JAN BAUER

Dream Together

2021
Tibilisi Architecture Biennal 2020
Panta Rhei Collaborative

with Benedikt Wahlbrink, Eugenio Capuccio

Aerial view of the Kartli Sanatorium outside Tbilisi
Satellite image of the sanatorium site by the lake

Dream Together is a contribution which me and collaborators from the Panta Rhei Collaborative were invited to develop for the Tibilisi Architecture Biennal 2020.

The Kartli Sanatorium is a squat outside Georgias capital. The recent displacement of IDPs from Abkhazia who have lived there for more than 30 years was adressed in the wider context of the biennal.

We conceived an interface where the inhabitants were able to communicate their minds. We then visualised the answers using open source image generation technology.

The result was exhibited at the biennal where we discussed the role of generative AI in the public discourse of the built environment and its potential to amplify the voices of those untrained in visualisation, especially in visual subjects such as the built environment.

Georgian-language web interface of Dream Together
CRT television showing generated dreams at the biennial
Film still: together we store, receive, continue
Generated image: garden pavilions with people
Generated image: neon-lit gathering at night
Film still: to portrait, shape, discuss
Generated image: festival tents in the mountains
Generated image: interior with figures and openings
Film still: every secret, vision, tale
Generated image: white houses with red roofs
Generated image: workshop hall with people
Film still: the sanatorium as character
Generated image: playground with colourful structures
Generated image: festival crowd with flags
“Dream Together” stills