Images situated terminology
Processual images
The process of diffusion that lies at the heart of image generation gradually translates an image made of noise into an image matching a prompt. The samples below show the various stages through which the generator go through in order to produce the final image. The first noise image is on the top left, the result is on the bottom right.

All the steps towards an image generated with Stable Diffusion XL and the prompt "Thinking, writing, practicing in circles"

All the steps towards an image generated with Stable Diffusion XL and the prompt "shared present across divisive cultural and historical differences; of a temporary unity of the present across the planet"

All the steps towards an image generated with Stable Diffusion XL and the prompt "The aesthetic is political precisely because of its ability to differentiate itself from the normally inconspicuous organization of our everyday lifeworld"
Reflexive images


