MOTION
(2024)
MOTION is a monumental projection that explores cinema in the age of generative artificial intelligence, paying homage to Eadweard Muybridge, a pioneer in the study of movement. Through his photographic series decomposing the running of a horse, Muybridge laid the foundations for the language of cinema. Based on this movement - that of a series of still images creating the illusion of movement through retinal persistence - MOTION revisits one of Muybridge's iconic works, adopting a different cinematic style for each image, reflecting the evolution of film genres from the first silent films to color and 3D productions.
CONTEXT
After a first creation based on artificial intelligence and the history of cinema - CELLULO/D, a vibrant tribute to the Lumière brothers - STROBOSCOPE was invited by METAHAUS to extend this reflection. This carte blanche, subsequently presented at several international festivals (OFF Festival in Barcelona), bears witness to the coherence and depth of this artistic approach. It underscores the extent to which the issues of moving images, sound in images, media interaction, memory and technological change are part and parcel of STROBOSCOPE's DNA.
ARTISTIC DIRECTION
STROBOSCOPE retraces the history of audiovisual media, returning to the very origins of the moving image, at a time when our representations are being profoundly transformed by digital technology and the emergence of artificial intelligence. Inspired by Eadweard Muybridge's emblematic film Galloping Horse (1887), this project turns the notion of film on its head to propose a three-minute video, in which horses in motion - generated via AI models (Runway) - traverse different cinematic genres and aesthetics (western, science fiction, animation). This visual journey pays double homage: to Muybridge, whose experiments laid the foundations of cinema, and to the perpetual evolution of the conceptual and formal codes that have marked the history of the medium.
CREDITS
Concept, Direction : Bruno Ribeiro / STROBOSCOPE