GESPENSTER
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Information

Format
Video — runs as a loop, and also has a beginning and an end
Projection
Large-format immersive projection
Year
2022 – 2025
Duration
Approx. 45 min. The piece is movable; there is no final version.
Sound
Video and music. A good sound system; no specific rig required.
Projection surface
Wall, screen, or mapping onto volume — any of them
Projectors
One minimum. Three or more in the large version.
Light
Total darkness required
Space requirements
Adaptable to any space
Setup
One day to install, three hours to strike
Delivery
As a file or on a dedicated media player, depending on what the venue needs

Credits

GESPENSTER by Ety Fefer

Music created with Suno under the artistic direction of Ety Fefer

Contact

Email
etmunda@yahoo.com
Instagram
@gespensterz

Dossier

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Project notes

The images

The origin is a body of drawings made by hand. From those drawings, and from an archive of the same graphic language, a number of LoRA models were trained.

The work is made with Flux and Krea 1. LoRAs are combined with each other and with styles; within those styles the original drawings are combined again with visual references gathered over time — animals, Egyptian faces, material found intuitively and kept in a Pinterest archive used for research, not as a source.

The prompts are visual. A single combination can take days of testing, comparing and discarding. What is kept is a small part of what is made.

The films

The films are not generated or animated automatically. Selection, animation, cutting, rhythm, repetition, transitions and montage are done by hand.

The editing is self-taught, and the tools changed as the work went on: iMovie, then CapCut, now Final Cut Pro.

Authorship

It is in the first drawing, in what the models are trained on, in which references are chosen, in what is discarded, in what is processed again, in what is kept, in the order it is put in, and in how it finally becomes a film.

Sound

The music was created and developed with Suno, in a self-taught process of searching, generating versions, selecting, editing and setting the result against the images.

Format

Modular and adaptable: projection, installation, mapping, or a live collaboration. The stable core is an audiovisual piece of approximately 45 minutes.

About

  1. GESPENSTER is a visual project developed through drawing, AI-assisted image transformation, animation and sound.

Process & Tools

  1. Everything starts by hand: fifty drawings in gouache on A4 paper, made in 2022. The AI models are trained on those drawings.

  2. GESPENSTER is developed through a hybrid process combining hand drawing, AI-assisted image transformation, digital editing, animation and music.

  3. The visual process has included Stable Diffusion, Krea and Flux, with custom LoRAs trained from original drawings. Images are then reworked through tools such as Photopea, MOSH and Topaz.

  4. The animation process evolved from iMovie to CapCut and, more recently, Final Cut Pro.

  5. The films are not generated or animated automatically. Selection, animation, cutting, rhythm, repetition and montage are done by hand.

  6. Music is developed using Suno and Logic Pro.

  7. Rather than functioning as separate technologies, these tools form part of a continuous process of drawing, training, transforming, layering, editing and composing.

GESPENSTER Live

  1. GESPENSTER LIVE is an audiovisual performance conceived to adapt to different spaces, formats and durations. It can unfold on a single screen or across multiple surfaces, with its original music or with a live DJ.

  2. With up to 45 minutes of visual material, the performance has no fixed form and can be reshaped for each space and context. It is conceived as a live, hypnotic and immersive experience.

Works

The ten films

  1. CARNAVAL5:56
  2. TROPICAL3:19
  3. BUTTERFLY4:05 · Music: JAXX (Jack Alalu)
  4. DKNSTRKCN3:06
  5. SEAFOOD4:38 · Music: EF
  6. CHAMAN3:47 · Music: EF
  7. ADDIS2:37 · Music: EF
  8. GATOS5:34 · Music: EF
  9. MADNESS PROPHETS2:19 · Music: EF
  10. MISR7:21 · Music: EF

Image series

Numbers for the drawings, letters for the images generated from them.

  • GESPENSTER IDecember 2022 · Original drawings by EF · Gouache on paper
  • GESPENSTER ZJanuary 2023 · Created by Ricardo Martin with Stable Diffusion
  • GESPENSTER IIJanuary 2023 · Original drawings by EF · Gouache on paper
  • GESPENSTER XJanuary–February 2023 · Created by Ricardo Martin with Stable Diffusion
  • GESPENSTER YJanuary–February 2023 · Created by Ricardo Martin with Stable Diffusion
  • GESPENSTER IIIFebruary 2023 · Original drawings by EF · Gouache on paper

Bio

Ety Fefer (Lima, 1973) works in sculpture, mechanical installation, drawing, animation and sound. Her projects include Grumildos, presented internationally; Guerreros, Monstruos y Bestias (2010–2014), created with José Tola; and Maîtres Fous, an ongoing series of sculptures. GESPENSTER, begun in 2022, brings together drawing, digital image, animation, music and live performance.

Contact

Email
etmunda@yahoo.com
Instagram
@gespensterz

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