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Alessandro Bavari Electrifies With “Solid Light From Space”

Posted on Monday, July 20, 2026

While many in the creative world hedge or hide their use of generative AI, Italian director/composer Alessandro Bavari runs full-speed in the other direction, embracing the media’s warts as well as it’s wonders.

In his impossibly manic black and white music video Solid Light From Space, Bavari (whose work we have featured here and here) looks back fondly on AI video’s growing pains with a tribute to the Sora platform which was shuttered by OpenAI in April 2026.

Alessandro Bavari: “What I particularly liked about Sora was the elegance of the videos it generated, but above all its hallucinations and algorithmic errors. I’ll miss its six fingers and three legs, which characterized the new dreamlike and surreal aesthetic typical of that type of AI.

“To pay homage to Sora, I created this video, precisely because of those semi-mystical characterizations we’ll never see again, using scrap material I’d abandoned in an archive, all generated by Sora himself.”

“Now with Seedance we’ve reached very high levels, but what will happen to that natural and spontaneous pop-psychedelic aesthetic typical of the machine that freaks out and glitches?

“To pay homage to Sora, I created this video, precisely because of those semi-mystical characterizations we’ll never see again, using scrap material I’d abandoned in an archive, all generated by Sora himself. Because of its absurdity, I titled it: Solid Light from Space.

“After countless mixes using my analog sounds and glitches generated with Udio (also half-dead), I created the music with Suno, attempting to blend dubstep, industrial, sludge metal, and hardcore. When used well, Suno manages to transcend the hideous, glossy standards it was built on, producing elegant and surprising music.”

Images

A lively black-and-white party scene reminiscent of Alessandro Bavari's visual style, with people dancing, laughing, and holding drinks. A man in a suit and a woman in a white shirt are joyfully celebrating near a table with a partially eaten cake, evoking the dynamic energy of the Solid Light From Space SHORT FILM. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

A man in a suit stands in a formal room as bright, jagged bolts of electricity—reminiscent of Solid Light From Space—surround him. The room has ornate ceilings, and a single chair sits in the corner. The dramatic black and white scene evokes the surreal, cinematic style of Alessandro Bavari. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

A man in a suit stands in a futuristic room with a giant eye on the ceiling, creating an intense, dramatic atmosphere reminiscent of Alessandro Bavari’s surreal style. Solid Light From Space cuts through the black and white scene, heightening the sense of otherworldly tension. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Men in suits stand in a room as bills fly through the air; one man in front looks serious while others react to the chaos, all rendered in striking black and white reminiscent of Alessandro Bavari’s surreal style, as if illuminated by solid light from space. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

A surreal, zig-zag lightning bolt—reminiscent of Solid Light From Space—illuminates a chevron-patterned room; one person in a suit sits calmly while another dodges the bolt dramatically. The scene, evocative of Alessandro Bavari’s stark aesthetics, is in black and white with distorted, geometric walls and floor. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Credits

Director: Alessandro Bavari
Music: Alessandro Bavari

Stephen Price

Stephen is the co-founder/CD of Stash Media Inc. and the executive editor of Stash Magazine and the Stash Permanent Collection.
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Category: AI, Featured, Music Video, Short Films · Tags: Alessandro Bavari