
World Premiere
The Innocence of Unknowing
Official Selection - Immersive
| United States | 40 MINUTES | EnglishDocumentary, LGBTQIA+, Politics, Art, Technology, Journalism, Artificial Intelligence, AI-Generated Content
The Innocence of Unknowing is an AI archival project, four-channel essay film, and live performance examining news media coverage of mass shootings in the U.S. since the 1960s. By studying footage of retreat over time, the work investigates the impact of public violence on contemporary culture, using AI as a collaborator. By Ryat Yezbick and Milo Talwani, incubated at the MIT Open Documentary Lab.
The Innocence of Unknowing features a series of live performance-conversation between the artists and Aurora, an AI trained to "think" like a humanities scholar. These conversations will analyze patterns and tackle issues in the news media archive that spans the 1960s to present day.
Performance Times are:
Fri - Sun, June 6 - 8
12:15 PM & 5:00 PM
Monday - Sunday, June 7 - 15
5:30 PM
This project is included in the Tribeca Immersive 2025: In Search of Us exhibition alongside 10 other works. Ticket includes all Tribeca Immersive projects located at WSA. Click here for full program and details.