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Chiyogami Cursed Cat (2026)

Limited edition of 50 signed and numbered prints, each featuring a unique pattern. Hand-printed linocut on Japanese chiyogami paper with traditional woodblock-printed motifs. 39.5 × 27 cm.

 

 

Eva & Franco Mattes, Cursed Cat Edition

 

 

Using an AI model trained on our sculpture Cursed Cat, we let it generate an endless stream of new variations. Among the images it produced was a wooden stamp that had never existed. We turned that AI hallucination into a real object—a tool capable of generating images itself.

 

 

Eva & Franco Mattes, Cursed Cat Edition

 

 

Each print is the result of both machine and manual labor. A synthetic image is translated into a physical artifact, bringing together two image-making systems separated by centuries. Both operate through repetition and variation: one through statistical patterns distilled from vast datasets, the other through ink, pressure, and the hand-carved block.

 

 

Eva & Franco Mattes, Cursed Cat Edition

 

 

 

Eva & Franco Mattes, Cursed Cat Edition

 

 

 

Eva & Franco Mattes, Cursed Cat Edition