360° video, machine learning software
03:50 min | 2023

The work generative fill was created for the Wantalon Parcours in Zeitz. Using a fusion of photography, machine learning, and sonification, Unit 404 transforms the abandoned Nikolai Church in Zeitz into an array of speculative settings. The original church was demolished and rebuilt after a fire in 1823. In 1998, a lightning strike caused another fire, which turned the church into ruins once more. Thus, today the Nikolai Church potentially enters another cycle of life and reconstruction. Based on these metamorphoses, the work speculates on further possible states between future and past. The use of generative image processing tools complements the speculative nature of the work through its inherent unpredictability. The score made out of sonified image information of the respective scenarios accompanies the resulting video material. Will this once sacred place one day become a haven for ravers and graffiti artists, a library, or perhaps just a gray Amazon warehouse?