Talk given at the ISEA Symbiosis Conference 2023, and the Electronic Literature Organization Conference 2023

1. INTRODUCING LARY:
From Alocutive Interpolation to Shallow Fake
Talan Memmott, PhD

3. INTRODUCING LARY: From Alocutive Interpolation to Shallow Fake
Talan Memmott, PhD

4. INTRODUCING LARY: From Alocutive Interpolation to Shallow Fake
Talan Memmott, PhD
PLATFORMS:
IMAGES
Stable Diffusion
Runway
MUSIC
AIVA
TEXT
ChatGPT
VOICE
ElevenLabs

5. INTRODUCING LARY: From Alocutive Interpolation to Shallow Fake
Talan Memmott, PhD

6. INTRODUCING LARY: From Alocutive Interpolation to Shallow Fake
Talan Memmott, PhD

7. INTRODUCING LARY: From Alocutive Interpolation to Shallow Fake
Talan Memmott, PhD
LARY = Laryngectomee
YES! I AM A
CYBORG!

8. INTRODUCING LARY: From Alocutive Interpolation to Shallow Fake
Talan Memmott, PhD
• Medical Reports as prompts.
• Mitigation of emergent body horror.

9. INTRODUCING LARY: From Alocutive Interpolation to Shallow Fake
Talan Memmott, PhD
Alocutive Interpolation
2021
AI canvas prints with physical interventions.
Exhibited: IDMAA WEIRD MEDIA EXHBITION
SAMPLE PROMPTS
MEDICAL TEXT:
Larynx and left thyroid, total laryngectomy and left
hemithyroidectomy: Invasive, moderately-differentiated
squamous cell carcinoma forming an ulcerated and
necrotic
transglottic mass, 6.6 x 4.4 x 4.1 cm, centered in and
entirely obliterating the glottis and vocal cords. The mass
involves the peri-thyroidal skeletal muscle and soft-tissue
and involves the trachea. The surgical margins are
negative
for invasive carcinoma after re-excision of the left
crico-arytenoid margin
CONTROL: Head and Face. Stoma. Throat cancer.

10. INTRODUCING LARY: From Alocutive Interpolation to Shallow Fake
Talan Memmott, PhD
50 Portraits of a Man with a Laryngectomy
2022
AI images for projection
SAMPLE PROMPTS
IMAGED MEDIA TITLE:
Whispers of Strength: Life After
Laryngectomy
NARRATIVE SNIPPET:
Jacob's fingers traced the scar on his
throat, a reminder of the battles fought
and conquered. It was a badge of
honor, a symbol of his unwavering
determination to reclaim his voice, not
through sound, but through actions that
resonated with compassion and
empathy.
NAME OF ARTIST: Édouard Manet

11. INTRODUCING LARY: From Alocutive Interpolation to Shallow Fake
Talan Memmott, PhD
AI generated fresco images for AI training.
Titian image from
50 Portraits of a Man with a Laryngectomy

12. INTRODUCING LARY: From Alocutive Interpolation to Shallow Fake
Talan Memmott, PhD