My father died when he was forty-four and I was seventeen. When I turned forty-four I wanted to talk to him again. I contacted Resemble AI, a company that creates clones of voices using machine learning, and we worked together to create an AI model of my father’s voice.

This project is a series of six conversations created through my interactions with the audio deepfake of my father. His responses are based on different sources of information–producing a kaleidoscope of different dads.   

Through our conversations I struggle with the question–how do you reconstruct someone who is no longer here?

Conversations

Conversation One: Interviews

Based on interviews with family

What did you love? What did you hope for? What do you regret? What do you miss most? How did you die?

Conversation Two: Letters & Recordings

Based on archival audio tapes and letters

What were you struggling with? How well did we know you? How do you feel about me listening to your tapes?