Ars Electronica Festival · 2022
The Zizi Show
by Jake Elwes
🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 2022
In 2022, the Prix Ars Electronica jury recognised “The Zizi Show” by Jake Elwes (Interactive Art) with a Honorary Mention.
“If AI holds a mirror up to society, then Zizi applies the makeup.” Drew Hemment Drag Queens, Drag Kings, Drag Things and... Artificial Intelligence. The Zizi Show (2020) is a deepfake drag cabaret, a virtual online stage hosting a groundbreaking new show with a twist.
About Jake Elwes
Jake Elwes (GB) is an artist living and working in London. Searching for poetry and narrative in the success and failures of AI systems, Elwes investigates the aesthetics and ethics inherent to them.
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