A Thousand Small Norths
IXF-AIF-2026-PW3MPQYH5J
The story
A thousand motorized compass needles evoke bird migration, forming a magnetic field that changes with each visitor’s path.
- Original title
- A Thousand Small Norths
- Country / region
- United States
- Genres
- Experimental · Documentary
- Language
- English
- Year
- 2026
- Runtime
- 35:00
- Director
- Theo Meridian
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 February 27, 2026 and opened to the public on March 13, 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
- 1.78:1
- Frame rate
- 23.976
- Delivery format
- 4K seamless-loop master + synchronized multichannel playback package
- Subtitles
- English · French · German · Korean · Japanese · Thai