The Innocence of Unknowing

🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 2026

In 2026, the Prix Ars Electronica jury recognised “The Innocence of Unknowing” by Ryat Yezbick and Milo Talwani (Computer Animation) with a Honorary Mention.

The Innocence of Unknowing is an experimental AI-driven animated documentary that interrogates how mass shootings are mediated, remembered, and normalized through news imagery. Developed by Ryat Yezbick and Milo Talwani, the project uses computer vision and Gaussian splat animation to reprocess archival footage of U.S.
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