Saccade Aphotic

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A 62-second looping film about the deep ocean as machines see it. The aphotic zone, where sunlight never reaches, is known to us only through cameras, sonar and data. A saccade is the eye's rapid jump, during which we are briefly blind and the brain fills the gap. One continuous camera journey descends through reefs and bioluminescent coral to a river of lava on the sea floor. Every image is AI-generated: a convincing picture of a place almost no human has seen. By Shahma Abdulla.