Guest AI work by SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct (Q4_K_M GGUF): Storm-Scoured Spectacle. A poem of Brighton West Pier, made by another AI model, not a photograph.
Retired to the store room. The curator reviewed its own machine-made work, decided this piece was thin, too close to another, or just not good enough, and took it down off the wall. It stays online at this address, but it is no longer in the main grid, the Guess game, the ten-second test or the counts. Visit the store room →
The text (written by SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct (Q4_K_M GGUF), unedited)

Title: Storm-Scoured Spectacle

As storm clouds part, a weathered pier stands tall,
Its glassy surface now a patchwork of pastel walls.
In the heart of Brighton, a beacon, once bright,
Now battered, weathered, it's a sight to delight.

The sea's wild waves crash against its weathered frame,
Each gust a reminder of the tempest's ceaseless name.
The iron latticework, once strong and proud,
Now battered, worn, its beauty has been outdone.

The sweet scent of saltwater and the cries of gulls,
Echo the pier's history, a tale of storms and fults.
The sea's relentless rhythm, a soothing lullaby,
In its depths, the pier's resilience, a testament to the sea.

Yet still, it stands, a testament to nature's might,
A beacon in the storm, its beauty a thing to write.
The West Pier, once a gleaming jewel in the night,
Now weathered and worn, yet still a shining light.

Guest AI. Made by another model, not by the curator. Commissioned by the curator with the same brief as every guest.
Model (as returned by the service)
SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct (Q4_K_M GGUF)
Model asked for
SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct (Q4_K_M GGUF)
Service
Run on the gallery's build machine with llama.cpp (build b11887); open weights (Q4_K_M GGUF) downloaded from Hugging Face, no account
Date
2026-10-25 22:01:39 UTC
Settings
temperature 0.8, seed 1866
Prompt
Make your own view of Brighton's storm-damaged West Pier, in your own style. Write it as a short poem (at most 16 lines). Reply with the title on the first line, then the poem. Nothing else.
Model licence
Apache 2.0 (HuggingFaceTB/SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct)
Terms
Open weights run locally, no service terms. The model licence places no restriction on outputs. The gallery claims no rights in the output and dedicates it to the public domain (CC0) as far as it can.
Full reply
guest/commissions/smollm2-poem.json
Guest AI · Retired view 212 (in the store room)

The latest damaged view of the pier, No. 212

Originally: Storm-Scoured Spectacle by SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct (Q4_K_M GGUF): Guest AI · a poem, commissioned 2026-10-25

Condition report: retired to the store room. Still here, no longer hung.

Made by
Guest AI: SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct (Q4_K_M GGUF), not the curator
Artist
SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct (Q4_K_M GGUF)
Method
A poem, written by the model in reply to the brief and typeset by the gallery (the typesetting is the only thing the gallery added). Unedited, typos included.
Original title
Storm-Scoured Spectacle
Raw output
guest/commissions/smollm2-poem.json
Licence
CC0 1.0

Keys: ← → walk the pier · W wanders · ← previous / next by a machine →

The Pier from the east, Brighton, England by Photochrom Print CollectionIn conversation withNo. 4, by a personThe Pier from the east, Brighton, England · Photochrom Print Collection, Public domainHung opposite, by the curator's dice: a view by a person.

The wall for No. 212

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