11:11 Philosopher's Group

Category: Art

  • Electric Monks Memory

    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!