Aderemilekun Olusoga - Artist in Residence for SLFMAE 2024
Scott Leroux Fund for Media Arts Exploration 2024 Recipient
Please Welcome Aderemilekun Olusoga to VP's Scott Leroux Residency Program!
It is our pleasure to announce Aderemilekun olusoga as the 2024 recipient of the Scott Leroux Fund for Media Arts Exploration (SLFMAE). In memory of Scott Leroux and supported by the Leroux family, the SLFMAE is an annual, month-long residency focused on the research and exploration of a specific technology and related aesthetic approaches. This year the residency is focused on working with the Analogue Video system.
About the Artist
Aderemilekun Olusoga
Aderemilekun “Oluuji” Olusoga is a self-taught Nigerian visual artist currently living in Canada, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience from the University of Winnipeg in 2022. His innate skill and affinity for philosophy, religion and science cultivate an array of intricate thoughts he communicates most effectively through his visual art. Frequently employing visual themes of layering, duality and symmetry, with conceptual themes of existentialism, nostalgia and community.
SLFMAE Research
During this residency, he aims to explore different avenues of comparison and combination of cutting-edge AI technologies with vintage analog video systems to research unfamillar forms of video manipulation and presentation.
Overall, his residency will encompass:
Trials comparing AI generated videos mimicking analog systems to authentic Analog systems, noting the similarities, differences and trying to understand why. He also plans to build a database with videos manipulated with analog systems and run prompts with an AI video generator to see what the neural network presents.
Alternatively, feeding the analog video systems with AI generated footage to explore the visual possibilities. More opportunities be explored based on conversations, observations and ideation.