Anthrocinematica by Chikai — 500 AI artworks

AnthrocinematicaBy Chikai · 500 works · released 2024-03-29Anthrocinematica is a 500-piece AI video collection of seamless loops, each with its own title. Every loop begins on a single photograph pinned to a wall, enters the moment that photo captures, pulls back to reveal the full room, and returns to its starting frame. The rooms number thirteen across five countries, and each exists in a Japanese and an American version, a duality Chikai ties to his upbringing as the US-born son of Japanese immigrants. The room images were generated with Midjourney v6, upscaled with Magnific to an effective 40,000 x 40,000 pixels (about 1.6 gigapixels each), and animated with Runway's multi motion brush; all 500 pieces were then hand-edited in Final Cut Pro. AI artifacts such as extra hands are kept deliberately as metaphors for human imperfection, and a few pieces hide crypto easter eggs.

500 perfect-loop videos, each with a unique title

13 rooms across five countries (Ethiopia, Finland, India, US, Japan), each in a Japan and a US version

Room images rendered at an effective 40k x 40k pixels; roughly 21 gigapixels in total

Made with Midjourney v6, Magnific and Runway multi motion brush; edited by hand in Final Cut Pro

Each piece carries one of five soundtracks built from ambient audio recorded in its country

Pieces: #0 … #499. Data: https://braindrops.art/api/v1/collections/anthrocinematica