Selkie, 2024, 4:00 minutes, UHD video (web version 1080p), courtesy the artist

Selkie, a short video created with AI generated text to video and AI generated speech, considers themes of identity, interspecies friendships, objecthood, and creative acts. In the video, an artist uses AI to digitize herself into an avatar that can create the AI into the image of a seal. Through iterative design, the artist attempts to breach the confines of corporeal identity.

Selkie was included in the exhibition Apeirophobia, an exhibition of the artist collective Omnigenesis at Fotofest in Houston, TX. Omnigenesis is a self-identified network of artists, educators, writers, and practitioners invested in research and practice surrounding artificial intelligence in the arts. The group was established in 2024 through the organizational efforts of Christopher Meerdo.

Selkie was selected by Prospect Art for the upcoming exhibition Affective Territories, Alternate Belongings in Los Angeles, CA and Lisbon, Portugal.