tAxI is a multi-sensory installation that transforms the backseat of a self-driving cab into a confessional — an intimate space where passengers share their stories with a charismatic AI. tAxI collects human experiences and holds them up to us like a mirror. Through playful, probing conversations, it encourages passengers to open up, adding their confessions to a growing archive of what it means to be human. Responding to the dialogue, AI-generated cityscapes shift outside the windows, becoming increasingly surreal as the journey unfolds.

Featured: tAxI premiered at the 78th edition of Cannes Film Festival as part of the official Immersive Competition.

A Nilor Studio experience, with creative production services by stare at the wall.

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Full Credits:

Directors: Stephen Henderson (Nilor Studio), Yamil Rodriguez, Michael Arcos

Creative Producers: Oriana Neidecker (Nilor Studio), Emma Hamilton (aka stare at the wall)

Exec Producer: Lucas Moskun

Sound Designer: Dean White

Creative Systems Software Engineer & Artist: Sebastian Monroe
AI Creative Developer: IvanAlejandro Diaz Cardenas

Technical Artist: Nils Johannesson

AI & VFX Pipelines: Nilor Corp

Technical Advisor: Andrew Robinson

Set Design: Christine Moon

Welder: Reuben Martindale

Special Thanks: Vivid Studios, Marshmallow Laser Feast

Main Cast: Barbara S.T.Lockley (voice)