aka DoppleRender, the exhibition
Latent Space Cadet Navigator is an interactive art installation developed as a companion to the exhibition DoppleRender, where AI interprets and reimagines photographic realities.
This project allows viewers to explore a curated selection of AI-generated visuals created by navigating through the latent space of a generative model. These synthetic images are derived from original photographs and transformed into alternative realities that offer new perspectives on time, space, and visual memory.
This is a lightweight interactive kiosk interface, originally designed for an art exhibition shown at CROUS Orléans in March 2025. It runs on any recent Windows-compliant PC and includes:
- Three informative slides about the project (title, context, exploration links)
- A dynamically displayed gallery of generated images
- A section explaining the creation process using latent space traversal (derived from a Miro board)
- Built using HARFANG and Lua
This navigator is part of the DoppleRender exhibition. The installation offers a contemplative experience into how artificial intelligence can generate meaningful visual alternatives by exploring a space beyond human perception.
“Each point in the latent space corresponds to a possible version of an image. When we move through this space, each step slightly alters the image — adding or removing details, changing shapes and colors, shifting its mood or style.”
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Created by François Gutherz
Part of this project was first presented during Matricule Bis 2023
Supported by Crous Orléans-Tours & JACES 2025
(The system that supports this interactive kiosk is part of a VAE Master Research in Digital Arts - Paris 8)