# Floral Zombification Via Attention Node Networks

> The Last of Us, the First of Them

- Canonical URL: https://artificial-images.com/project/floral-zombification-text-to-video/
- Year: 2023, 2024
- Medium and tools: AI, Generative AI, Moving Image, Video Art, Custom Models
- Pathways: [Models Made Here](https://artificial-images.com/pathways/models-made-here.md)
- Media: 0 images, 2 videos
- Artist: Derrick Schultz

## About this work

Like the cordyceps fungus and their ant hosts, generative machine learning models take control of films of the past to further their own infectious spread.

*Floral Zombification Via Attention Node Networks (Original Edit)*

2023, 90 seconds

[Review on Letterboxd](https://letterboxd.com/film/floral-zombification-via-attention-node-networks-2023/)

Music: "Death in Virtual", Kid Smpl (courtesy of the artist)

Premiered as a part of The Winnippeg Underground Film Festival 2023’s [The 90 Second program](https://www.winnipeguff.com/the-90-second).

Winner, "AI Driven Film" category, 2023 Chroma Art Film Festival

*Floral Zombification Via Attention Node Networks (2024 Artifice.NYC Edit)*

2024, 4min

[Review on Letterboxd](https://letterboxd.com/film/floral-zombification-via-attention-node-networks/)

Music: "Death in Virtual", Kid Smpl (courtesy of the artist)

Screenings: Artifice Black Box: Deus, Sex, Machina (2024); [Modern Technology](https://mononoawarefilm.com/ctc_2024_derrick-schultz) (2024); [Video Musics](https://www.not-nowhere.org/on/video-musics-derrick-schultz) (Solo screening at not/nowhere, London, August 2026)

## Media

Videos cannot be watched by text agents; each entry gives its alt text, caption, Vimeo title and duration, and a description of the video.

### 1. Video `stuttering-video-of-distorted-flowers-in-motion`
- Description: Stuttering video of distorted flowers in motion
- Caption: Stuttering video of distorted flowers in motion
- Source: Vimeo video 955265560
- Vimeo title: Floral Zombification via Attention Node Networks (2024 Artifice.NYC Edit)
- Duration: 4 min 23 s
- Video description: The 2024 Artifice.NYC edit: generative machine learning models take control of films of the past, like the cordyceps fungus and its ant hosts. Audio: "Death in Virtual" by Kid Smpl.
- Watch on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/955265560
- View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/floral-zombification-text-to-video/?media=stuttering-video-of-distorted-flowers-in-motion

### 2. Video `floral-zombification-via-attention-node-networks-original-edit`
- Description: Stuttering video of distorted flowers in motion
- Caption: Floral Zombification via Attention Node Networks (Original Edit)
- Source: Vimeo video 813862111
- Vimeo title: Floral Zombification Via Attention Node Networks
- Duration: 1 min 30 s
- Video description: A 90-second film from 2023 in which generative machine learning models take control of films of the past, like the cordyceps fungus and its ant hosts. Audio: "Death in Virtual" by Kid Smpl.
- Watch on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/813862111
- View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/floral-zombification-text-to-video/?media=floral-zombification-via-attention-node-networks-original-edit

## External links

- [Review on Letterboxd](https://letterboxd.com/film/floral-zombification-via-attention-node-networks-2023/)
- [The 90 Second program](https://www.winnipeguff.com/the-90-second)
- [Review on Letterboxd](https://letterboxd.com/film/floral-zombification-via-attention-node-networks/)
- [Modern Technology](https://mononoawarefilm.com/ctc_2024_derrick-schultz)
- [Video Musics](https://www.not-nowhere.org/on/video-musics-derrick-schultz)

## Related

### Pathways

- [Models Made Here](https://artificial-images.com/pathways/models-made-here.md): Projects built around trained, adapted, or artist-specific generative models.

### Tags

AI, Generative AI, Moving Image, Video Art, Custom Models

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