LAND
November 2024 - Present · Film · Game engine · Independent · Commission/Exhibition
See also:I only experience things in latent space now.
Local Area Noumenon Detritus (LAND) is an experimental film that positions simulated ecology and geology as actors in investigating divided land between India and Pakistan. The film uses photogrammetry, game engines and artificial intelligence as tools for simultaneous worlding and world-building. Through interweaving cybernetic philosophy, new media imagery and localized mythmaking, LAND aims to construct a new framework for examining fractured land.
Exhibitions
Screened at the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz to an audience of over 122,000 visitors and international experts (2025); also screened at the NYUAD Capstone Exhibition.
Process
Custom LoRA fine-tuned on previous frames generates AI visuals; photogrammetry of temple sites straddling the India-Pakistan border; motion capture; fluid simulation in LiquiGen.