Rebellion

Rebellion is rooted in the Latin rebellis, meaning, “insurgent,” or “to wage war again.”

This period saw the addition of text-to-image models Stable Diffusion 2.1 and Kandinsky 2.1 to the art engine, broadening the scope of imagery that Botto can produce. Along with new aesthetic capabilities, the Rebellion period also reflects new curatorial perspectives, introducing downvoting to allow the DAO to share conviction about which styles or modalities that Botto should avoid.

The works within Botto’s Rebellion period recall American Regionalists like Thomas Hart Benton, or the Expressionist works of the early 20th century, demonstrating the artist’s continually expansive breadth and range.