Xylos: The Garden of Mutant Echoes
Santiago Narváez
"Xylos: The Garden of Mutant Echoes" is a short experimental AI-assisted film that explores a surreal alien world through dreamlike imagery and atmospheric sound. It combines AI-generated environments with original generative music I composed, using creative editing to build a hypnotic, looping journey that feels both cinematic and otherworldly.
I handled the entire creative process: concept and script, visual prompts and worldbuilding, AI image and motion generation, generative music composition, and final editing.
Technical sheet
Duration: 3:30 min
Type: Experimental short film / AI film / video art
Role: Creative direction, video editing, art direction, visual worldbuilding
Tools and stack
Visual generation: Kling AI, Hailuo AI
Music: Original generative music using Riffusion (now Google Flow Music) and personal sound library
Editing and post-production: CapCut for sequencing, timing, effects, and final export
Visual style
Genre: Surreal science fiction, psychedelic art, soft cosmic horror
Palette: Warm amber and gold tones with deep shadows
Atmosphere: Alien, psychotropic world with mutated flora and fauna. Liminal, dreamlike, with a paranoid undertone
What this project demonstrates
The ability to create original visual universes using AI generation and editing, with ambient, non-linear storytelling suited for creative projects, brand worlds, and experimental audiovisual campaigns.
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