ISSUE No. 3
Beauty was never meant to follow the rules.
Discover /Altered District Issue No. 3: Beauty & Rebellion, a 196-page exploration of imagination, identity, and the unconventional, featuring an international collection of generative AI artists challenging how we see and define beauty.
Guest-edited by Rebecca Smith, with cover artwork by Steve Powell.
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MICHElle Sterling
Michelle explores beauty, identity, and constructed images through generative AI, questioning the ideals and expectations that shape our self-perception.
Saaz JS
Saaz uses generative AI to interpret social and political realities, examining protest, representation, and artists' responsibilities when reimagining real-world events.
ANNA PEREIRA
Drawing on her modeling background, Anna creates surreal fashion imagery that explores representation, identity, and the relationship between artistic vision and original creativity.
Wildy Martinez
Wildy challenges conventional ideals of beauty through fashion and generative AI, celebrating visible differences, individuality, and inclusive representation.
Dan Cooper
Dan creates cinematic, atmospheric worlds where photographic discipline meets generative AI, embracing imperfection and contradiction as essential qualities of believable imagery.
steve Powell
Steve Powell is the cover artist for Issue No. 3, bringing his distinctive visual imagination to the issue's exploration of beauty and rebellion.
TEAM Awedacity
Through AWEDACITY and PromptDisco, Nathania and Stephanie explore how women's lived experiences, intuition, and diverse perspectives can shape a more nuanced, inclusive form of artificial intelligence.
Shannon Bulrice
Shannon's darkly surreal imagery blurs the line between tenderness and unease, challenging conventional notions of beauty while exploring vulnerability, identity, and the emotions we often overlook.
Niara Frossard
Niara brings a distinctive visual perspective to generative art, exploring creative expression through imagined imagery and contemporary aesthetics.
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