Alex Li

Kino

A platform for storytelling in the age of AI that transcends physical limitations of time, space, and resources. A platform where anyone can turn their ideas into full-fledged cinematic works of art without any previous experience in acting or film production.

“Storytelling has been part of our human culture since the dawn of language. We tell stories to entertain, educate, and leave a mark of our existence. Throughout millennia, we have created new tools and media that take our storytelling potential to new heights. We evolved from primitive speech and dance to a more linear print format, and then we invented film and computers which enabled more immersive stories to be told in the form of movies and video games. Today, the most powerful means of telling stories are centralized in the hands of studios and corporations who can afford the monumental cost of film production. So I asked myself: Why should things stay this way? Why shouldn't everyone be able to create blockbuster movies themselves? What I did with this project is design a digital platform where storytelling takes full advantage of the latest technologies and transforming the production of cinema from a status quo that is privileged, centralized, and static into a new way of making that is democratized, decentralized, and dynamic. ”