From original watercolor, limited edition of 50 Contextual Duration Art giclée prints on fine arts paper, signed and numbered by the artist. The artist’s inscription is added by hand, in pencil, after printing—marking the moment where generative process yields to embodied authorship.
From original watercolor, ChatGPT AI-assisted artwork with concept and direction by Mario Martinez, PsyD
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Contextual Duration Art (CDA) is the creation of neuropsychologist and surrealist painter Dr. Mario Martinez, exploring the horizons of algorithmic intelligence through guided human cognition in collaboration with ChatGPT.
Rather than treating AI as an author or tool of automation, Contextual Duration Art engages it as a field of resistance. The algorithm proposes. The human evaluates. Meaning emerges only when coherence is negotiated, not granted.
The process follows principles of neuropsychology:
- Gestalt before detail
- Context as a generator of meaning
- Scale shifts instead of force
- Attention over explanation
- Duration over instant legibility
When the algorithm overreaches, the human intervenes—not to dominate, but to restore ethical ambiguity.
