In 2020 MSCHF created This Foot Does Not Exist, a GAN that generates and sends novel feet pics on demand, via text message. Feet are, by general scientific consensus, the most common non-sexual-body-part fetish. Produced as a niche fetishistic commodity, feet pics have all the perceived transgressive elements of more traditionally recognized pornography, but without relying on specific pornographic or explicit content.
All of the feet depicted in MSCHF’s This Foot Does Not Exist series are generated by this GAN: they are created from scratch and do not belong to humans. The canvases themselves are then painted by factory labor. The entire painting process is a black box, which outputs paintings of feet automatically from end to end.
Gallery-goers are invited to text 607-409-3339 and request feet pics, which will give them unique on-demand images. These images may be commissioned as paintings through the Feet Paintings series process. Speak to gallery staff for details.