24 minutes 20 seconds
HD color video with audio
Ai Bust 2022
20in x 18.5in x 17in
3D printed polyvinyl butyral
2 minutes 43 seconds
AI synthesized voice, audio from Commemorate of the Pickle Jar,
composed sound, 3D animation
Commemorate of the Pickle Jar 2022 is a multi-media installation consisting of a documentary-style short film, AI synthesized audio-visual work, and a 3D printed sculpture. The project's narrative involves the depiction and data collection of a person who is no longer present in this world. The process of data-collection is revealed through the short film of a series of interviews with relatives of the person and site-visit around Jiangxi province, China, taken in 2021. The film function as a source of data for the AI audio-visual work and 3D printed sculpture as a part of the effort to commemorate the individual. By using machine learning and photogrammetry, the depicted person is reconstructed with nuances taken from close relatives. The direct signifier of the person is obscured, while the collection of heritages reflects the essence. The heritages come in many forms; memories, objects, resemblance, and site. Turning heritages into data, turning a person's existence into data, is practiced with the technologies we encounter. This form of collecting and preserving is endless, and it does not leave us to forget certain things like Facebook reminds us of what we did years ago. This continuity of data collection allows this project to have no end and to continue remembering and commemorating the individual. Although the actual body is not shown at any point, the nuance of the person will be carried on and will continue its life in data form.