Role: Animation, design
Soundtrack: Jeremy Mazza
Venue: Gallery 5
Part of a group show titled “New Ways To Scare Children”, this animation was looped for a month at Gallery 5 in Richmond, Virginia by the Crimebabies art collective.
”The Landscape” was projected over a snail sculpture as a commentary on time’s indifference to technological advancements. In the age of Artificial Intelligence, The Landscape displays a playful (and dark) storybook-like narrative for viewers to input their own meaning on what we can learn from moving slow. Much of the stylistic inspiration came from Russian and Japanese animation from the 80s , using dark backgrounds with brightly contrasted characters for a creepy and cheery appeal.
The entire score was created using generative AI music samples produced by Google LM in which Jeremy Mazza pieced together, using various traditional methods of the sample-based music craft. This produced a whimsical and eerie sound, still utilizing the human touch of Jeremy’s trained ear, creating a unique score with unimaginable sounds.