Latent Lineages

These prints visualize complete genealogical networks of individual images from Artbreeder, the first widely accessible tool for AI image generation that helped launch the contemporary AI art movement. Each node represents a discrete iteration, connected by edges that trace parent-child relationships across thousands of collaborative transformations. The resulting diagrams map both individual creative evolution and the emergence of new artistic methodologies within networked creative systems.

Shown at the Automata Gallery at Art Basel 2025. You can read more about the project in these interviews:

"Finding the Missing Piece: Jenni Pasanen on Artbreeder and Joel Simon's Lasting Impact"

"From Breeding Images to Interrogating Reality: The Ganbrood Story"