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WATA SIDE I-III (2024) is an AI-generated trilogy developed by Minne
Atairu. The short films depict the mandatory beautification and purification rites undertaken by devotees
of
Mami
Wata—a femme-presenting, amphibious, metamorphic God associated fertility, wealth, and healing across
the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Complementing the visuals is a soundscape crafted from sampling phonograph recordings of religious ceremonies held in Benin, Nigeria (c. early 1900s).
Although the term 'Wata Side' connotes proximity to large bodies of water, its linguistic application transcends geographic boundaries. This expression underlines the spiritual/ancestral/sacred bond that coastal communities in Nigeria's Niger Delta region maintain with the hydrosphere.
Technical note: All clips were exclusively generated from text descriptions via the text-to-video algorithm—Gen-2.
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Nigerian Pidgin, nounAlthough the term 'Wata Side' connotes proximity to large bodies of water, its linguistic application transcends geographic boundaries. This expression underlines the spiritual/ancestral/sacred bond that coastal communities in Nigeria's Niger Delta region maintain with the hydrosphere.
- I com from Wata Side ("I am of the Water" / "I live for the Water").
- Dem be Wata Side Pipu ("They will always return to the Water").
- You be Wata Side Pikin ("You are destined for the Water").
Technical note: All clips were exclusively generated from text descriptions via the text-to-video algorithm—Gen-2.
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WATA SIDE I-III (2024) na tiri short films wey Minne Atairu use
Artificial Intelligence (AI) to create. Di
films dey show how Mami Wata dem dey do make-up, do iyanga as dem prepare for parti. To make di music,
Minne mix new and olden days songs from Bini city.
WETIN BE AI?
AI, be short hand for Artificial Intelligence. Na technology wey sabi make new feem, draw fine picture, or write tori, wey go make you reason if na pesin do am. How di AI dey make tins by imsef? No be Bini juju oh! Ogbonge engineers dey show am examples of foto or feem. Dey dey call dis examples "data". And, dis data dey dey get am for internet. From Instagram oh. Facebook oh. Different Different kain website. And, di data wey di Engineers dey use no bi shikini one oh. E dey plenti, up to billions. As e dey look di examples, e dey scope di ideas wey pipo dem use make di examples. Imagine say e dey look foto of differen differen kain Mami Wata wey dey Nollywood film, like Nneka or Karashika. E go look how Mami Wata skin dey yellow, dia eyes dey shine like torchlight, di kain shine-shine wey dem like to wia and plenti oda tins. Wen di AI don finish lookery, e go use di ideas to make new foto wey go look like di different different kain Mami Wata for di Nollywood films wey e don look. So, wen Minne tok say she use AI to create WATA SIDE film, wetin Minne do na to tell di AI, as you don learn about Nollywood Mami Wata: "Oya, make film wey look like say Mami Wata dey prepare for parti".
WETIN BE AI?
AI, be short hand for Artificial Intelligence. Na technology wey sabi make new feem, draw fine picture, or write tori, wey go make you reason if na pesin do am. How di AI dey make tins by imsef? No be Bini juju oh! Ogbonge engineers dey show am examples of foto or feem. Dey dey call dis examples "data". And, dis data dey dey get am for internet. From Instagram oh. Facebook oh. Different Different kain website. And, di data wey di Engineers dey use no bi shikini one oh. E dey plenti, up to billions. As e dey look di examples, e dey scope di ideas wey pipo dem use make di examples. Imagine say e dey look foto of differen differen kain Mami Wata wey dey Nollywood film, like Nneka or Karashika. E go look how Mami Wata skin dey yellow, dia eyes dey shine like torchlight, di kain shine-shine wey dem like to wia and plenti oda tins. Wen di AI don finish lookery, e go use di ideas to make new foto wey go look like di different different kain Mami Wata for di Nollywood films wey e don look. So, wen Minne tok say she use AI to create WATA SIDE film, wetin Minne do na to tell di AI, as you don learn about Nollywood Mami Wata: "Oya, make film wey look like say Mami Wata dey prepare for parti".