#william-morris

#william-morris

Normally, when you say artificial intelligence, it would typically conjure images of sleek servers and lightning-fast processing. But designer Max Park has taken a radically different approach. His project "Prompting Nowhere" transforms a vintage Singer treadle sewing machine into a thought-provoking AI system that challenges our assumptions about technology, labor, and human values. The project draws its name and inspiration from William Morris's 1890 utopian novel "News from Nowhere," which envisioned an anti-industrialist society where craft and art formed the backbone of civilization .

In 2020, I was 37 feeling conflicted about returning to the art world, yet the only way to make a decent living out of art is by operating in the high-end market.