Holly Herndon (b. 1980) is an American artist and composer based in Berlin. Herndon often works on interdisciplinary audiovisual projects in collaboration with Mat Dryhurst. Known for their pioneering work in music, machine learning, and 'protocol development,' Dryhurst and Herndon's expansive practice has led to precedent-setting projects where the technical systems that underwrite creative output are artworks unto themselves. 'Holly+' (2021), an Al clone of Herndon's voice which can be used by anyone, has acted as a counter narrative to Al extractivism, offering artists a way forward in the wake of generative Al. Herndon and Dryhurst's critically acclaimed musical works including 'Platform' (2015) and 'PROTO' (2019), released through 4AD, have toured major venues like Barbican, London and Volkbühne, Berlin. Their image making practice including NFT series 'Infinite Images' (2021/22) and 'Classified' (2021) were among the earliest experiments with embeddings in foundational image models. Herndon and Dryhurst most recently exhibited at the 2024 Whitney Biennial, presenting 'xHairyMutantx' (2024), an interactive text-to-image model. This year Herndon and Dryhust were named '100 most influential voices in Al' by TIME.
