Continuing my investigation on speculative memories, Mnemonics is my first long-form generative AI project. This exploration aims to create collages purely with prompt and variables. These collages with photos, drawings and writings that never existed somehow operate like triggers for actual intimate memories.

The questions that are really at the core of my research: how fictional are our memories, specially those from our early childhood? And what could be the role of AI in filling the holes or blurring even more the lines between what is real and what is not? Does "real" even mean anything?

Kika Nicolela Long-form AI via Emprops OpenStudio Beta 3456 x 3456 pixels, PNG October 08, 2023