2023

This work was part of the exhibition Do You Think You Could Love a Computer? at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand. This work explores how AI interprets queerness using video. At the time of this exhibition, AI generated video using text prompts (otherwise known as text to video AI) was relatively new and experimental. Limited consumer level availability, high user demand, and increasing computational intensity of the technology meant outputs (videos) had very short runtimes.

The work was co-developed using AI that Novak trained (and continues to train) over time using queer terminology. A base model was created using an AI video generator which was further edited in a separate video editing program. The title comes from Novak prompting AI to create queer names that did not exist in Google Search results at the time.