Throwback deep fake / The Taxidermist of Live Pelt (2003)

In this one of eight videos from Live Pelt (2003), Heaton works with Bob Driver to taxidermy Tickle Me Elmo heads. Re-edit by Kelly Heaton. Original editing, sound, and videography by Shambhavi Kaul and Joshua Gibson. Live Pelt was produced with the financial support of Creative Capital, the LEF Foundation, and Duke University.

Before returning to my current obsession with French wallpaper and botanical circuit boards, here is some more "deep fake" for you from my 2003 Live Pelt installation. The Taxidermist is one of eight characters I invented to cope with American culture in post-9/11 reality. This is my re-cut of footage originally shot and edited by Shambhavi Kaul and Joshua Gibson. Live Pelt was made possible thanks to support from Creative Capital, the LEF Foundation, and Duke University.

Deep Fake Birdsong

In this casual first recording session, Kelly Heaton presents her analog electronic songbird to software engineer Johann Diedrick. Two minutes of audio were recorded from the electronic songbird and analyzed using Diedrick's Flights of Fancy software system to determine whether AI detects actual species of birds. Four bird species of birds were identified by the software with a percent confidence match range of 48% - 96%.

First causal recording session with Johann Diedrick in which he records my analog electronic songbird and analyzes it with his Flights of Fancy (AI) software to identify bird species. To read more, visit: https://www.kellyheatonstudio.com/deep-fake-birdsong-4