VGC1K_GENESIS is the genesis image from VQGAN_CLIP-1000. This is the very first output and base for the artworks. It was fed back into each iteration to make sure all outputs were treated equally. VQGAN_CLIP-1000 is a limited generative art series created using generative adversarial networks turning text into images. The collection was created from the following phrase "in the distance dark clouds covered the background as luminescent glows crept into the foreground". The machine was ran 1000 times. Every 1000th output was saved from each iteration.