P for pamphlets and propaganda. P for presents, pigeons, and peace.

(2023.3)
Video Mixing   59 s

Disco diffusion




This video is a mixing of original and AI-generated clips from its reference. AI turns the video of distributing propaganda into people carrying colorful gift boxes and pigeons flying in the sky, commenting on the sarcastic difference between propaganda and peace, and showing how video has lost its credibility in this century.

"How are you? How are you?"
"Stay as you are."
"Do not move."
"Do not ever move."

"They swing. The wing dips. There's the signal. The depth."
"They'll dive. They're ready to dive."
"They're steady. They're heading down."
"They get on the ground. They're nosing."
"They're easy. Over. They're over."
"There they go. There they go."
"It's us. Did you see?"
"It's us. Don't you see us?"


original video:
Aerial Propaganda, Burma (circa 1939-1945) by US Army Air Forces
Public Domain / Creative Commons License

audio sources:
Air Raid (October 27, 1938) by Columbia Workshop
Sky Billboards (1935) by Handy (Jam) Organization
Aerial Trip Over New York (circa 1934)
Public Domain / Creative Commons License


P for pamphlets and propaganda. P for presents, pigeons, and peace.