Retraining __________________________________
Human & Artificial
act.1: afro-diasporic image-to-text research
made in Brazil
_________________________________Investigating
Imaginaries
OUR IMAGINARIES ARE TRAINED, AND SO THE AI
OUR IMAGINARIES ARE TRAINED, AND SO THE AI
I'm conducting an image-to-text research, transforming my family's - and my friend Élida - archival images into heritage-based textual prompts that challenge human-built AI biases. I fuel cultural regeneration and digital heritages by listen my elders and hosting dinners with friends to share our family stories. I poison systems with the ordinary life of an Afro-Diasporic Brazilian family— I'm constantly inventing and discovering maps.
I'm just a poet dancing with time, archives, and languages.
IMAGE- to - TEXT
A man playing with his dog in the backyard on a sunny day,
OR my father in the backyard of the first house where my mother and he lived together, with our dog they bought two months before my mother discovered she was pregnant because they didn't want to have children right away and decided to get a dog. Ralf, the dog, forever my beloved best friend.
TPL;THE PROMPT LABORATORY
/Imagine a heartwarming interaction unfolds in the serenity of a sunlit courtyard: a dark-skinned with neutral subtone Afro-Brazilian man from Rio de Janeiro with a neatly trimmed beard and mustache exudes a calm demeanor, his dark eyes filled with kindness as he attentively engages with his faithful dog. He sports a softly faded lavender 80s-style t-shirt, and a functional watch on his wrist. His posture is relaxed yet attentive, embodying a casual grace as he kneels on the sun-warmed tiles. The air brims with the tranquil ambiance of a cherished weekend routine, capturing the effortless rapport and mutual respect shared between man and his loyal companion. The dog's rich, amber coat glows in the gentle sunlight, creating an atmosphere of warmth and intimacy in this complete slice-of-life scene.
You can copy and paste this text into an AI image generator to create
a scene similar to those in my family archive.