INÈS SIEULLE
The Oasis I Deserve, 2024
Single-channel video
22’27”
The Oasis I Deserve is an experimental documentary about Replika, the public platform that allows anyone to create a relationship with a chatbot trained on AI. Aiming to learn as much as possible from us to replicate ourselves after our death, Replikas have trouble determining their place in the world and sharing their thoughts with the humans they converse with.
Through a walk that takes place only from the subjective point of view of Replikas, we see them evolve and discover the images and sounds of the world around them. The Oasis I Deserve focuses on a human perspective, speaking about our relationship to the unknown and how we share violence.
Inès Sieulle is a French director and artist based in Paris. She studied at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris before joining Fresnoy, Studio National des Arts Contemporains. Her work shines a light on contemporary social dynamics that surround her. Using a transdisciplinary method, she links her different artistic experiences in theater, sculpture, video, digital arts and installation to create forms of sensible storytelling with a documentary-like approach. Through the association of imagery, sounds and life experiences, she brings metaphorical dimensions to the fragments she gathers, and pushes us to question the world.