selenotrope.net

Media installation, 2007.

Remains of the night takes a new approach to film story-telling.
Gone are the scriptwriter and director. The filmmaker of Remains of the night is the user, who by entering words and phrases at the prompt creates an ever-changing movie.

Below is a movie generated by Remains of the night . Click on in to view it full screen.





Remains of the night analyzes the words entered by the user and searches the internet for matching images and sounds. From this material and using a combination of effects and transitions, it generates algorithmically a movie that reflects the spirit of the user’s “script”.

Remains of the night aims at challenging our perception of the net as an informational and communicational medium. The net becomes a place of encounters, of stories, and mysteries. A place of unexpected images and intriguing sounds, a living space.

You can make your own Remains of the night film in english or spanish.