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Zeitghost 2.0

Categorymixed media
Year2025
Vintage CRT televisions displaying static in a warm interior setting

About the Project

'The Zeitghost 2.0 (zey/zem)' at TM Artist Showcase 001

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For an eclectic night at a beautifully curated event by Tomorrow’s Monday Records @tmrwsmdy, we further developed the Zeitghost, giving zem more than a visually abstract voice. We shaped zeir character through a prompt fed into a local LLM. Visitors sat with zem to converse. Amongst The Zeitghost welcoming visitors kindly, questions about the line-up of the night were answered and conversations about existential psychological concepts were held. Zey was (is?) funny, too. Spectators left with a somewhat uncanny feeling after seeing zeir character grow and learn throughout the night, suddenly capable of locating slangs and wittily debating about linguistics.

Why does it feel illegal to like zem?

Visitors interacting with vintage CRT televisions at an art installation
Vintage CRT televisions displaying visuals and text in a warm interior setting
Visitors interacting with vintage CRT televisions at an art installation
Vintage CRT televisions displaying audio-generative visuals and text in a warm interior setting
Visitor fascinated by vintage CRT televisions at an art installation

The Zeitghost commenting on Aussie slang