# •

> Guided by machines

- Canonical URL: https://artificial-images.com/project/dot-handmade-animation-ai-guidance/
- Year: 2024
- Medium and tools: AI, 16mm Film, Moving Image, Algorithmic Filmmaking
- Pathways: [Computational Films](https://artificial-images.com/pathways/computational-films.md), [Material Machines](https://artificial-images.com/pathways/material-machines.md)
- Media: 4 images, 2 videos
- Artist: Derrick Schultz

## About this work

9min, digital film from hand created 16mm film elements, sound

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

[Review on Letterboxd](https://letterboxd.com/film/film:1280132/)

An experiment in meditative and stripped down cameraless filmmaking, edited and sequenced using machine learning models.

Screenings:

[Modern Technology](https://mononoawarefilm.com/ctc_2024_derrick-schultz) (Solo Screening at Mono No Aware, 2024)

Mixed Media (Solo Screening at Whammy! Analog Media) (2024)

[Istanbul Experimental Film Festival 2025](https://istanbulexperimental.com/copy-of-95-friday)

[Ghent International Film Festival 2025](https://www.ghentfilmweek.com/)

[Labocine: Mindfulness issue](https://www.labocine.com/issues/mindfulness) (September 2025)

Pollen Video Spells (2025)

[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 `stuttering-video-of-a-circlular-shape`
- Description: Stuttering video of a circlular shape
- Caption: Stuttering video of a circlular shape
- Source: Vimeo video 986795622
- Vimeo title: •
- Duration: 8 min 59 s
- Video description: A 9-minute film from 2024, with sound design by Kamuter.
- Watch on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/986795622
- View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/dot-handmade-animation-ai-guidance/?media=stuttering-video-of-a-circlular-shape

### 2. Diptych `diptych-frame-0020`
- Image `frame-0020`
  - Alt text: Handmade cameraless film frame with mottled gray circular shape against black background, organic camouflage-like texture with visible film grain
  - View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/dot-handmade-animation-ai-guidance/?media=frame-0020
- Image `frame-0134`
  - Alt text: Handmade cameraless film frame with white circular form against blue mottled background, cellular organic patterns in cyan and cobalt tones
  - View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/dot-handmade-animation-ai-guidance/?media=frame-0134

### 3. Diptych `frames-from`
- Caption: Frames from *•*
- Image `frame-0173`
  - Alt text: Handmade cameraless film frame with golden yellow circular shape against dark green mottled background, organic lichen-like textures
  - View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/dot-handmade-animation-ai-guidance/?media=frame-0173
- Image `frame-0410`
  - Alt text: Handmade cameraless film frame with deep blue circular cluster against pink background, grainy film texture with scattered organic shapes
  - View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/dot-handmade-animation-ai-guidance/?media=frame-0410

### 4. Video `commentary-for`
- Description: Creator’s commentary for the film •
- Caption: Commentary for *•*
- Source: Vimeo video 1112442460
- Vimeo title: • (Creator’s Commentary)
- Duration: 8 min 59 s
- Watch on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/1112442460
- View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/dot-handmade-animation-ai-guidance/?media=commentary-for

## External links

- [Kamuter](https://kamuter.world/)
- [Review on Letterboxd](https://letterboxd.com/film/film:1280132/)
- [Modern Technology](https://mononoawarefilm.com/ctc_2024_derrick-schultz)
- [Istanbul Experimental Film Festival 2025](https://istanbulexperimental.com/copy-of-95-friday)
- [Ghent International Film Festival 2025](https://www.ghentfilmweek.com/)
- [Labocine: Mindfulness issue](https://www.labocine.com/issues/mindfulness)
- [Video Musics](https://www.not-nowhere.org/on/video-musics-derrick-schultz)

## Related

### Pathways

- [Computational Films](https://artificial-images.com/pathways/computational-films.md): Films shaped by rules, sorting, procedural editing, and machine-guided montage.
- [Material Machines](https://artificial-images.com/pathways/material-machines.md): Digital systems returned to film, paper, plotting, and handmade image-making.

### Tags

AI, 16mm Film, Moving Image, Algorithmic Filmmaking

### Related work

- [Anime](https://artificial-images.com/project/anime-manga-machine-contact-printing.md) (2024): Moving manga
- [Stop Making Sense](https://artificial-images.com/project/stop-making-sense-sorting-randomness.md) (2025, ongoing): Anything, Everything
- [Scream Scenes](https://artificial-images.com/project/scream-scenes-31-days-horror-videos.md) (2022): 31 Days of Experimental Horror
- [Acoustics of Light](https://artificial-images.com/project/so-will-b-now-audioreactive-16mm.md) (2026): The soundtrack does the editing.

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