Diego bonilla's requiem diurnus: death and materiality in conjunction
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https://doi.org/10.5007/1807-9288.2025.e109169Keywords:
Femicide, Artificial intelligence, Digital Art, Requiem Diurnus, MaterialityAbstract
This article analyzes Diego Bonilla's Requiem Diurnus (2024), an intermedia project that employs data journalism and artificial intelligence (ChatGPT, DALL-E) to construct a digital aesthetic memorial addressing femicides perpetrated globally. The study's methodology involves a textual and visual analysis of the project's posters, interpreting how the themes of death and the materiality of the works are combined therein. Theoretically, the work draws on Diana Russell, Marcela Lagarde, and Rita Segato for discussions on femicide; Diego Bonilla and Rodolfo Mata for reflections on literature and computer technology; and Vilém Flusser for the concept of technical images and their material dimensions. The article explores how Bonilla utilizes AI to collect data, generate images, and compose poems, thereby making transparent the technical processes involved. It exposes the critical and aesthetic dimensions of femicide, emphasizing the project's capacity to restore victim subjectivity and stimulate critical discussions on AI, art, and politics.
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