CYLIGHT: Mycelia of Light

This film was generated entirely in RunwayML, Gen 3, Spring 2025 - just before Gen4! Voices were generated in ElevenLabs.

Stanzi Gagner invents CYLIGHT - mycelia cultivated with samples from her hometown in the Back Country that glows on contact with mammalian hair. Stanzi reflects on how she discovered the lifeform and how it has revolutionized the fashion industry and world aesthetic in this tale from an alternative, solar punk 1980s Manhattan.

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Frames A smoky, neon filled fashion runway in the 1980s Spectators wear puffy suits, a-2, 14089876.png

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CYLIGHT: Mushroom of Light

CYLIGHT is a zine from the extended PRODUCT universe about Stanzi Gagner, discoverer and pioneer of a mysterious, glowing mycelium from the ruins of the last technological civilization and adapted into an aesthetic light source…and a hair gel! Images generated in RunwayML, Spring 2024.