Mekento Mori

2024, video. 2m 48s

From the series “The Western Kenon: An AI-ternative Art History.” Mekento Mori references 17th century Dutch still life paintings and the concepts of ‘vanitas’ and ‘memento mori’. Images in this video were generated with DALLE-3. Music and lyrics were generated with Suno AI, with AI captioning. Prompt engineering and video editing by me (Aimee). This historical genre of painting is dramatic, opulent, and meant to arouse the senses while reminding viewers that life is fleeting and tragic. Pairing the images with opera propels the visual narrative to a messy end.