Introduction
Amina Feld first saw a generated image imitate a mural style she knew from a community wall. It looked accomplished, but something about it felt unearned. The colours were there, the rhythm was not. The wall had been painted by people arguing, laughing and borrowing ladders.
Amina lives in Frankfurt am Main and leads workshops on generative AI for artists, youth centres and independent collectives. She does not teach tool worship. She teaches negotiation.
Story of the Path into AI
Amina came from graffiti, community art and small exhibitions in places that rarely receive corporate funding. When image models began copying styles with no visible origin, she first wanted to turn away. Then she decided artists needed to understand the tools well enough to defend their own work.
The scene was divided. Some celebrated the new speed; others wanted complete refusal. Amina looked for a third route. She studied licensing debates, dataset questions and ways to build small image archives with consent. Her first project was a poster series in which every generated draft was shown together with handwritten corrections and source notes.
The first exhibition did not run smoothly. Visitors thought the AI output was the finished work. Amina changed the layout so the corrections could no longer be ignored. The process had to become visible, not just the polished image.
Current Work
Today Amina runs workshops in which participants sketch first, generate variants second and discuss last which version still carries their voice. With teenagers, she often asks: What would you not let the machine change? That question opens better conversations than long warnings about copyright.
The measurable gain is not a portfolio of shiny pictures. Participants learn to speak about authorship, visibility and sources. Amina sees AI as a contested material. Used casually, it can flatten a style. Used critically, it can make people defend what is theirs more precisely.
Personal Advice
“Do not use AI to hide your style. Use it to define what you refuse to give away,” Amina says. Her advice to artists is to keep the sketch, the prompt, the rejection and the final choice in the same story.
Key Facts
Age and place: 33, Frankfurt am Main.
Background: community art, independent scene, migration perspective.
Entry into AI: poster series with generated drafts, handwritten corrections and source notes.
Focus today: art, rights and AI.
Typical tools: generative image models, license checks, workshop didactics.
Werkstattnotiz
Amina keeps one generated poster that was technically impressive and emotionally empty. She uses it when a group falls in love with surface too quickly. Her next workshop begins with scissors and markers before any model is opened, just to slow the room down.