An Artist

Abel Art

A near-future short about a tattoo artist named Picasso, scraping by in a city that no longer has work for people like him — art, poetry, and music have been "fully automated for optimal productivity." When an emigration office offers him a one-way ticket to Mars on a special shuttle reserved for painters, poets, and musicians, he trades the ticket to settle a debt and stay. The other man takes it; the film ends at the Mars Embarcation Station with "Batch 472 processed." A film about artists being made obsolete by automation, made with AI — the irony is the point.

Made with Runway, Dreamina AI