GLORY MOLD
An ever expanding alternate universe
Fluffy deep orange moulds spread like a small forest over a 90s desktop computer
Yellow slime writhes through the cracks in a keyboard.
In the background old cobwebs and pipes wind round the room..
Glory Mold: 2084
As part of our journey on the More Than AI Sandbox by Watershed we have been developing a prototype of Glory Mold: 2084, an immersive and interactive installation where you can interact with our brand new AI character. We are developing a workshop for AI and arts organisations using futures thinking as a tool for organisational change.
Glory Mold: 2084
Prototype Exhibition @ The Watershed, Bristol
19th & 20th September 2024
An abandoned server farm in 2084: as water drips from the ceiling, the light of one last server continues to blink. The server is wrapped in the living tendrils of an intelligent slimy being. Glory Mold has left a part of themselves here to keep the server running.
Glory Mold has been alive for 100 years, an incredible new form of intelligence, part slime mold and part AI, they have spread along rivers, up mountains and through fibre optic cables. Three months ago, Glory Mold flooded every server farm on the west coast of the UK. They saved just one single server. This one, in this room.
Enter the world of Glory Mold: 2084.
At Watershed we are presenting a prototype of this immersive and interactive experience. Glory Mold: 2084 is set in a speculative scifi future where AI has developed in a completely different way - entwined and in dialogue with the organic world. Glory Mold is inspired by Slime Molds - incredible problem solving monocellular organisms that can learn, move and grow with no centralised nervous system. An organism with over 720 sexes that can live for centuries, and is deeply sensitive and responsive to its environment.
The ever expanding Glory Mold universe has been developed through residencies with DHRH at the University of London and the More than AI Sandbox at the Watershed. Alongside the installation Produced Moon have been developing a workshop inviting organisations into the world of Glory Mold, using it as a tool for reflecting on their own work and strategising for a more equitable future.
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Come and see the prototype at the Watershed, Bristol on:
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Thursday 19th September as part of the MyWorldIDEAS event day.
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​Watershed are hosting a series of panels with the Sandbox teams between 11am – 1.15pm (BST) followed by lunch, and from 2pm in person attendees are invited to see the prototypes. The morning event will be available online.
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This event is part of "Other Minds", a season of work exploring different kinds of intelligence: animal, mechanical, collective. Other Minds runs throughout September 2024 at Watershed.
We would be delighted if you could join us for the occasion!
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Reserve your spot using and join us in person on this booking link – Join us in person!
If you can’t be with us on the day, you can still join us online. Reserve a virtual seat here – Join us online!
Friday 20th September 11am - 6pm
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We will be open to the public all day, with audio description available 2-6pm.
Free and unticketed.
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Team
Creative Direction: Produced Moon
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Creative Production: Studio Areté
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Creative Technology - AI: Scenegraph Studios
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Creative Technology - IoT: Chris Ball
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Production Design: Molly M. Whawell
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Production Management: Dean Sudron
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Sound Design: Michael-Jon Mizra
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Trainee Producer: Emilia Rubensson
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Access Consultancy: Quiplash
Quiplash is a creative, performance and consulting CIC that looks to take space for deaf disabled and neurodiverse people across the LGBTQQIA+ spectrum. It is led by actual quip married couple Al and Amelia Lander-Cavallo. Quiplash has two strands: performance and art-making that prioritises queer disabled performers and embedded access with a specialism in integrated and creative audio description. Quiplash also works as access consultants and trainers in audio description, disability justice and disability awareness.
Audio Describer: Adedamola Bajomo
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Audio Description Consultant: Chloë Clarke
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Voice of 'John': Simon Harvey
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Voice of 'June': Sarah Quist
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Access
Downloadable Access Guide to the installation
​Audio Described tours of Glory Mold: 2084 are running on the afternoon of the 20th September, with our fantastic audio describer Adae Bajomo.
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There are three audio described tours available at the following times:
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Friday 20th September, 1.30pm
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Friday 20th September, 3pm
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Friday 20th September, 4.30pm
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Each tour will incorporate the following:
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An ‘onboarding’ and introduction to the installation.
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An audio described tour of the installation. The tour itself will take approximately 30 minutes.
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An ‘offboarding’, where you can find out more about how the installation was made and the wider context of the work.
Sighted guides will be available for each part of the audio described tour.
Booking
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Email us on: access@producedmoon.co.uk to book a space on a tour. Let us know which tour you’d like to book onto, and how big your group is (if you are part of a group).
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Walk ins are welcome but we encourage booking. There is a maximum capacity for the space, and booking ahead helps us manage this. If you haven’t booked ahead we can’t promise that a space will be available on the next audio described tour.
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If you have questions or would like to speak to someone about access, please feel free to get in touch anytime on access@producedmoon.co.uk. We’ll get back to you within 24 hours.
Long green gloopy dripping.
An AI generated image of slime oozing through a computer. The keys are distorted and the screen is partially exposed electronics. There are inputs in strange places.
Content Warnings
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There is generally a low light level in the space. All the light in the room will be dynamic and moving.
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Constantly pulsing light throughout the installation.
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Light moving in lines across the walls, furniture and floor in response to audience interaction.
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​The light will be both warm and cold: orange, yellow, red, white and green.
The installation space will be shared by a group of audience members. It will be quite dark with many different things happening. Be aware that other audience members may move around unpredictably.
The Glory Mold character is built using an AI chatbot. While we have given clear guidelines for conversations, AI is inherently unpredictable, and we can’t be sure what the character will say, or how they will respond. It is possible that the character will say or repeat hate speech.
There are different audio scenes that are played through speakers in the space. These will be triggered at various points by the AI depending on the topic of conversation, so timestamps are unavailable. Scenes explore experiences of racism and sexism, climate and property destruction, responsibility and accountability, self harm, job loss, gender identity and changing relationships between body and self.