A Bird In the Machine

A Bird in the Machine examines the intricate relationship between humanity, technology, and the environment through the concept of 'creative destruction,' introduced by economist Joseph Schumpeter in 1942. The film reimagines 1950s factory workers through AI-generated imagery, blending archival-style black-and-white footage with vivid, painted depictions of people and birds. This visual contrast underscores the tension between historical Keynesian industrial ambitions and today's post-Fordist technological advancements, epitomized by the rise of AI—capable of surpassing human labor in speed and efficiency.

Birds appear throughout as recurring symbols of human creativity and our profound connection to nature—a bond that persists even within the frameworks of advanced technology and neoliberal capitalism.