2023

MIND 1

Single-channel video, 07:22 min

Content warning: While this piece is science fiction, it contains material about a school shooting. Viewer discretion is advised.

MIND 1 follows a single mother employed as a memory editor at MIND, a startup dedicated to making the world happier. As she assumes the responsibility of editing the memory of a school shooting survivor, both the weight of the memory itself and her own personal traumas begin to consume her, blurring the boundaries between reality and fiction.

MIND 1 is the first part of the MIND still image film trilogy.

Clip from MIND 1, 2023

AI-generated still of a colorful elementary school classroom with windows overlooking a schoolyard, subtitled text reads There was a school shooting but everyone in my class was safe
AI-generated still of blurry white oval lights scattered against a dark background, subtitled text reads It's just a memory I tell myself
AI-generated still of a silhouette viewing a wall of scattered photographs, subtitled text reads I've experienced this memory nine times
AI-generated still of a woman seated facing a large screen showing a close-up face with closed eyes, subtitled text reads I sanitize people's memories for a living
AI-generated still of a person from behind viewing memory editing software on a screen, subtitled text reads MIND's mission is to make the world happier
AI-generated still of a grayscale gallery with large screens displaying ghostly figures, subtitled text reads I'm haunted by the memories I edit