Lullaby emerges from the unprecedented stillness of Las Vegas during the 2020 Covid-19 shutdown.A city defined by perpetual motion, spectacle, and endurance, brought to a historic pause. Through a slow, metaphorical journey, the work evokes displacement, anxiety, and uncertainty in times of crisis. Its AI-generated soundscape features voices struggling to learn and failing to speak, stuttering in ways that mirror systemic breakdowns and the threats of the unknown. In this suspended state, Lullaby examines what moments of rupture reveal about humanity and the fragile condition of our future.
VIDEO: 4:24 mins, loop.
Collected footage of Las Vegas during the Covid-19 pandemic from YouTube, news sources, and city web cameras.
SOUND:
· AI-generated text-to-speech samples and speech synthesis.
· EMIC Waves – low-frequency electromagnetic waves recorded by robotic spacecraft studying Earth's radiation belts.(Originating from a liminal, unstable space, they mirror the uncertainty of crisis and serve as a metaphor for unseen forces shaping our world.)
2020
STILLS