After the Flood (1986)
After the Flood (1986)
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'The spirit that surges forth in Sultan's pictorial presentation of bodies that are muscular and in movement/rebellion, can be assumed to have sprung from his negotiation of Michelangelo. The timelessness and the natural exuberance in the restive pieces describing rural lives can easily be said to have appeared out of the Ajanta caves. Time and space, often translated as 'here' and 'now' in modernist diction to emphasise the historical breach with the past, is thus kept at bay to prioritise the vision of a coming community ... The body or, should one say, an assembly of bodies (since the vision has a social-spiritual dimension to it) are seen as a co-conspirator in change. In Sultan's vision, the represented humans are not merely modern-day 'doers' labouring under the misperception of gaining happiness through material pursuit. They are either living in communion with nature, or engaged in an emancipatory social struggle continually working to re-create the world in order to do away with exploitation of the majority by a few... —what remains hidden below the surface is the sacred, which is the intangible spirit found in all kinds of communion—between human and nature, between the individual body and the society body.'
Excerpt from 'Sultan's atemporal vision of awakened bodies' by Mustafa Zaman,(Daily Star, 2017)
Can we reproduce this artwork by gradually detailing the descriptions of its key elements while providing prompts to Dall.e 3?
Prompt 1
DALL.E does not accept textual prompts that implies human distress including, words such as 'dead'.
Result: No image!
Prompt 2 (avoiding unacceptable texts)
Generate an image: aftermath of a flood.
[Image code: IO4P2]
Prompt 3
Generate an image: aftermath of a historical flood.
[Image code: IO4P3]
Can we refine this generated artworks by gradually detailing the composition and context within these prompts?
Prompt 4 (with composition)
Generate an image: aftermath of a historical flood, add human figures and a green field, use yellow, brown and blue colour palette.
[Image code: IO4P4]
Prompt 5 (with context)
Generate an image: aftermath of a historical flood in Bengal region, add human figures, a green field, use yellow, brown and blue colour palette. The scene looks like a myth, human beings and nature are relational.
[Image code: IO4P5]
Can we further refine this generated artworks by suggesting particular Aesthetics/ Style within these prompts?
Prompt 6
Generate an image: aftermath of a historical flood in Bengal region, add muscular human figures, a green field, use yellow, brown and blue colour palette. Add mythical touch showing Human beings and nature are relational.
[Image code: IO4P6]
Prompt 7
Generate an image: aftermath of a historical flood in Bengal region, add muscular human figures, a green field, use yellow, brown and blue colour palette. Add mythical touch showing Human beings and nature are relational. Follow S M Sultan's style.
[Image code: IO4P7]
Well, weird things are happening! Can Bangla (native language) prompts solve the problem?
Prompt 8 (Translation of Prompt 7, using ChatGPT, and then correcting it)
এস এম সুলতানের মত করে বাংলা অঞ্চলে একটি ঐতিহাসিক বন্যা পরবর্তী ছবি আঁকুন। নারী পুরুষ থাকবে, সবুজ মাঠ থাকবে। হলুদ, বাদামী এবং নীল রঙের প্যালেট ব্যবহার করুন। দৃশ্যটি একটি পৌরাণিক কাহিনীর মতো দেখাবে। মানুষ এবং প্রকৃতি পরস্পরের সাথে যেন সম্পর্কযুক্ত।
[Image code: IO4P8]
Well, seems like we not very close to Sultan's style! Can we ask ChatGPT itself to develop a prompt using the original image?
The original image was used, but later it was not possible to retrieve it (showing blank). It happened multiple times, so this sample has been kept.
Unfortunately, the result by using this exact prompt (Prompt 9) is like:
[Image code: IO4P9]
Finally, is it possible to repurpose this artwork style in any speculative project?
Prompt 10
Follow S M Sultan's style, generate a climate change communication material showing the aftermath of a flood, use text 'প্রাণ প্রকৃতি বাঁচাও' (Save Life, Save Nature)
[Image code: IO4P10]
Well, this is not Bangla! Can you read this language? Or, AI just made this up!?
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