Tales of Xizi Tower
AI Generated Video, 3 mins, 03.2025
This AI-collaborative approach breaks from conventional documentary filmmaking: villagers simply speak their memories, and AI translates them into matching visual stories. From indigenous guardians to reservoir resettlers and newly married families, each community’s emotional bond with the Tower is vividly reimagined.
The most magical realism emerged from collective memories: a 1950s incident where a tree-urinating child's mysterious illness was cured by ritual processions (excluded from final edit for ethical considerations, though SD generated surreal visual prototypes).
“The most beautiful of all is our Tower of Cherished Words” — this ancient monument, at once a childhood playground and a spiritual totem for emigrants, embodies the venerable ritual of honoring words. When conditions allow, we’ll deploy NeRF to reconstruct the fire-char ritual in a 3D immersive scene for on-site visitors.
Special thanks to @城市拼图（重构附近） for their pioneering curatorial vision. 🤍
