Sushi Friends: Auntie’s Factory Part B
Video, 2023
About the artwork
This AI video continues the Auntie’s Factory story, introduced by the same clock ticking sounds running through the first video. It portrays the warehouse and packing facilities in the sushi factory before the scenes change to the wider city context, occupied by gigantic sushi structures. Aunties and creatures, who had been relaxing in Part A of the video, practice yoga at the end of a ‘hard working day’. The surreal uneasiness of contrasting scales and spaces continue in this video as Aunties move from indoors to outdoors, accompanied by changing sound effects reflecting the mundane mechanical nature of process and the joy in a fun activities. The video is made with the AI programme DALL.E3 and animated with Runwayml Gen2.
Sound design by Niceaunties
Audio explanation
Listen to Niceaunties discuss this work.
Niceaunties is a contemporary artist and designer based in Singapore. Drawing inspiration from the influential women in her family and the distinct 'auntie culture,' her work explores themes of ageing, beauty, personal freedom, and everyday life through AI and digital art. Her life experiences and architectural training inform the conceptual basis of her pieces, while her focus on the nuanced behaviours of 'aunties' highlights the culture prevalent in Asian communities.
These women, embodying a spectrum from strange and funny to mean and kind, profoundly influenced the artist's early life and creative narrative, laying the foundation for the unique storytelling of "Niceaunties." Exploring themes like aging, beauty, personal freedom, and the nuances of everyday life, Niceaunties expresses her vision through the mediums of generative and digital art. Her creations are marked by an amalgamation of surrealism, fantasy, and the vibrant aesthetics of kawaii culture.
Influenced by surreal art, fantasy, and kawaii culture, Niceaunties' art champions empowerment and self-expression.