Michail Rybakov

My playful gradient.horse project went viral - but exploded in different online communities at different moments. This gives us the opportunity to explore how people coming from these communities draw horses. The horses shown here were selected randomly o

So many apps, life coaches and philosophers to save us from mindless browsing, but I see mindless browsing as unavoidable. Not because of some technical or legal thing, but because mindless browsing is a good thing. We need it. Mindless browsing is like a

Since gradient.horse went online in January 2026, six months have passed, and more than 600 000 horses (and non-horses) were drawn. There are now more horses on gradient.horse than in the wild.The image model I trained to filter out vandalism works very w

Since gradient.horse went online in January 2026, six months have passed, and more than 700 000 horses (and non-horses) were drawn. There are now more horses on gradient.horse than in the wild. The image model I trained to filter out vandalism works very

I've started designing custom film cameras, and needed tools to understand what kind of tolerances and imperfections can I get away with when guessing focusing distances. And more importantly, what kind of image would a lens create, and how the field of v

I really hate it when I'm exposed to some horrible news online, and feel powerless. There is nothing I can do, I am not responsible, and yet at the same time I have this feeling "this shouldn't be happening". There is a temptation to immedi...

This image is taken with a (60 year old) Bronica C medium format camera, with a (120 year old) Petzval-type lens. img src="../images/hiq/bronica_SDIM8504.jpg" data-src="../images/hiq/bronica_SDIM8504.jpg" data-srcset=" /images/hiq/bron...

An essay on the warmth of the machines

Alvin Lucier's 1981 work