the juxtaposition of corporate stock footage type imagery with actual footage of just utter destruction of the planet for capital that kicks in with the bridge just hits so hard. also the song is just such a banger
honorable mention to the only time that i’ve seen ai being used in a piece of art as a way to create hyper surreal imagery and actually liking it. the ethics of it are still grey since the art must have obviously been sampled from somewhere and like hell some shots are really reminiscent of the vibes of a series of simon stalenhag paintings. i like the way it’s used to add to a overall piece of art and not just generating images for generative images sake. it makes it feel like there’s a degree of added artistic value to me. it’s not something that could have been created without the technology, the surreal uncanny valley and the way it’s like unsettlingly shifting. it’s a component of the overall art not just a substitute for it like techbros want it to be
