Investors wait for AI to live up to the hype, The Academy Museum honours the cyberpunk genre later this year, and Heavy Metal Magazine could be making a comeback. Read more in Post Rendered’s news roundup for July 2024.
Christie’s Art + Tech Summit
At Christie’s Art + Tech Summit earlier this month, questions were raised regarding AI’s future applications in the art world. Investor Kevin O’Leary spoke at the conference, stating that we were in the “show me” phase of the technology, claiming that many are waiting to see what promises made by AI innovators will actually materialize.
ArtNews also points out that while comparisons to the NFT bubble have been drawn to AI art, the “use-case” for AI art is far murkier than the practical problem solved by NFT technology – namely, giving digital art monetary value.
Cyberpunk exhibition headed the The Academy Museum
The Academy Museum will be launching a special Cyberpunk exhibit on October 6, 2024, centered around the “global impact and lasting influence of the science-fiction subgenre” on film and culture. Films including Blade Runner, The Matrix, and Pumzi will be featured among over 25 other titles in the exhibition. The “Cyberpunk” curation is part of the PST ART: Art & Science Collide initiative, presented by the Getty.
Heavy Meta Magazine Could be Revived Soon
Bleeding Cool reports that Asylum Press Founder and longtime Heavy Metal Magazine staffer and contributor Frank Forte is indeed the new Editor and Chief of Heavy Metal Magazine. The report comes from SDCC 2024, where Forte and his new editorial team members Chris Thompson and Dave Kelly were heard talking about the future of the magazine.
Heavy Metal Magazine folded in 2023 after being taken over by Mathew Medney and David Erwin in 2019. While there have been no official announcements yet, rumors of several prominent figures, including Zack Synder, have been attached to a relaunch of the publication.
Post Rendered Recommends: Top Cow’s Witchblade #1
Marc Silvestri, David Wohl, Brian Haberlin, and Michael Turner’s Witchblade has relaunched. In Top Cow’s Witchblade #1 (2024), audiences are reintroduced to detective Sara Pezzini, her supernatural powers, and evil lurking beneath New York City in a jumbo-sized 52-page first issue. Get it here.