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Title: Speculative Speciation: Passenger Pigeon
Runtime: 6 min
Country: USA
Director: Sharon Gill & Jacklyn Brickman
Placement: Honorable Mention
Competition: June, 2024
Synopsis: Passenger Pigeon is a short film that is part of the larger series of Speculative Speciation: Artificial Anagenesis and Creative Cladogenesis by Jacklyn Brickman and Dr. Sharon Gill, 2023-24.
Since the 1600s, more than 160 species of birds have gone extinct. Not only are those extinctions profound losses in and of themselves, but they also represent devastating losses of what could have been. Over time, would these species have changed, evolving into new species not yet seen? Would these species have diversified into many more different and wonderful forms increasing biodiversity? Speculative Speciation: Artificial Anagenesis and Creative Cladogenesis ponders on what could have been, by employing AI to generate new species descended from the extinct ones, highlighting what has been lost in the past, what continues to be lost in the present and may be lost for future generations.