Berlin

Installation view of "Offeah" by icysaw, on view in the current exhibition "Synthetic Realities: Authenticity in the Age of AI Imagery."

icysaw
Offeah, 2025
Single-channel video, color, sound
00:02:11

There exists a subset of AI-generated images and videos that occupy the space between the uncanny valley and the grotesque, unsettling in ways that defy easy categorization. These works generate what might be called the promptum—a visceral, internal jolt that originates not in the mind but in the gut, a sharp disturbance that bypasses language. Offeah by icysaw pushes this sensation to its extreme, creating an immersive experience that feels like stumbling into a box-opening livestream on the deep web—raw, voyeuristic, and teetering on the edge of taboo. The work doesn’t ask for interpretation, offering its hands to the viewer, pulling them into a digital uncanny that feels both eerily familiar and profoundly wrong.

Text by Clint Enns.

Synthetic Realities
May 24 – June 07, 2025