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Synthetic Reflection

2025 · Documentary · 7 min 10 sec

Five imagined environments frame an essay on how artificial intelligence changes creative work and everyday life. The film moves from the excitement of rapid innovation to questions of authorship, ethics, and the unstable boundary between generated images and reality.

Creator
Marie Backhaus, Henrike Hof, Levon Javaheri, Eva Matzerath & Phillip Schulz
Release date
May 24, 2025
Runtime
7 min 10 sec
Genre
Documentary
Genre context
Editorial documentary/essay grouping; official KISD source describes a five-chapter reflective film about AI.
Viewing source
KISD on Vimeo ↗
Format
AI-generated / AI-assisted film
AI production
Created in January 2025 by Marie Backhaus, Henrike Hof, Levon Javaheri, Eva Matzerath and Phillip Schulz at Köln International School of Design, supervised by Matthias Grund. KISD documents AI-generated visuals, sound, text, and narration, curated and assembled by the human team. No individual model names are supplied.

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