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Kinetic Clay - Google Deepmind 


“Visualising AI is an initiative by Google Deepmind & Google that aims to open up conversations around AI.
XK studio was commisioned to create two films.

Kinetic Clay poetically depicts how artists can creatively collaborate with AGI in the future.  AI can offer new points of view, speed up the process and lead to new territories, while we always remain the driving force.

Starting off with a human hand manipulating a block of digital clay, we witness an interactive dance between human / AGI and the harmonious rhythm between them. The two actors continuously build upon and inspire
each other's movements and outputs, bringing to life a hypnotic, ever-evolving sculpture.” XK studio



Year: August 2023
Client: Google Deepmind
Audio: Chris Banks

Design & Production: XK studio
Role: design, animation, simulation, mocap hand dancing, look dev.





















Research and development


To infuse accurate human emotion into the film, we used the Rokoko smartgloves to capture intricate hand movements. By choreographing and trying lots of gestures, we generated a small library of motion capture data that we used to guide animations and simulations throughout the film, trying to bring some life into the 3d world.