Static Rodeo
A chrome mechanical horse bucks through a CRT arena, turning electronic noise into an escalating audiovisual rodeo.
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The story
Each beat assembles another piece of the machine until the horse becomes both performer and instrument. At the final drop, the arena collapses into scan lines and the animal gallops through the screens that created it.
- Original title
- Static Rodeo
- Country / region
- United States
- Genres
- Experimental · Science fiction
- Language
- English
- Year
- 2026
- Runtime
- 5:12
- Director
- Rhea Circuit
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 29, 2026 and premiered on February 13, 2026; completed and publicly 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
- Generative narrative
- Format
- Music video
- Resolution
- 4K
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9
- Frame rate
- 23.976
- Delivery format
- UHD ProRes 422 HQ music master + web master
- Subtitles
- English