June 6, 2023 (Milan, Italy) - ArteSettima magazine releases an interview story with the upcoming director MAO Yu Lynn Yuan to talk about AI (artificial intelligence) and gender equality in the award-winning film, Mermaid in the Garden of Escapism (2023). The Italy-based ArteSettima Magazine, best known for featuring renowned filmmakers and film-related artworks worldwide, recognizes Mermaid in the Garden of Escapism as "a thought-provoking and boundary-pushing experimental short film that passionately champions the cause of gender equality". Further on that, ArteSettima magazine also highlights the use of AI in Yuan’s film: "One noteworthy artistic choice in The Mermaid in the Garden of Escapism is the inclusion of text at the film’s conclusion realized through the use of an AI voice. This skillfully executed decision adds a final touch of depth and resonance, leaving a lasting impression on the audience." The director, MAO Yu Lynn Yuan, also draws a connection between the use of AI voices and her film in the interview story.
“In my film, Mermaid in the Garden of Escapism (2023), voiceover work is done by female AI purposefully chosen from different ages and cultures, which audiences don’t recognize without checking the credits. Each of these female robots even has her own cultural accent. In contrast, the beautiful-looking mermaid woman speaks no lines in the movie scenes, as an ironical reflection. It creates profound questions in the audience’s imagination about where her voice is and why she is not speaking.”
The web version of the interview story can be read in ArteSettima magazine website at https://artesettima.it/2023/06/06/mao-yu-lynn-yuan-mermaid-in-the-garden-of-escapism-ia-and-gender-equality/.
About MAO Yu Lynn Yuan
MAO Yu Lynn Yuan has worked as an entrepreneur, an investor, and a creative director for over ten years before being recognized as a director in film. Taking films as her journeys to explore the world and the existence of individuals, Lynn's film topics revolve around gender equality, classism, and Eastern and Western cultures. Her first award-winning short, Mermaid in the Garden of Escapism (2023), pioneers the use of merging new technologies in film production by using AI (artificial intelligence) in voiceover throughout the film.
Website: www.maoyulynnyuan.com
About ArteSettima Magazine
ArteSettima is a magazine with more than 60k+ readers monthly and is also active with a 1.6 million-plus online presence on social media. ArteSettima explores the way cinema connects everybody through multiple languages, never being elitist. The magazine has partnered in various projects with multiple important cinema and cultural realities like the streaming platform MUBI, the International Museum MUDEC, the shorts streaming network We-Short, and the Goethe Institute. The main goal is to discover and give deserved awards to hidden gems of the contemporary new wave of cinema, giving absolute freedom to filmmakers worldwide.
Website: www.artesettima.it
