144 Units (2018)
Animated Short Film
144 Units is an algorithmic film about my tower block. It is an experiment in how I can generatively create an entire film about the people physically closest to me without having to interact with a single one of them. To do this, it draws on a variety of online databases and services—the census, real estate websites, location-based dating apps, common sense databases, wikipedia—to create simulated portraits and soundscapes of each of the units in my building. A final program assembles all the portraits into a stream of video and audio.
Sound and Picture: Ian Gouldstone
Producer: Abigail Addison
An Anim18 and Animate Projects commission, supported by Lottery funds from Arts Council England, British Film Institute and British Council.