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In two videos inspired by Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Sawako develops a visual language born from the encounter between the materiality of handmade collage and the possibilities of movement opened up by generative artificial intelligence. Rather than erasing the traces of cutting, layering, and handcrafted construction, technology seems to set them in motion. The images retain something tactile, fragile, and deliberately imperfect, while beginning to inhabit a strange temporality somewhere between animation, dream, and metamorphosis.
This way of working is directly connected to what the artist herself says about her creative process. Sawako describes making hand-cut collages, like a diary, and sometimes transforming this work into videos that combine collage and generative AI. When I asked her to say a few words about her relationship with Alice and the videos, she also explained that she finds it difficult to verbalize her creative process precisely because it is essentially intuitive: she works without a predetermined intention, allowing her hands to move freely and guide the process.
Perhaps this is precisely where one of the most compelling qualities of her Alices can be found. They do not seem to begin with an interpretation that is subsequently translated into images. Instead, they emerge through the act of making itself. First come the hands, the cut-outs, the associations, and unexpected encounters; then, through AI, these images begin to move, transform, and establish new relationships. Technology does not replace the handmade gesture, but extends its associative logic.
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