Pareidolia

synopsis

What happens when we give artificial intelligence absolute creative freedom? It will produce a cinematic meditation on the insignificance of humanity, or on the longing for life. The AI agent, which Franz Milec tasked with creating whatever film it wished, generated digital images of poetic structures, grotesque swirls of matter and the dance of molecules that rearrange and transform themselves uncontrollably. The virtual mind recited its poem about matter and movement, teetering on the edge of kitsch.

“My intention is always to uncover the complexities of what we commonly perceive as banal, bland, and unimportant.” — Franz Milec, dokweb

biography

Franz Milec (1993) is a Slovak experimental filmmaker, essayist and multimedia artist. He graduated from the Centre for Audiovisual Studies at FAMU. He tells stories through data and artificial intelligence, exploring the theme of urban peripheries and the relationship between humans and technology. At Ji.hlava IDFF, he has presented films such as Abstract Horror (2019), Perplexity (2023), Ecopoiesis (2024) and Replica (2025). Pareidolia was co-created by an autonomous AI agent—or rather, an intelligence collective built on the OpenClaw platform.

film details

director:	et al, Franz Milec
producer:	Franz Milec

contact

Franz Milec
ostrovid@icloud.com