# Old Masters

> Experimental film begets experimental film

- Canonical URL: https://artificial-images.com/project/old-masters-experimental-film-bigbigan/
- Year: 2020
- Medium and tools: Moving Image, Generative AI, AI, Video Art
- Media: 0 images, 6 videos
- Artist: Derrick Schultz

## About this work

*Content warning: flashing (and nightmare inducing) images.*

Q: “What is the nature of vision?”
A: “What is the nature of hallucination?”

Six films from early experimental filmmakers re-envisioned thru experimental machine learning technologies.

Techniques: BigBiGAN, video superresolution

## 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 `after-stan-brakhage-s-night-music`
- Description: Flashing video of half-monsters and other graphic images
- Caption: After Stan Brakhage’s “Night Music”
- View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/old-masters-experimental-film-bigbigan/?media=after-stan-brakhage-s-night-music

### 2. Video `after-maya-deren-s-the-very-eye-of-night`
- Description: Flashing video of half-monsters and other graphic images
- Caption: After Maya Deren’s “The Very Eye of Night”
- View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/old-masters-experimental-film-bigbigan/?media=after-maya-deren-s-the-very-eye-of-night

### 3. Video `after-len-lye-s-free-radicals`
- Description: Flashing video of half-monsters and other graphic images
- Caption: After Len Lye’s “Free Radicals”
- View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/old-masters-experimental-film-bigbigan/?media=after-len-lye-s-free-radicals

### 4. Video `after-mary-ellen-bute-s-color-rhapsodie`
- Description: Flashing video of half-monsters and other graphic images
- Caption: After Mary Ellen Bute’s “Color Rhapsodie”
- View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/old-masters-experimental-film-bigbigan/?media=after-mary-ellen-bute-s-color-rhapsodie

### 5. Video `after-stan-brakhage-s-dante-s-quartet`
- Description: Flashing video of half-monsters and other graphic images
- Caption: After Stan Brakhage’s “Dante’s Quartet”
- View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/old-masters-experimental-film-bigbigan/?media=after-stan-brakhage-s-dante-s-quartet

### 6. Video `after-norman-mclaren-s-beyond-dull-care`
- Description: Flashing video of half-monsters and other graphic images
- Caption: After Norman McLaren’s “Beyond Dull Care”
- View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/old-masters-experimental-film-bigbigan/?media=after-norman-mclaren-s-beyond-dull-care

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