The project is a hybrid of mockumentary and classical science art, introducing a new direction—mockumedia art.
The video is based on a speculative decoding of bird language and its translation into human language. The movements of sparrows and tomtits, recorded on a zoo webcam, were used as the initial data for the research. After analyzing the repetitive movements with the AI tool “Remove.bg,” 28 positions were selected. Each pose was assigned an individual sound signal and symbol corresponding to the letters of the Khmer alphabet, which belongs to the group of tonal languages. The tone of the letters corresponds to the signal system created by the analogue of the Morse code.
Ilya Martynov (b.1990) was born in Samara.
Graduate of the Rodchenko School (workshop of Sergey Bratkov) and exchange programme ENSAPC National Art School in Paris.
Works with different media: painting, graphics, sculpture, objects, video and sound art. The main themes of his work are speculation in media, displacement and disruption of reality, anthropology of the animal and human. Active participant of self-organizations. Nominee for the Sergey Kuryokhin Prize 2020 and Zverev Art Prize 2021.
He lives and works in Offenbach am Main.
Website
imartynov.cargo.site
Instagram
www.instagram.com/im_artynov
The project is a hybrid of mockumentary and classical science art, introducing a new direction—mockumedia art.
The video is based on a speculative decoding of bird language and its translation into human language. The movements of sparrows and tomtits, recorded on a zoo webcam, were used as the initial data for the research. After analyzing the repetitive movements with the AI tool “Remove.bg,” 28 positions were selected. Each pose was assigned an individual sound signal and symbol corresponding to the letters of the Khmer alphabet, which belongs to the group of tonal languages. The tone of the letters corresponds to the signal system created by the analogue of the Morse code.
Ilya Martynov (b.1990) was born in Samara.
Graduate of the Rodchenko School (workshop of Sergey Bratkov) and exchange programme ENSAPC National Art School in Paris.
Works with different media: painting, graphics, sculpture, objects, video and sound art. The main themes of his work are speculation in media, displacement and disruption of reality, anthropology of the animal and human. Active participant of self-organizations. Nominee for the Sergey Kuryokhin Prize 2020 and Zverev Art Prize 2021.
He lives and works in Offenbach am Main.
Website
imartynov.cargo.site
Instagram
www.instagram.com/im_artynov
