Image Empire is an animated fairytale (and accompanying Field Guide) about the fusion of the real and the virtual within contemporary AI models. Based on doctoral research undertaken at Birkbeck’s Vasari Centre for Art & Technology and designed for release on LinkedIn, it was commissioned by the National Videogame Museum in collaboration with the Open Data Institute and Cambridge University’s Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence. The project has been made possible by The Space, supported by Arts Council England. Like, comment and share on LinkedIn!

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Note: Spanish/Chinese/Hindi versions available in-player as alternate audio tracks (+ subtitles)

Researched, written, animated, soundtracked and voiced by Alan Warburton.

Producer/Curator:
Hannah Redler-Hawes

Additional Animation:
Frank Mansfield
Christina S. Nerland
Alex Widdowson

Translation:
Omar Gabriel Torres Valencia (Spanish)
Jenn Leung (Chinese)
Raja Bagga (Hindi)

Voiceovers:
Jenn Leung (Chinese)
Anushka Nair (Hindi)
Emilio Sosa Estrada (Spanish)

Special thanks to John O’Shea, Keighley Cowood, Harmeet Chagger, David Dinnage and Maya Indira Ganesh.