Publisher: Jbe Books, ISBN: 9782365680790, Author: K Allado-McDowell, Ilan Manouach, Format: Hardcover, 24.0 x 17.0 x 1.52 cm, 196pp
A graphic novel inspired by artbooks, Out Side is a unique collaboration between two leading digital artists: K Allado-McDowell and Ilan Manouach. Together, the two construct an extraordinary pictorial story in the manner of a comic strip, combining the exacting clarity of Allado-McDowell's post-internet vision with Manouach's conceptual and formal depth. Manouach has created the images with the help of Midjourney.
In the story, a young painter named Stone navigates the art world--meeting shady dealers and strange collectors--while pining for her long-lost parrot, Petey. Eventually, she finds her way into the upper echelons of technology, working as a VR designer. It is here that she discovers a conspiracy that will shake her understanding of reality itself. Blending layers of dreams, real life and simulation, Out Side explores the possibilities of storytelling with AI: creating a multiverse on the page that infiltrates our own mixed reality.