Lilan Yang: The Perfect Human (the Complete Collection)

Author/Artist: Lilan YangYear of publication/production: 2024Category (artist’s book, zine, photo book, merch, etc.):Limited-edition DVD releaseMedium (if applicable): Digital video, burned to DVDSize: 13 minutesNumbers of edition (if applicable): Edition of 16 About The Perfect Human is a limited-edition series of analog and digital artifacts derived from a 2022 experimental film that reimagines Jørgen Leth’s 1968 cult classic through unsupervised machine learning. Using AI-generated imagery and materialist techniques, the project examines the evolving concept of perfection as seen through artificial intelligence.Available as both a hand-burned DVD and collectible 16mm filmstrips, each piece embodies a transformation cycle: from analog film to digital neural reconstruction and back to physical media. The filmstrips—printed on transparent 16mm—capture unique still frames from the machine’s imagined sequence.The digital transfer of The Perfect Human in 16mm won the Award of Excellence a