This publication approaches artificial intelligence in art not as a breakthrough to be celebrated, nor as a threat to be feared.
We write for artists, listeners, and thinkers who sense that something essential is being overlooked —
where technical achievement is mistaken for expression, and generation is confused with creation.
We are not interested in tools for their own sake.
We are interested in what happens to meaning when creation becomes instantaneous.
In music and the arts, we treat AI as a mirror, not a voice.
A system that reflects our aesthetic habits, our repetitions, and our obsessions — often with unsettling clarity.
We explore why some sounds endure while others fade quickly,
why polish can feel empty,
and why presence cannot be optimized or automated.
This is not a space for prompts, hacks, or productivity narratives.
It is not a gallery of novelty.
Our aim is to articulate what remains human in creative work:
intentionality, insistence, risk, and the slow accumulation of meaning over time.
We believe that:
- Completion is not the same as presence
- Efficiency does not produce significance
- And not everything that can be generated deserves to exist
This manifesto is for those who understand that art is not defined by output,
but by why it had to exist in the first place.