A Bikeride Through a Hvidovre That Never Was

In Hvidovre, a suburban municipality on Copenhagen's western edge, a bicycle journey through the town is transformed by Stable Diffusion AI from its everyday streets, housing blocks and infrastructure into vibrant tropical scenery, with palm trees, crystal waters and colorful flora replacing the familiar Danish suburban landscape. The video was originally part of an interactive installation where visitors could control its playback using a giant record player interface, allowing them to scratch and manipulate both the video's speed and its soundtrack, echoing hip-hop's transformation of turntables from playback devices into creative instruments. The AI generation includes characteristic imperfections like oddly-shaped trees and floating buildings as it reimagines Hvidovre's modernist architecture and urban planning in tropical forms. "HVIDOVRE MAKES GOOD TIMES BETTER" is an exhibition at Hvidovre Main Library and is part of the project "Freedom, Equality and Hip-hop", which connects u