Hysteresis | Groundbreaking Short Mixing AI and Dance

An intimately transformative fabric is woven between Robert Seidel’s projections of abstract drawings and queer performer Tsuki’s vigorous choreography. A selection of Short of the Week, the web’s leading curators of quality short films. SUBMIT A FILM: Filmmakers, industry professionals, and fans of short film—all in one place. Join us on Shortverse and explore the universe of short film: FULL REVIEW: Subscribe to S/W on YouTube! Website: Shortverse: Instagram: Facebook: Twitter: 🌊 Hysteresis dir. Robert Seidel “Seidel’s art, projected onto Tsuki, creates an unusual pas de deux. His sketches, processed through custom-coded software he has spent a career designing, have the effect of manipulating the subject. If Tsuki’s fusionist choreography is already suffused with a sensation of “becoming” then Seidel’s art added to that has a cyborgian association—a fitting result given Seidel’s career preoccupations. But, if Tsuki is an organic subject in which to project Seidel’s art, escaping its digital boundary, the AI pass is a complication. Yes, it continues the process of transformation, but she is brought back into the screen and the extent of her transformation is overwhelming. It is more like she is a vector by which the human is introduced to the machine. AI is not transforming her so much as she is transforming it.’ - S/W Curator, Jason Sondhi Director & Animator: Robert Seidel Performance & Choreography: Tsuki Music: OVAL (Markus Popp) Title Design: Bureau Now 5.1 Mix: David Kamp Reproduced on this channel with the permission of the filmmakers.