PLANS FOR VIVA VOCE

Last Consultation

Thinking of Viva Voce Presentation

It is time for me to close the chapter on developing the toolkit itself. It is not something that can simply be put out there for people to use in its current form. The final deliverable should focus on making the toolkit more presentable by using the outcomes it has generated to show its true potential. The project is not just about the AI generator, but about the different results it has helped me create—pieces that are beautiful, eerie, and unexpected. These outcomes are what truly reflect the strength of the toolkit.

At this stage, I already have everything I need—the materials, the toolkit, and the knowledge. The challenge now is figuring out how to present all of it in a way that communicates the depth and uniqueness of what I have made. I want to show that my toolkit is capable of producing work that holds emotional and conceptual weight within the field I am working in.

One way to make this more presentable could be through a video. Andreas suggested that I create a sequential narrative using the generated memories—a video that explores the idea of memory itself. This would allow me to demonstrate both the concept behind the work and the technical abilities of the tool I have developed. It could be an engaging and thoughtful way to bring everything together.

Whether I decide to create a website or a publication, I want to make sure I use the medium meaningfully. I do not want to just present the outcomes in a traditional format without any deeper context. The medium should support the story I am telling, helping to enhance the overall experience and bring more clarity to the vision behind the project.

Checking Delieverables

Im gonna strip down the interactivity. There will only be Video and Prints Documentation.

1. Project (Intro) + Short Film

For my first delieverable, I planned on making a short film by using the generated contents I created using my own AI generator. The short film would have a narrative, perhaps of me trying to recall a certain memory that I have. The short film will serve as a representation of how AI can be used to visualize the fleeting moments that human can't expressed. Using the weirdness yet haunting aspects of these generated content, I will show how our experience can intersect with the technology of AI in a beautiful way.

2. Prints: Interface Documentation

I will also add additional collaterals, such as curating my interface documentation, which is the workflow that I have designed over the semester. This will be useful for viewers during the LASALLE grad show as I will not be making the interface interactive by then.

3. Website: Catalogue of Making (Curated Outcomes)

For the final main delieverable, which is part of the compulsory practical portfolio, the catalogue of making should be neatly organized to see my makings behind the workflow and AI-Generated contents that I have made.

Sincerely, Victor Pike

I recently came across this AI-generated film created by a filmmaker who was grappling with memory loss. They turned years of recorded conversations into a cinematic anthology generated through AI, weaving together the voices of friends, lovers, and strangers. It explored the fragile, shifting nature of memory and the complex essence of human connection. The result was something deeply personal yet disjointed in a way that mirrored how memory actually functions—fragmented, layered, sometimes out of order, yet emotionally coherent.

That kind of flow is something I want to explore in my own short film. The AI-generated content in my project is not meant to make complete narrative sense on its own, and I think that is the point. What will tie everything together is the rawness and sincerity of real human recordings. I am imagining long conversations with people who have shaped different parts of my life—friends, family, people I have spent years with. We would try to recall shared memories, talk about how we remember things, how our perspectives differ, and maybe laugh about what we forgot.

These conversations could become the thread that stitches the whole film together. From there, the collective memory engine could take over—blending our memories the way our minds do, with all the inaccuracies, overlaps, and reinterpretations. It could be both a meaningful and playful process, a film that is not trying to be precise or logical, but one that captures how we remember and how we're remembered.