I had a fun two days back at Central St Martins after applying to an ‘AI Jam’, the details of which a friend doing her PhD there had sent over. The event was sponsored by Higgsfield AI and it was really good to have a large number of credits to play with. Big thanks to them and to Gabriela Tropia (Head of MA Screen at CSM) for the opportunity.
Version 3 (added 15/02/26)
Version 1
I began the Jam with some BHAM💥 images (see Instagram post), but a little accident took me off on a different journey. I will return however return to those initial experiments now that the event is over, in preparation for the live BHAM💥 event at Putney on the 29th March (see below). The films shown here (looped x5) were not the final edit I showed in the feedback session but rather an earlier one and a post-jam version. Perhaps these could do with some colour grading or upscaling, but time constraints meant I wasn’t really too worried about ‘image quality’ – in any case, I tend to prefer a low-fi aesthetic rather than trying to emulate high-octane, high-production values of a commercial. I’d also probably replace the audio with something a little more thoughtful (V1 audio was made in Suno and then reversed and warped a little in Premiere Pro. See V3 for alternative audio edited since as I could nor abide the Suno music even with the warping and reversing). All in all, the event was a lot of fun – a nice escape from work for two days – and having felt somewhat ambivalent about movement and this technology, it was useful to have an opportunity experiment and maybe get over my reservations a little. (That said, I did create a little film which I called Tools back in 2022, but again with some ambivalences).
Incidentally, there were some amazing films made by the other participants. If the opportunity to share them arises, I will do so.
Book your tickets!
Live BHAM Get-together. Putney Library. 6pm to 19.30 pm. A sales pitch? A manifesto? Or a deadpan instructional seminar? An audience is invited to attend, play and contribute to the speculation (refreshments provided!)
Doughnut(W)Hole curator, Kim Shaw will be giving an introductory talk, followed by my (everyone’s?) intervention. Book here
Edited 15/2/26 to add V3 and change commentary to account for both versions.