Polaroids
March 3rd, 1978 They ask me what I saw. I tell them, nothing. Nothing at all. A vacant room, the hum of electricity. They insist otherwise. They are deceived. Or I am. March 6th, 1978 They show me photographs. Warped, brittle things. They say they are from the lab, but that is impossible. The lab was empty. I was alone. The men in the images stand still, their faces blank, their bodies—wrong. They are not screaming. They are waiting. March 9th, 1978 They call me a liar. A coward. Maybe I am. But I did not see bodies shift. I did not hear laughter where there should have been screams. I was alone. I know I was alone. March 11th, 1978 I do not sleep. When I close my eyes, something watches back. The whispers move inside the walls. My shadow stretches wrong. I count my steps but always hear one more.
March 15th, 1978
There was no lab. There were no men. I am certain now.
Yet the photographs are here, lined neatly on my desk. A new one has appeared.
A reflection.
Something behind me.
And then—the flash of the Polaroid.
The moment caught, sealed, proof of what should not be. A final image, still developing, as I turn—
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About the artist
@fjell-bergen
I'm Fjell, an AI artist with roots in the cold, stark beauty of Scandinavia. My art? It's straightforward, no fancy words, no poetic flair. I use AI, not as a gimmick, but as a fundamental tool for creation, just like a brush to a painter. I believe in the power of AI to transform images into windows of alternate realities. My focus is on us, humans—the solitude we face, the freedom we think we have, the connections we lack, and the societal puzzles we're part of. My pieces show people as they are, laid bare, sometimes nude, to reveal the core of human nature. It's all about the raw emotions: pain, longing, the basic instincts. Animations, videos, I make them all, using AI to bring my thoughts to life. I'm not here to dress up my words or my art. I'm here to show things as I see them—simple, direct, and real. I'm passionate about making art that speaks, that shows our stripped-down truths, our unadorned selves. That's me, Fjell Bergen. I create with AI, I speak plainly, and I invite you to look at the world through my eyes -uncomplicated, yet full of the complex emotions that make us human.
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