extraction dreams
Cökertme Polyphonic
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Artificial Dreams: When AI Simulates a Subconscious
When I think about extraction, what stands out to me is how the unconscious mind filters, reconstructs, and reveals hidden meanings through dreams.
It’s a process of recognizing patterns, pulling fragmented thoughts from the subconscious, and making sense of them—just as AI extracts data and humanity extracts resources from the Earth.
This project explores how dreams act as a direct source of information for self-analysis.How tracking recurring patterns and symbols can reveal hidden aspects of the mind.
Sometimes, I see things I experienced during the day reappear in my dreams, but in a different context. Other times, certain images become stronger and more frequent, reflecting deeper emotions.
For example, while moving here, I kept dreaming about the sea. By following these patterns, I extract meaning from my unconscious, gaining insight into my state of mind.
The project also plays with the idea of subjective perception—especially in the fast-moving overlay visuals, where each viewer extracts different fragments based on their own mind and experiences.
To represent this process, I selected one of the dreams I had already been discussing with ChatGPT and used Dream Machine (LumaLabs AI) to create a visual and overlay the same dream
as a Matrix-style text layer, LTX Studio to add camera motion and bring movement to the still image, and Adobe Premiere Pro to combine five different versions from
LTX Studio and layer fast-moving overlay videos from my personal archive to enhance fragmented perception and added a tinnitus tone to simulate the ringing in my ears when falling asleep,
connecting to subconscious perception.
The idea of misusing AI reminded me of the times when we had polyphonic phones, not smart ones, without touchscreens, and they made those distinctive button sounds.
I remember that with those sounds, we could play some songs. I just created a Nokia 2300 button sound simulator with ChatGPT using code,
and I tried to play a folk song called “Çökertme Türküsü,” which is the most popular folk song in that region. There’s also a traditional dance associated with it.
This may not be the best result, but some parts are very similar.
The song tells the story of a man and a woman who fall in love with each other and try to escape from the government and “Efe” (there’s no direct translation for this,
but it refers to a kind of guardian of the village). In the end, the man is shot at Aspat Beach, and the song was written about that event. The places mentioned in the song
Çökertme is a village, and Aspat is a bay are both well-known in the region. Also, the names Halil and İbrahim in the song are very common male names in the area.
This folk song is played at every wedding but also on every special occasion to celebrate something. It is the most local thing ever.
(audioreactive)
What happens if we ask ChatGPT to simulate sleeping and dreaming, even though AI cannot dream?
In this project, the visuals are created from ChatGPT’s simulated “dreams.”
We asked ChatGPT to “sleep,” to “dream,” and to describe its dreams as prompts