11:11 Philosopher's Group

Electric Monks Memory

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Blake Bertuccelli-Booth

Several years ago, 11:11 Philosopher Sam Birdsong invited us into his house for a summer residency. I was just getting excited about LLMs, and I was surrounded by artists. We created a performance art piece called the Electric Monk experience. I can trace this experience directly to the number of professional/philanthropic AI work I’m doing (especially AI Leaders).

The monk experience can probably be best described in pictures and song composed by 11:11 Philosopher Alex Ebert below (the Monk Dance was unfortunately never videoed):

man in monk robes in times square holding up a flyter to monks
gallery with 7 artfully arranged video monitors and a man in monk robes flailing his robe
monks scaling a brass bull in times square
woman in clown makeup with a confused look on her face.
portrait of a man in glasses with monk robes
man with green wig and green suit, seeming to anticipate something
a group of folks in a house that is lit with a pink light. the group seems to be acting because they have monk robes.
a monk sits with two lights coming from their neck
surrealist image of monk-like figures in front of cups. the monks are wearing white robes and masks that are mostly black outside of two neon lights.
two jewish people with yamakas listing to a man in a monk robe in front of a tv
three monks, each ominously pointing to a monitor
a woman getting clown makeup in a kitchen setting
a generated image of a monk inside a box with checkered black and white patterns. the monk appears to be a plastic figure
a monk holding a french horn.

PS- Occasionally, the monks pop up at NOAI and in strange places. Stay tuned!

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