This project is deeply invested in exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence, consent, and visual culture. I use myself and the gallery attendees as participants to critically examine the ethics of AI-powered tools, such as Undress AI, and their unsettling implications. By making myself and others the subject of the work, I situate the project in a personal and communal space where vulnerability, agency, and control are at the forefront.
This project is a digital performance and visual critique that utilizes the controversial tool Undress AI to create deepfake nudes of myself and willing participants who visit the exhibition. By asking viewers to voluntarily allow their likenesses to be transformed, I question how consent operates in an age where technologies can strip it away with the click of a button. The resulting images are displayed within the gallery space, confronting viewers with a provocative and unsettling reality: their bodies, their identities, and their autonomy are not as secure as they may believe.
This work challenges the misuse of AI in ways that perpetuate harm, particularly against women and marginalized groups. Deepfake technology has often been weaponized, creating ethical dilemmas and real-world consequences for individuals whose images are manipulated without their consent. By creating this artwork, I aim to spread awareness of these issues, provoke conversation, and inspire critical reflection on how we interact with technologies that can dehumanize us. The project serves as an artistic act of resistance against the erosion of personal agency and consent in the digital age.
The project begins with the voluntary participation of gallery attendees who sign a consent form waiving their rights to the images created. I use a software tool to generate deepfake nudes of both myself and the participants, ensuring transparency about the process. The images are then presented in the exhibition space alongside the participants’ signed consent forms, making visible the fragile boundaries of consent when technology intervenes. Through this act, I turn the tool's invasive and predatory intent on its head, reclaiming agency by using it as a critical lens.
This work is not about exploitation—it is about exposing the systems that enable exploitation. It asks viewers to consider their own relationships with technology, privacy, and power. By implicating myself and those who choose to participate, I aim to hold a mirror to the ways technology redefines control and consent in contemporary society.
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