Art & Technology: Long-Extinct Species ‘Imagined’

‘What is lost is (not) lost forever’ imagines how extraordinary species which have become extinct in the last few centuries would look today, had they survived.

angelo renna envisions how centuries-long extinct creatures would look today using midjourney
Hydrodamalis gigas (also called Steller’s sea cow): extinct large aquatic mammal

designboom (March 6, 2023) – To visualize this new AI-generated series, Italian architect Angelo Renna looks to scientific research and characteristic descriptions of these animals and plants, feeding them as text prompts to Midjourney to visualize their appearances. The project, he notes, is not de-extinction or a revival of extinct species but is instead an educative process to learn about other forms of life in history.

angelo renna envisions how centuries-long extinct creatures would look today using midjourneyConilurus albipes: extinct white-footed rabbit rat — a rodent related to rats, mice, and squirrels

angelo renna envisions how centuries-long extinct creatures would look today using midjourney

Arthropleura: extinct millipede arthropods that lived in North America and Europe around 345 to 290 million years ago

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