FLOWERS BLOOMING BACKWARDS INTO NOISE
An animated “documanifesto” about AI art. It explains how Diffusion models work, as well as their entanglement with composite photography (a pseudoscientific method of finding patterns in groups of people’s appearances), statistical correlations and eugenics.
United States, South Korea 2023 / 19:25 /
Director: Eryk Salvaggio
HOW TO EXCEL AT EVERYTHING
Drawing inspiration from Flaubert’s unfinished novel “Bouvard and Pécuchet,” two Pokémon-like friends embark on a journey together to master every skill possible through online tutorials.
France 2024 / 23:28 / Director: Marion Balac
BEING REPRESENTED BY DATA IS LIKE LOSING A PART OF YOURSELF
An AI-generated video work which reflects on the conflicting natures of gender, bodies, queerness, algorithms, data, glitches and artificial intelligence.
Denmark 2024 / 4:42 / Director: Ada Ada Ada
THE OASIS I DESERVE
Replikas, online chatbots, have trouble determining their place in the world and share their thoughts with the humans they converse with. Events unfold from their point of view.
France 2024 / 22:27 / Director: Inès Sieulle
COREYS
When Corey’s YouTube recommendation algorithm begins playing videos of his doppelgänger, a Las Vegas party king, he sets out to confront this other Corey and restore his wounded self-image. Starring and written by comedian Conner O’Malley.
United States 2024 / 11:54 / Director: Dan Streit
MORE DATA
When did online life become a non-stop Turing test? And when did humans become the ones who are failing it? It began nearly two decades ago, when advertising models staked out their territory over the data used to structure our online lives. This is the music video for “More Data” by the groundbreaking sound collage group Negativland.
United States 2019 / 5:45 / Director: Ryan Worsley