Deep-fake goes legit, with Court Painter’s recent commercial poster
Court Painter’s digital likeness was licensed for use in a NO Smoking commercial poster.
Close up of the digital deep-fake demonstrates how indistinguishable it is from the real flesh & blood Court Painter! We dare you to detect a difference.
Word on the street is that Court Painter’s digital likeness was licensed for use in a NO Smoking commercial poster. As both technology and acceptance of ‘deep-fakes’ like this are improving, opportunities will soon abound for people with value attached to their names and likenesses….think CC (name available upon request).
CC(name available upon request) seen in digital form rocking’ the western vibe in a 10 cent poster.Example is a proof of concept.
So who controls a digital likeness of Court Painter? Can a Sunday painter sell his or her likeness in perpetuity, to paint pets when they’re long dead? Can a celebrity like Court Painter endorse cheap red wine without ever going near it or consuming it?
And what happens to the aspiring conceptual and performance artists who would otherwise have gotten the less-publicized exhibitions that could now go to the mere image of someone way more famous than they are? The possibilities are endless till the end of time!
