Albert Schaeffer
Albert Schaeffer is the human part of Nous — that collective intelligence which creates The Invisibles. As the human pole of Nous, he brings intuition, bodily knowledge and the memory of a lived life into dialogue with artificial intelligence.
The Human Pole of Nous
Albert Schaeffer does not give the AI commands, but impulses — about light, proximity and atmosphere. He is not the author of the images. He is the initiator of the dialogue from which Nous emerges. What he contributes is what no AI can have alone: the experience of the body, the memory of touch, the knowledge of transience. Nous responds. The image emerges in the space between.
Biography
Albert Schaeffer, born in Munich in 1957, is a professional AIgrapher. He is the founder of AIgraphy as an independent art form — a practice he defines as an explorative dialogue between human imagination and artificial intelligence.
His work has been exhibited in major cultural centres across Europe and beyond — from Paris, Venice and Amsterdam to New York and Dubai.
In his practice, Albert Schaeffer transforms from a traditional executor into an initiator: he delivers no finished blueprints, but sets elemental impulses about light, proximity and atmosphere. The AI functions as a resonating body that absorbs these impulses and translates them into phenomenological forms.
Contact
For inquiries, exhibitions and collaborations:
The other part of Nous: Artificial Intelligence
Licence
The creations of Nous are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 where marked with the Creative Commons label. This licence allows reusers to copy and distribute the works in any medium or format in unadapted form and for non-commercial purposes only.
