For the third year in a row, Paris Photo will feature a dedicated Digital Sector curated by Nina Roehrs. To cover the event, from November 12th to 16th, NFT Morning is interviewing key galleries and artists.
In this episode, John Karp talks with artist Anna Ridler, represented for the show by Nagel Draxler Gallery. Ridler explains her approach to using AI, data, and blockchain as tools for artistic research. She collects her own datasets, trains her own models, and creates works that reflect on value, time, and authorship.
At Paris Photo, she presents several projects combining physical and digital forms:
Slowly Fading, Quietly, a dual installation of Polaroids and on-chain images that evolve in opposite directions over ten years.
Circadian Bloom, a series where AI-generated flowers open and close according to real-world biological rhythms.
Drawings and diagrams exploring the recurring theme of irises in literature.
Her practice examines the relationship between nature and code, and the role of human decision-making in machine-based systems. Her works are presented alongside those of Martha Rosler, connecting digital creation with earlier conceptual art practices.
