The project features 44 hand-painted animations inspired by archival footage of the American Bison by pioneering photographer Eadweard Muybridge (1870). Each 16-frame sequence was extracted from its digital form, printed on archival canvas in the format of a film strip, hand-painted, and then returned to digital animation.

The work is paired with an original soundscape composed by Michael Greenberg and Maunka Morgan, leader of the Ho-Chunk Thunder Clan in Nebraska. Morgan recites a Buffalo Medicine blessing in the Ho-Chunk language, invoking wellness, abundance, and spiritual connection—an offering that amplifies the collection’s intention to bridge art, tradition, and healing.

Buffett sees a parallel between Muybridge’s motion studies and today’s artistic frontier:

“Muybridge’s early experiments in motion picture projection reflect the moment we’re in now — at the intersection of traditional fine art and emerging digital technologies.”