FALLEN OBJECTS

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    For my senior thesis at Portland State University, I worked collaboratively with an AI, GPT-2, to generate fictional objects that I then made real.

Using both digital and physical techniques, I created a series of digital art objects that bring these prompts to virtual life.


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JUSTINE’S

INPUT: A menu from a restaurant called

OUTPUT: "Justine's". Upstairs there is a certain exhibit on the history of life on Earth...

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MENU




ORIGINAL 15


HUNTER

INPUT: I was cleaning out my dad’s attic when I found an old VHS called “

OUTPUT: The Hunter” i was stunned by the massive amount of carnage ...

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VHS CASSETTE TAPE

STAMPS

INPUT: I found a sheet of stamps, all themed around

OUTPUT: iced coffee. I liked the design, so I pulled it out and stamped it on my  t-shirt. I decided to write my comments on the front and back of the stamps. I made my son print them out and give them to me, so that I would have them to remind me of what I want to do this weekend...

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STAMP BLOCK


VOLCANO

INPUT: I went to the flea market and saw a table of old Atari 2600 video game cartridges. My eyes immediately fixated on “

OUTPUT: Volcano”, and my love for building video games with Will Eisner grew even more. I knew I had to build it. You might have read a few articles like this one before, so I’m going to try and keep the description ...

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ELECTRONIC GAME SOFTWARE


OPEN THE GATE

INPUT: I found a note someone tucked under my windshield wiper, talking about

OUTPUT: how it hadn’t been so long since our last night on a boat. There’s something I didn’t tell them -- about all those road trips you did, that night and week earlier?
“I have to go now,” I said ...

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BUMPER STICKER & NOTE


FULL POTENTIAL


INPUT: Sitting on the table is a book called “

OUTPUT: Does Your Body Know When You’re Fulfilling Your Potential?” with Mr. Scherer of PsyChiatry, who specialized in psychological treatments.

Mr. Scherer pointed out to me that there are two basic questions that patients must answer: What aspects of their  lives do they want to improve ...

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LIBRARY-BOUND SELF HELP BOOK


VERY IMPORTANT DESIGN FLAW

INPUT: I had found an academic paper called “

OUTPUT: Methodological issues in the risk of belief in reality: An empirical study of religious and non-religious Americans” and found it very interesting. It was actually very informative, even though I admit it was a very short paper...

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SCANNED ACADEMIC PAPER


LIVING TOGETHER IN OUTER SPACE

INPUT: He handed me a cassette. It was titled

OUTPUT: Living Together in Outer Space, and it was nothing like anything I’d heard before. It was so odd and unique that I went home to listen to it on repeat. “I remember I listened to that thing...

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CASSETTE TAPE AND COVER


RELIQUARY

INPUT: On the ground was a guide to a museum exhibit called

OUTPUT: “Reliquary.” A person slowly walked down a row of coins, all of which looked like they had been taken out of the time machine and incinerated...

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MUSEUM PROGRAM GUIDE


FAMILY CRYPT

INPUT: I had found a letter addressed to

OUTPUT: ____, who had passed away about five years ago, and had written in answer to his questions as to where to be buried. After reading it I expressed to him the desire to be buried in the family crypt, which he had left as a care to his uncle...

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LETTER AND ENVELOPE

HOORAY FOR FOAM

INPUT: On sale was a book called “

OUTPUT: Hooray for Foam,” a collection of essays about the history of mind control research.

“I’m learning what it feels like to live in that world and to feel different from other humans,” the book says in its cover text. “Do you have any plans for tomorrow?”...

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PAPERBACK OF COLLECTED ESSAYS


A MYSTERIOUS DISH

INPUT: I had found a slip of paper, on which was written a recipe for

OUTPUT: a mysterious dish, which I started to prepare, for which I was well provided with all the equipment.

“Did you eat this breakfast, sir? I am pleased to see you in good health.”...

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COMMUNITY COOKBOOK EXCERPT

A VERY UNUSUAL LOOKING LABEL

INPUT: I pulled up a loose floorboard, revealing

OUTPUT: a sliver of blue box on top. It was almost 20 feet long, with a case of Mike’s biscuits inside. mike found the first, egg-shaped biscuit on the passenger seat. It had a red, shiny wax paper to it, and a ‘very unusual looking’ label. It said, “$2.99”...

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BISCUIT BOX AND ZIP CODE


A KIND OF PASS

INPUT: He handed me an envelope. Inside was

OUTPUT: a kind of pass and certificate. Inside this there was a request to read and sign a memo. The request seemed vague. I read it, and it stated: “The Boland has produced a document, which is requested from you at this time for service of this document to the President...

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VISITORS PASS, MEMO, ENVELOPE AND DEATH CERTIFICATE


WHO IS ADAM LANZA

INPUT: A dvd case for a movie called

OUTPUT: “Who is Adam Lanza?”

“We have seen the families we’ve come across first hand and then when you get that one letter from somewhere like that, it’s like, ‘Oh, okay, now that’s why I chose to give this to you.’ It hits you like a ton of bricks.”...

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DVD CASE


CANIMOES.COM

INPUT: I got a book on sale called

OUTPUT: The 8 Laws of Magical Command. I have ordered it and will definitely use it again.” “I recently purchased C2 from Canimoes.com. I have yet to use it but am very impressed with their quality. I’ll be sure to give it a big thanks for their great service.”...

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USED PAPERBACK

“Reality is not always probable, or likely.” ― Jorge Luis Borges