical support: Artem Konevskih, Anna Demidova
Still from the Hollow Domain video, 2010. The video is a visual metaphor of existential freedom, predominance of essence over existence, and conditionality of boundaries
I Print, Therefore I Am, 2014. Installation view. Printed Matter exhibition at the Museum of Printing. Part of Manifesta10 Parallel Programme, Saint Petersburg, 2014
Kickback, 2014. In this intervention, Kraft successfully returned a previously purchased white T-shirt to an H&M store after printing his text on it
New Color, 2011—ongoing. Online intervention: http://thenewcolor.net. On the project website, a fictitious company ACI announces a fictitious break-through consisting of a previously “undiscovered” primary colour
New Color, 2011—ongoing. Installation view. Akkta, Kraft’s solo show at Anna Nova Gallery, Saint Petersburg, 2018
The Link series, 2015–2016. Installation view. Art Prospekt Festival in Saint Petersburg, 2016
