All About Francis: All About Francis - Algarve - Portugal

During Pope Francis's visit to Portugal for the World Youth Day event in Lisbon, I launched "ALL ABOUT FRANCIS," an immersive project using Artificial Intelligence to depict an alternative journey of Francis throughout Portugal. It is an immersive experience crafted with the assistance of Artificial Intelligence, portraying Francis in a manner rarely witnessed, as he explores Portugal intimately, an aspect that may elude both the Portuguese populace and the world. A Pope digitally created by a machine, manipulated for an experience and visit he did not make, will not make, and paradoxically reveals his most human and vulnerable side - in a machined fiction work about a man who is Pope, and not about the Pope who is a man, a mortal, immortalized in Portugal in a way he will never even experience. Francis visited 22 cities during 26 days. The Pope? 2 cities during 6 days. This project is an authorial creation with artistic objectives. Its content remains entirely independent of any particular political, religious, or brand ideology. The artistic intention behind "ALL ABOUT FRANCIS" is to explore universal themes, such as identity, freedom, time, recognition, and behavior, while also utilizing artificial and inorganic resources as part of the creative process.