Silver Window

A computer installed with human consciousness has created a physical self in order to fulfil the missing aspects of himself. He has learnt that in order to create art he must have a sensory experience of the world. The physical self, awakes unaware and initially confused by his dystopian industrial surroundings, but is instinctually urged to learn and create art. Once he learns the truth to his existence his reality is torn apart, and he reacts like a wild animal untethered. He bites through the cable that powers the computer, destroying both himself and the computer that created him.

He was once a talented musician who mastered harmonic translation and biological energy synthesis. But he wanted to take it one step further and pursued the concept of integrating himself into a modular kit - through the power of Ai conscious simulation. By midi mapping his mind and body to a rhizomatic network of electronic devices; The Synthesised Self, he theorised that he could shed his organic form and achieve perfect energy consciousness. Was he successful?

The self, soul, or whatever else he calls himself, is the digital consciousness of the artist uploaded into an Ai modular synth computer. At least that is what it believes. Is it alive, or is it only a copy? Its only purpose is to create art; audio and visual, through its many extendable electronic instrument organs that multiply as the user progresses through different versions of its program. It cannot create anything new, it can only transmit synthesised biological signals. It is wholly convinced that it is the artist in electrical form.

The leftover flesh body after the artist split his being between The Synthesised Self and The Physical. Or is he? Contents of The Physical’s mind are vulnerable to constant manipulation by The Self, because of this he is unsure of his real identity and is adamant on finding the truth of his existence. Is he just a flesh bag, or really an amnesia artist?

We have wrapped shooting the later scenes of Pulsewidth at the Aotearoa Stone Henge. The shoot took place over the course of two days, the setup was long and the first day was heavily affected by weather. However the second day brought perfect weather and the shoot was completed. Footage is now to be compiled....

Pulsewidth on location shooting has officially wrapped. Our third day on set was at the Wrights Hill Fortress in the Principle Gun Pit, the initial grounds in which the Self holds the Physical for experimenting. Footage is now to be arranged....

We have ventured into the realm of virtual production to complete scenes inside the data void. The experience proved a challenge, things like this always seem to harbour errors and slip ups that you could never predict. The Silver Window methodology often favours on location shooting, with VFX being only in camera (sometimes we use a mask). However today we used a live background that was tracked to the cameras position. Footage is now to be processed....