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