Kristan Akerman
Senior Art Director | Design, Motion & Generative AI
ABOUT
Built from a handful of photographs taken during a single afternoon in the basement of The Bee’s Mouth pub in Hove, the film resurrects The Electric Song Company—a Brighton band that played only a few gigs before disappearing. The archive included one photograph of American musician Jack Strutt in his twenties and a contemporary portrait taken forty years later. Generative AI was used to bridge that distance and create a meditation on lost love, regret and the weight of moments that slipped away.
AWARDS
Best Hybrid Film — AI International Film Festival 2026
Best Music Video — AI International Film Festival 2026
Best Music Video — Brighton Rocks International Film Festival 2026
MADEIT CREDITS
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Steve HaglerClient
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Kristan AkermanArt direction, AI production and original photog
Back to The Swamp — AI Music Video project
Ani Plankova
Artist,Graphic Designer,Digital Artist Freelancer
Bulgaria
Elisabeth Grosse aka LIZITA
Graphic Designer
United Kingdom
Anastasiia Zaesenok
2d Animator, Illustrator, Freelance
United States
Adam Ferrie
Creative Director, Special
Australia