{"id":7039,"date":"2023-05-05T13:33:07","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T13:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cavil.com\/involvebias\/?page_id=7039"},"modified":"2026-04-19T20:55:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T20:55:25","slug":"looking-through-an-ad-window","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cavil.com\/involvebias\/looking-through-an-ad-window\/","title":{"rendered":"Coin of the Realm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Looking through An Ad Window<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Coin<\/figure>\n\n\n\n


\u201cCoin of the Realm\u201d shows what an iPhone depicts when an advertisement is between it and the view. Looking through a cloak of publicity suspends belief in objectivity, neutrality, and stability. The landscape is riddled with glitch; this is unaltered camera output. Instagram once tagged it branded content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is information in ambiguity, and ambiguity in information. Two sides of the same coin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These photos are made through the window of a bus whose exterior is covered with a see-through ad. Focussed on the ad\u2019s dot pattern, the camera produces abundant and exuberant so-called malfunctions, rendering the scenery like a malleable illusion. The closer one looks, the more difficult it is to decipher. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Coin
2025-08-14 14.07.19, 2022, archival inkjet on paper, dimensions TBD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

My iPhone uses iOS 18.1, software released in 2024 which their press release mentions admitted potential for “unreliability and hallucinations1<\/sup>“. So, I’ve made this work with AI? Not really. A digital camera designer described it as computational photography, not AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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