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MONTANA CANS LOOKBOOK #9 2024

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Montana Cans LOOKBOOK 2024 – back in black! We’re happy to unveil the Montana Cans LOOKBOOK for 2024, and this edition is particularly special! It’s been an exhilarating year, filled with events, collaborations, and of course, our continuous commitment to fostering the vibrant culture of graffiti and street art. The past year, we’ve journeyed through numerous Jams and events, championing the graffiti culture and creating opportunities for artists to interact and showcase their work. Our involvement ranged from facilitating platforms for emerging talents to celebrating the contributions of legendary figures in the graffiti world. And let’s not forget, we also expanded our innovative product lines! #montanacans #germanspraypaint https://www.montana-cans.blog/the-new-montana-cans-lookbook-2024/↗

Their adventure delivers

Their adventure delivers unusual results across various mediums, oscillating between artificial intelligence and intelligent artists. Graffiti writers are, by nature, creative beings and masters of repurposing whatever they find. Whenever circumstances do not look promising, writers are keen on finding ways to modify and hack conditions to their favor. Looking for tools to reappropriate does not necessarily have limits in the physical realm. The software is used the same way the founders re-contextualized spray cans from an industrial setting and transcended the tool into the art world. This project unveils many parallels to the approach of the graffiti pioneers in New York back in the 1970s. Their playful approach draws much strength from an uncompromising purity and naivety, which Gradient Descent tries to re-discover now with the help of new technology. The software is used the same way the founders re-contextualized spray cans from an industrial setting and transcended the tool to the art world. 96 Recap GRADIENT DESCENT

The final exhibition displayed not only the publication but also elements of the projects process. The textile was created as a unique way to show off some of the results of the AI process. Spreads from the final publication ‘Gradient Descent’ which documented the process of generating the artworks. Gradient Descent – from neural to railway networks, is still available at select retailers. Recap GRADIENT DESCENT 97

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