Critically Extant
Critically Extant explores the scant information that circulates about the natural world, while pointing out the possibilities offered by AI when interacting with various forms of life to formulate speculative ecologies. Crespo trained algorithms from millions of images in the public domain of some ten thousand species in serious danger of extinction. The resulting models were used to generate visual representations of species with little or no presence on the Internet. Originally, the project was inaugurated as a digital exhibition using social platforms, in order to contribute to the daily consumption of digital content, understanding it as a means of raising awareness, and, potentially, of commitment in favor of ecosystems at risk.