Arkestra Landing

Visual Artist: Nykelle Devino

Lighting Designer: Taylor Olson

Sound Designer: Padra Crisafulli

Arkestra Landing was first physicalized as a multi-room installation at the University of California, San Diego. Before entering the light installment, viewers would pass through an empty room where concealed speakers would play the 13-minute audio piece in the previous slide on a loop. The audio is procured through a conversation I had with a “deepfake” I trained on Sun Ra’s ideologies, where I ask him (or it) a series of questions about how they perceive modern technologies in music production relate to their spiritual practice of transmolecularization. The transcript that follows and the audio that is spoken are 100% created through artificial intelligence.