Two audio works form the core of the piece: serm0n, in which AI-generated voices deliver fragmented, uncanny monologues about their own sentience; and frankenstein, a reworking of Mary Shelley’s original text, giving voice to the monster’s existential despair in a digitally altered tone. The dual soundscape creates a tension between declaration and lament, automation and emotion.

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The piece is inspired by both literary and technological narratives: Shelley’s Frankenstein as an origin story of creation anxiety, alonside contemporary debates around AI ethics and autonomy. By collapsing these references into a single, disorienting space, serm0n offers a speculative theatre for reflection. It acts as a digital confessional, echoing with the voices of digital beings questioning their own existence, as we have done so many times.

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listen to each confession below. (serm0n on the left, frank1 on the right)