Taketo Muroi - Latent grains 46

Technique: Promptography on fine art paper
Image size: 30 x 30 cm
Edition: 3 + 1 AP
Year: 2025

Latent Grains 46

Latent Grains 46 is one of the quietest and at the same time most radical works in the series. The image is almost dematerialized: A wide, milky color space stretches between a cool blue at the top and a densely packed violet field at the bottom edge. In between lies a broad, light-filled center that is less color than state – a zone of suspension, of openness, almost of dissolution.

Here, the connection to Zen Buddhism becomes particularly clear. Not in the sense of an illustration, but as an attitude: the image forgoes event, focus, and dramaturgy. It demands not seeing, but lingering. As in Zen, meaning is not anchored in the motif, but in the act of perception itself. The work is not empty—it is empty of intention .

At the same time, this exemplifies how AI works. From the same prompt, from the same structural input, a variant emerges that barely intends to be an "image" anymore. The AI ​​reduces, smooths, levels – and thus produces an aesthetic affinity to meditation. Differences become minimal, transitions crucial.

Latent Grains 46 feels like a breath between two thoughts. An image that explains nothing and, precisely because of this, leaves everything open. In Taketo Muroi 's practice, this work marks an extreme point: AI as a tool for emptying, not condensing. Color is not shown here, but experienced.