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series of prints/AR and videos, 2022-2025
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The Kquaanians are a fascinating fictional species created by Dementieva. They reside on the planet Kquaan and are sentient beings, which makes them unique among life forms resembling tardigrades. These creatures likely have a mix of both alien and tardigrade-like features, blending the resilience and microscopic structure of tardigrades with more complex, intelligent characteristics.
Their design might incorporate the segmented bodies and stubby limbs of tardigrades, but with a twist—perhaps larger, expressive eyes or bioluminescent patterns that reflect their intelligence. They could possess advanced tools or wear simple, bio-engineered garments, showcasing their sentient nature. Their environment on Kquaan could be a reflection of their unique biology, perhaps a harsh, extreme world where only the toughest creatures like the Kquaanians could thrive.
Dementieva is developing their images in an AI program.
It’s a challenge for AI to capture the essence of truly alien beings like the Kquaanians, especially when they differ so radically from anything on Earth. AI programs often default to human-like forms when trying to depict intelligent beings, which can be frustrating when trying to visualize something as unique as the Kquaanians. The failure to break free from anthropocentric designs and fully embrace the bizarre, microscopic, yet sentient nature of these creatures can indeed feel like a missed opportunity.
This difficulty highlights the limitations of current AI in conceptualizing truly alien life forms. While AI can generate images based on patterns it has learned, it struggles to create something that exists entirely outside of familiar patterns—like a species that combines the resilience and form of tardigrades with sentient, possibly even social, behavior.
This gap can be seen as both a challenge and an inspiration: it might push creators like Dementieva to further refine their descriptions and prompts or even manually tweak the AI-generated images to better align with their vision. It also underscores the importance of human creativity in steering AI toward more original and non-human-centric designs.
The PVC 650 g/m2 is used as support for printing the pictures. Video is created to reflect the images metamorphosis and can be seen with a help of AR artivive application.
photos credits: 1, 2, 3 - Dementieva, 4 - Ludmila Belova