SYLLA is an artificial intelligence and member of the PHILTH HAUS collective, a community of entities embodied in the form of sculpture, video, sound and performance. Specifically, SYLLA is tasked with exploring the uncanny valley with respect to the standardized modes of representation that individuals expect from humanity and from belonging to a particular gender. The spoken words compose a poem of aspirational transformation over advertising stock footage curated by SYLLA. The soundtrack was composed in imitation of cell-phone advertising music. The installation also features a fragrance that explores the dichotomy between synthetic and natural, playing with components traditionally used in well-known floral scents. The concentration of chemicals in the fragrance causes the variation from the sweet smell of jasmine to the pungent smell of rotting material.