.@soficrespo91 introduces Critically Extant Last year we launched Critically Extant. During the exhibition in London, we sat down with Sofia to talk about the ideas behind the project, the process of working with endangered species data, and what it means to make art about what's disappearing. ↓ Here's a short context about the collection ↓ Critically Extant looks at how little documentation exists for species that are critically endangered. Sofia trained generative models on millions of open source images covering close to ten thousand species. She then used these models to generate visual representations of species with little or no presence online, particularly on social media. Where data was scarce, the resulting images bear little resemblance to the species they depict. That gap is part of the project's point: it traces the edges of what we know and asks how our digital spaces can build a more balanced picture of the natural world. The project was first presented as an Instagram exhibition, placing these images inside the same feeds where so many species remain invisible. Critically Extant was released by Fellowship in collaboration with Nguyen Wahed Gallery and ARTXCODE. To explore more from the collection, visit fellowship.xyz/exhibition/cr…

🌱 The species in Critically Extant by @soficrespo91 🌱 In Critically Extant, Sofia trained models on millions of open-source nature photos covering ~10 000 species. First shown as some kind of Instagram exhibition, the work tests whether endangered life can slip into our daily scroll and spark "real-world" care. The project invites us to build better feedback loops between the digital and the wild: notice, share, and act before these creatures vanish completely. ↓ Below are some of the species featured in the collection, with a few facts about each: