# Black Sun Electro Static

> laserprinted into the mind’s eye

- Canonical URL: https://artificial-images.com/project/black-sun-electro-static-neural-cellular-automata/
- Year: 2023, 2024
- Medium and tools: Moving Image, Generative AI, AI, 16mm Film
- Pathways: [Material Machines](https://artificial-images.com/pathways/material-machines.md)
- Media: 4 images, 1 video
- Artist: Derrick Schultz

## About this work

2024. 4min, digital video from laserprinted 35mm and 16mm elements.

[Review on Letterboxd](https://letterboxd.com/film/black-sun-electro-static/)

Neural network neurons printed to film through static electricity.

Sound design by [Kamuter](https://kamuter.world/).

Screenings: [Modern Technology](https://mononoawarefilm.com/ctc_2024_derrick-schultz), (Solo screening, 2024), Mixed Media (Solo screening at Whammy! Analog Media, 2024), [Labocine: mathēmatiká issue](https://www.labocine.com/issues/mathematika), [Video Musics](https://www.not-nowhere.org/on/video-musics-derrick-schultz) (Solo screening at not/nowhere, London, August 2026)

## Media

Videos cannot be watched by text agents; each entry gives its alt text, caption, Vimeo title and duration, and a description of the video.

### 1. Video `textured-video-of-abstract-shapes`
- Description: Textured video of abstract shapes
- Caption: Textured video of abstract shapes
- Source: Vimeo video 1009325872
- Vimeo title: Black Sun Electro Static
- Duration: 3 min 51 s
- Video description: A 4-minute film (2023/24), digital video from laser-printed 35mm and 16mm elements made with machine learning video assets and custom scripting. Sound design by Kamuter.
- Watch on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/1009325872
- View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/black-sun-electro-static-neural-cellular-automata/?media=textured-video-of-abstract-shapes

### 2. Image `frame-0019`
- Alt text: Title card reading BLACK SUN over grainy textured waves in muted earth tones
- View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/black-sun-electro-static-neural-cellular-automata/?media=frame-0019

### 3. Triptych `frames-from-black-sun-electro-static`
- Caption: Frames from *Black Sun Electro Static*
- Image `frame-0085`
  - Alt text: Cellular pattern with dark spots spiraling outward on blue, green, and orange textured surface
  - View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/black-sun-electro-static-neural-cellular-automata/?media=frame-0085
- Image `frame-0119`
  - Alt text: Large bronze sphere surrounded by smaller dots on a textured blue cellular field
  - View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/black-sun-electro-static-neural-cellular-automata/?media=frame-0119
- Image `frame-0183`
  - Alt text: Repeating diagonal wave pattern in blue and black with grainy laserprint texture
  - View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/black-sun-electro-static-neural-cellular-automata/?media=frame-0183

## External links

- [Review on Letterboxd](https://letterboxd.com/film/black-sun-electro-static/)
- [Kamuter](https://kamuter.world/)
- [Modern Technology](https://mononoawarefilm.com/ctc_2024_derrick-schultz)
- [Labocine: mathēmatiká issue](https://www.labocine.com/issues/mathematika)
- [Video Musics](https://www.not-nowhere.org/on/video-musics-derrick-schultz)

## Related

### Pathways

- [Material Machines](https://artificial-images.com/pathways/material-machines.md): Digital systems returned to film, paper, plotting, and handmade image-making.

### Tags

Moving Image, Generative AI, AI, 16mm Film

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