A set of erotic magazine photographs once treated as scandalous material in the 1970s has resurfaced at Cannes in an entirely new form. This time, the still images move, speak and breathe through artificial intelligence, raising awkward questions about nostalgia, censorship and how quickly cultural taboos collapse.
The project, unveiled on the sidelines of the Cannes Film Festival, transforms vintage adult photo spreads from 1976 into short AI-generated films complete with colour, dialogue, synchronised sound and voice-over. The original images were static. Generative AI tools were used to fabricate movement and cinematic continuity from photographs that were never filmed in the first place.
