Art installation

Local Canvas

AI object restyling for real-world video

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A concept film exploring Amsterdam as a shared canvas, using footage and contributor-trained models.

Local Canvas explores how drawings and paintings can reshape the objects in everyday video. The concept film imagines Amsterdam as a shared canvas; the experiment below tests that idea with a hand-drawn car.

Restyle the object

Detect an object, separate it from the frame, restyle it, then put it back into the video. The street, sky and puddles stay as filmed.

Two waterfront video frames labelled ORIGINAL VIDEO and AI-RESTYLED CAR. A yellow outline selects the original silver car; the result contains a red pencil-textured car with blue windows. The callout says The scene stays real.

Start with your own image

A single pencil drawing becomes a custom style for a car in real footage. These early results still vary from frame to frame.

The red side-view pencil car drawing, labelled YOUR DRAWING, connects to a larger Amsterdam video frame labelled AI VIDEO. The car in the frame has red pencil texture and blue windows. The callout says One drawing. A custom model.