AI Realism. Qantar 2022.
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AI Realism: Qantar, 2022 #2 Video Animation, 24 min Supported by Tselinny Center of Contemporary Culture, Kazakhstan In "AI Realism," Speech-to-text-to-image algorithms bring suppressed and distorted memories to life, processing the testimonies of victims and witnesses of political turmoil. By engaging with synthetic memory and imagination, this project reconstructs the emotional and historical landscape of Kazakhstan’s 2022 unrest. Drawing from past traumas like Stalinist repressions, Soviet nuclear tests, and environmental crises, it reflects on how AI can revive and reconstruct forgotten or suppressed collective memories. Born out of the tragic events of January 2022, when peaceful protests in Kazakhstan spiraled into violence, the project challenges how AI can empower independent voices amidst the manipulation of truth by political forces, fake news, and corporate power. AI Realism pushes us to question how synthetic memory can restore the voices silenced by authoritarian narratives and how technology can shape our understanding of historical and current events. #AIRealism #Qantar2022 #DigitalArt #SuppressedMemory #SyntheticMemory #PoliticalTrauma #Kazakhstan #TechForTruth #ArtAndMemory #DigitalReconstruction