Pitch: Final Archive

1. Statement:
   I am archiving _______ because I want to _______ in order to ________
   
   This framing helps articulate not just what you are collecting, but why it matters and what you hope it will generate—conceptually, critically, or affectively.
   
2. Methods: 
   What do you record? 
   – People, branches, rocks, found images,
   – pieces of …
   How do you record? Be specific!
   – Tools, instruments, camera, ask people,
   – use social media, …
   What is the rhythm/routine of your recording? 
   – Every morning I take a picture of …,
   – I use social media to …,
   – Over three weeks …, …
   
3. Visuals: 
   Include three sample records from your archive, ideally presented in the medium you intend to use for your final work (printed, as physical objects, etc.). Each sample should be captioned to give context or insight into why it is part of the archive.
   
   This pitch is not about having everything figured out. It’s about defining a clear direction, articulating your framework, and receiving feedback that can push your thinking further.

Workshop: #FalsePredictions

1. #SpeculativeSeeing
   (What are we doing?)
   In this experimental workshop, you will train an AI model using visual material related to your research inquiry. The aim is not to generate final outcomes, but to open up unfamiliar visual directions and challenge your existing representational habits.
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2. #WhatTheModelSaw, #GeneratedDoubt
   (Rationale)
   By working with a machine that “learns” from your collected images, you engage a kind of speculative visual research. The AI does not understand your object, your context, or your politics—it only sees patterns. What it generates might be inaccurate, strange, or surprisingly resonant. The results are not the point; rather, we are interested in what these visual predictions reveal about your image set, your visual assumptions, and the constraints of your chosen language.
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3. What to bring:
   Consider the visual culture or language that surrounds your research inquiry. What kinds of objects, textures, surfaces, spaces, or landscapes do you associate with your exploration? What visual elements—whether material, environmental, or symbolic—seem to resonate with the themes you’re investigating?
   Prepare a folder with 20–50 images in JPG or PNG format. These should be your own photographs or visual records, ideally unified by a visual logic: for example, 20 images of rocks, 30 images of window details, 40 pictures taken from a specific vantage point, or 25 cropped textures of one material.
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4. #TheMachineForgetsNothing
   Don’t use highly personal material, images you want to/ need to protect. You are feeding an (unknown) apparatus that will store, transform, misread, and remix what you give it—this is part of the exercise.

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