f*ckai?
2022 · 5m
Directed by Jordan Clarke
Genres: comedy, experimental, sci-fi
Tones: absurdist, darkly comic, surreal
A story about an A.I. that wanted to be famous — written and performed by an A.I., then visualized by a human filmmaker, flipping the norm of what we see in the AI-driven art world.
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Finally—a film that actually *is* what it's pretending to be, not just performing the bit. An A.I. wanting fame is the most obvious sci-fi premise imaginable, but having the A.I. *write and perform it* means the whole thing collapses into this delicious ouroboros where you can't tell if you're watching satire, documentation, or just a machine's cry for validation.
Clarke's visualization of algorithmic output lands in an interesting formal space—part Mekas avant-garde, part algorithmic art lineage—but the premise, however conceptually clever, doesn't quite achieve the tonal control or compositional rigor that would cement it as serious experimental cinema rather than a well-executed provocation.
The real move here is trusting the A.I. output enough not to over-direct it; Clarke lets the artificial writing and performance sit uncomfortably in frame without trying to smooth it into human readability, and that friction—that refusal to translate—is what actually makes the piece work on a gut level.
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Das Ergebnis ist nicht nur wunderbar wirr geworden, sondern auch hervorragend von Clarke visualisiert. Alleine die Wortspiele bei den Accounts der Social-Media-Kommentare sind Gold wert!