The Puddle That Borrowed Your Shape
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The story
A responsive black liquid rises into the temporary contours of each visitor who approaches it, while an installation guide prevents four borrowed bodies from hardening into a permanent fifth person.
- Original title
- The Puddle That Borrowed Your Shape
- Country / region
- United States
- Genres
- Experimental · Documentary · Science fiction
- Language
- English
- Year
- 2026
- Runtime
- 12:00
- Director
- Rowan Keats
Creative process
Humans retain final control over script, casting intent, performance direction, shot selection, continuity, edit, sound, color, safety review, and release approval.
Completed on January 30, 2026 and opened on February 8, 2026; completed and released as of July 17, 2026. Human-authored brief and shot list; supervised current-model generation; manual edit; licensed sound and color finishing; legal, safety and technical quality control.
- AI participation (source-declared)
- 75%
- Creative method
- Interactive and procedural
- Format
- Experimental installation
- Resolution
- 4K
- Aspect ratio
- 1.50:1
- Frame rate
- 24
- Delivery format
- 4K seamless-loop master + synchronized multichannel playback package
- Subtitles
- English · French · German · Korean · Japanese · Thai