As part of the Light Years project, the artist has released 30 process works/sketches for collectors to help visualize the evolution of the algorithm and outputs. Lights Years is a study in contrast - light and dark, life and death, past and future, here and there - and was developed iteratively as I travelled around the world researching the late, great Bauhaus educator and artist László Moholy-Nagy.
Nearly one hundred years separate my birth from that of Moholy-Nagy, and despite that distance, I feel a deep connection to his work and what he represents. Not only do we share aesthetic sensibilities, but a vision for a future where technology and automation are appreciated for their creative and cultural potential, and not just as economic and political tools.

Light Years: Process Works

Lights Years is a study in contrast - light and dark, life and death, past and future, here and there - and was developed iteratively as I travelled around the world researching the late, great Bauhaus educator and artist László Moholy-Nagy.
Nearly one hundred years separate my birth from that of Moholy-Nagy, and despite that distance, I feel a deep connection to his work and what he represents. Not only do we share aesthetic sensibilities, but a vision for a future where technology and automation are appreciated for their creative and cultural potential, and not just as economic and political tools. 
With the support of his estate, I was able to dig deep into archives in North America and Europe and put together a series of works, through a process that I believe will help elucidate generative art’s connection to the history of art in the 20th century. It was documented thoroughly, and I hope you get the opportunity to watch the documentary put together by Fellowship. 
Although my artistic practice might feel light years away from the experimental and influential practice of Moholy-Nagy, throughout this project I was constantly reminded that our separation in time and space was not so distant: When you are automating art at the speed of light, things are much closer than they appear.
- Dmitri Cherniak

Artworks from LightYears are held in the permanent collections of LACMA (USA), Buffalo AKG (USA), and ZKM (Germany).

Dmitri Cherniak

Biography

"I’m interested in the intersection between art and technology—how systems can create something unexpected, even beautiful."

Exhibitions

Light Years: Process Works

Light Years