A collaborative speculative futures project set in Hungary, 1975, twenty years into a society where humans, human-AI hybrids, and fully artificial intelligences share equal governance. The project centred on a single ritual: a coming-of-age ceremony in which individuals choose one of three futures, to remain fully human, to become a human-AI hybrid, or to surrender their body and upload their consciousness entirely. We built the world through costume, film, and sound, drawing on Hungarian folk culture, science fiction, and the visual language of religious ceremony to give the society emotional weight and cultural specificity.
World-Building / Costume / Film Editing / After Effects / AI-Generated / Sound Design
Alongside world-building, my contributions spanned costume design and construction, film editing, and sound design. I designed and made two core garments: a genderless second-skin suit in sheer dot-flock mesh to simulate nanobot technology, and a customisable cape personalised with Hungarian-inspired embroidery. I edited the film, developed the visual effects, and composed the soundtrack using AI-generated audio layered with a slowed Hungarian nursery rhyme to create an eerie, ritual score.
Sound Development (Music FX)
Prompt: Sad, haunting Hungarian folk song with a futuristic sound.
Prompt: Sad, haunting Hungarian folk song with a futuristic sound for chanting.
Prompt: Futuristic, haunting Hungarian folk song inspired by nursery rhymes.
Prompt: Haunting Hungarian chant music with a sad undertone and futuristic sound.
Film Editing
Collaborators: Mika Lanir Zafir, Raymi Levin, Emily Nolan Ravanona, and Ota Wang