Sean Lowry

Edition: 01-A1

Complexity

Text prompt

Is it our nature as a virus in clothes to make cities and internets of ineffable complexity?

Parameters

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Midjourney Job ID #

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Prompt Author

Sean Lowry

Discord Message Link
https://discord.com/channels/1034071476338434089/1034071477290553407/1044934524351553680

Date Commenced

23.12.22

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Sean Lowry – Author’s Response

Collectively and individually, the images constitute an uncannily over-familiar yet ambiguously demarcated hybrid of faux-surrealist, generic dystopian gamer, mutant socialist realist, photojournalist mush that effectively sums to zero across a hyperbolically distorted and historically flattened multi-temporal present.

I feel like I do when have had too much salty and fatty food in a huge but sparsely peopled mall …

I feel like I do when have had too much salty and fatty food in a huge but sparsely peopled mall or airport late at night at a time when the distant din of machines and multiple audio-visual content still manages to drown out any discernibly human sounds.

SL 01-06-2023

Edition: 05-B1F

History

Text prompt

Our present can at times seem wider than history is deep

Parameters

–ar 3:2

Midjourney Job ID #

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Prompt Author

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Discord Message Link

https://discord.com/channels/1034071476338434089/1034071477290553407/1076752370605752350

Date Commenced

03.01.23

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Edition: 13-A4DFB

History

Text prompt

Our present can at times seem wider than history is deep

Parameters

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Midjourney Job ID #

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Prompt Author

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Discord Message Link

https://discord.com/channels/1034071476338434089/1034071477290553407/1076755328256979005

Date Commenced

03.01.23

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Edition: 02-A41

Complexity

Text prompt

Is it our nature as a virus in clothes to make cities and internets of ineffable complexity?

Parameters

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Midjourney Job ID #

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Prompt Author

Sean Lowry

Discord Message Link
https://discord.com/channels/1034071476338434089/1034071477290553407/1076717396271841351

Date Commenced

23.12.22

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Edition: 20B-A3BD

History

Text prompt

Our present can at times seem wider than history is deep

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Midjourney Job ID #

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Prompt Author

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Discord Message Link

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Date Commenced

03.01.23

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Edition: 22B-A2C

History

Text prompt

Our present can at times seem wider than history is deep

Parameters

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Midjourney Job ID #

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Prompt Author

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Discord Message Link

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Date Commenced

03.01.23

Parent grid

MidJourney Job ID :: 15fcfdcd-d1b5-48b5-ab0b-76c8d1ea5114

Edition: 20B-A4BCB

History

Text prompt

Our present can at times seem wider than history is deep

Parameters

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Midjourney Job ID #

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Prompt Author

Sean Lowry

Discord Message Link

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Date Commenced

03.01.23

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MidJourney Job ID :: 08b732cc-109d-4692-8685-e51a4cdf00b

Edition: 16-A4CB

Complexity

Text prompt

Is it our nature as a virus in clothes to make cities and internets of ineffable complexity?

Parameters

–ar 3:2

Midjourney Job ID #

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Prompt Author

Sean Lowry

Discord Message Link

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Date Completed

23.12.22

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Slideshow Editions: 03-A2B, 03-A3H, 13-A2D, 14-A1C, 15-A2C, 19-A2EB, 19-C2

Complexity

Text prompt

Is it our nature as a virus in clothes to make cities and internets of ineffable complexity?

Parameters

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Prompt Author

Sean Lowry

Discord Message Link

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Date Commenced

23.12.22

First parent image (03-A2B)

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Lat parent image (19-C2)

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The Complexity series

Production Details

Image production dates: 24-10-2022 to 31-01-2023

Editions :: 232

Parent Grids :: 21

First Discord instance:

https://shorturl.at/hlnpS

Image series citation:

Lowry, S., Goodwin, M. & Midjourney, “Sean Lowry – Complexity,” in Slow Down Time, Goodwin, M. Ed. Melbourne: Word Press, April 17, 2023, https://slowdowntime.com/sean-lowry/

Production Contact Sheet

The History series

Production Details

Image production dates: 24-10-2022 to 19-02-2023

Editions :: 127

Parent Grids :: 27

First Discord instance:

https://shorturl.at/qvJNY

Image series citation:

Lowry, S., Goodwin, M. & Midjourney, “Sean Lowry – History,” in Slow Down Time, Goodwin, M. Ed. Melbourne: Word Press, April 17, 2023, https://slowdowntime.com/sean-lowry/