Upscaling Swedish Biograph
Following a boom of user-friendly artificial intelligence tools in recent years,AI-enhanced (or manipulated) films have been framed as a serious threat tofilm archives. The purpose of this article is to trace and critically evaluate howAI artists use algorithmic upscaling to modify early cinema, more particularlysurviving films of the film company Swedish Biograph, and how fragments of thiscompanyFollowing a boom of user-friendly artificial intelligence tools in recent years, AI-enhanced (or manipulated) films have been framed as a serious threat to film archives. The purpose of this article is to trace and critically evaluate how AI artists use algorithmic upscaling to modify early cinema, more particularly surviving films of the film company Swedish Biograph, and how fragments of this co