D-AI

The media is so susceptible to interests and dominant forces that it becomes difficult to distinguish between what is objective and what is manipulated. The advent of artificial intelligence has only generated more confusion and bewilderment.

In “D-AI,” the aim is to reflect on this issue and seeks to awaken critical awareness, fostering debate around the information we consume in the era of post-truth and artificial intelligence. It is crucial to question the direction this alteration of reality is leading us.

Building upon a previous project by Rojo Sache, “Dai,” which questioned the media exploitation of murders committed in remote areas of civilization, this new work takes the form of a newspaper, compiling different news events (crimes), where both the texts and images (variants of the original photographs) have been developed by artificial intelligence. In this way, a new, more unsettling, ambiguous, and disturbing reality is generated.

*Winner of the Belfast Photo Festival 2024.

*Finalist in the Best Photography Book of the Year of PhotoEspaña 2024.

*Finalist in the Singapore International Photography Festival 2024 (Singapur).

*Selected in the Photobook Award of the Encontros da Imagem Festival 2024 (Portugal).

Rojo Sache

They are the artistic duo composed of Rosa Isabel Vázquez and Jose Antonio Fernández.

Both are visual artists, teachers, and directors of the La Máquina school. They are also authors of reference educational books such as Personal Photographic Project, Fearless with Flash, Fearless Portrait, and Fearless Photography.

As creators, they have developed an extensive body of work and have participated in festivals such as PhotoEspaña, International Photography Festival of Arles (France), Belfast Photo Festival (UK), Singapore International Photography Festival, Encontros da Imagem (Braga, Portugal), Padova PhotograPhia (Padua, Italy), and the Festival Outono Fotográfico (Galicia), among many others.

Their works have been awarded in numerous international competitions such as the Art Laguna Prize (Italy) or the Belfast Photo Festival (UK). Among the national awards, they stand out with 13 National Professional Photography Awards (Lux Awards).