Using images I already obtained I set off on making a data set of science fiction corridors I could use with a machine learning program.
These iconic settings are where we traverse through realities and the importance of them is not lost on their designers. These abstract spaces of linear format that create this all encompassing sense of depth only add to our narratives and the themes within these features
I collected these images from google, tumblr, pinterest and most importantly Science Fiction Corridors archive - a website dedicated to hosting these screengrabs from a wide array of films. It wasn't enough to make an effective data set but it was very helpful in bulking it out with high quality images.
scificorridorarchive.com
I took to Runway as a method of training a StyleGAN model to create these synthetic spaces based from these filmic settings.
6000 steps in didn't quite achieve the outcome I hoped for but I could begin to see these elements taking shape - the lighting and setting differs greatly between each image which is why I think this was a longer process than some other training works I've done.
We can see clearly the colours and structures begin to grow and take place and these outcomes are very interesting a science fiction esque in their own right.
These alien sets were slightly too organic so I knew I had to keep this workflow up to achieve my intended outcome.
Once I trained my model further these spaces really started to shine through and the depth of these imagined corridors created was something really special.
The realities these outcomes created were interesting and confusing in make up - some looked like they were pulled straight from a film whilst other contained these trippy kind of compositions.
particular I loved the depth these works had and how they seemed to change and morph the more we look at them.
We identify familiarities within them yet they are still so alien in nature we are left with this surreal space between our realities and these filmic realities.
I am particularly interested in the experience of voyage through these areas and there symbolism as portals in a narrative setting and a physical setting.
began imagining these works as a setting in itself and thought about trying to create this piece into something filmic or moving image orientated.
I was particularly stunned by the depth and design these creations had.
Passage and travel are important in science fiction, since most works in this genre derive their plot suspense from some experience of alienation, exodus, or voyage. In the mainstream imagination, science fiction is seen as a kind of speculation with possible meaning, an aspiration that necessitates technical advancement.
This advancement has eventually been – with little questions posed – an underlying factor in fantasy, of what we unfailingly expect will happen tomorrow. This sensation is mirrored in science fiction, most notably in the incredible technological evolution in modes of transportation. The means of travel go beyond the physical constraints of our world and our organic dependence.
ran a few images though a depth detection model in Runway and even machine learning could identify the depths of these synthetic hallways.
I took to after effects to create these works into projection mapped corridors so I could animate them in 3D.
I wanted the experience of these spaces to be filmic in nature and resemble their counterparts.
Below is a documentation/tutorial on how I achieved this.