We had the chance to team up with HP Australia to tell an important story about how lucky we are to have art exist in its various forms.

A poem, a dance, a score, a film. They are all languages we speak and understand but importantly, they are expressions of a human emotion: regret, hope, wonder, sacrifice.
But, what if we didn't have art? What would our world look like and who would we be? These are the questions that are rising in crescendo with artificial intelligence creating art and its impact on humanity.

And so, this film represents these two worlds: a world without art and a world with art where creativity represents freedom.

Thank you to everyone who shared their time in front of the camera for this film and to HPAustralia for creating a product that is built specifically for creativity while still respecting our biggest canvas Earth. HP is dedicated to progressing their technology with responsible environmental choices. I love how over 50 of their products are made incorporating oceanbound plastics. In a couple of years, HP aims to have recycled 1.2 million tonnes of hardware and use 30% postconsumer recycled content plastic across their range.

For this film, we travelled to Java in Indonesia for most of the shots, accompanied by Borneo, Portugal, Madeira, Belgium, Berlin and Western Australia. The team and I worked tirelessly in Indo catching 8 flights two weeks all across the country, hiked volcanos at midnight, experienced two earthquakes, scaled up Kelingking Beach at night in an electric storm, and meeting helpful locals along the way. This wouldn't have been possible without our production company, Grafton Create and the countless locals who helped us on location.

Filmmaker and editor: Elliot Grafton
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Producer: Georgie Woskett
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Production: Grafton Create
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Assisted shots: Brannon Jackson and Henry Kidman
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Music:
Ursine Vulpine "Endymion"

00:00 A world without art
00:58 A world with art
02:06 Behind the scenes