This project is a creative exploration using an AI-driven workflow to create a short film based on the book.
The process is automated, for minimal intervention, human analysis or adjustment of the content, to explore the impact of such workflows on the final outcome and their value in the creative process.

In Praise of Shadows is an essay that comments on how adopting western modernity, in its quest to light through/and speed, has strip the japanese culture from its subtle and subdued attitude towards aesthetics and perception.

Shadows are the main object, as they largely represent the author’s communication of Japanese aesthetics.

The project embodies this paradox, using automated processes and ai while maintaining the transience, imperfection, and subtlety . Characteristics praised in the essay.