In delayed departures, Ulises studio presents a digital series of looping AI-generated images and videos where airports are emptied of people, yet quietly animated by the persistent choreography of luggage. Suitcases glide through motionless terminals and deserted gates, creating scenes that are both surreal and oddly serene — snapshots of a world where the infrastructure of travel continues without its travelers.

Rendered in the studio’s signature naïve retrofuturistic aesthetic, the series taps into a collective nostalgia for futures that never came, blending soft brutalist architectures, outdated signage, and sun-washed interiors with the mechanical grace of endless waiting. The result is an uncanny meditation on transit, time, and the illusion of destination.

The project draws from a meta-philosophical idea:

‍

‍

‍

‍

‍

‍

“On the path of life, destiny is an illusion — the voyage is the only reality. Don’t lose the present chasing arrivals. Ithaca is nothing more than now. Every moment carries a gift, quietly waiting to be noticed.”

‍

‍

‍

‍

Here, Ulises invites viewers to pause, to notice the unnoticed — the forgotten poetry of movement without arrival, of spaces designed for transition but rendered static. With no passengers in sight, the airports of delayed submissions become ghostly monuments to expectation, their stillness made more poignant by the gentle movement of belongings that continue on without their owners.

Through the lens of speculative design and AI-powered image-making, Ulises blurs the line between past and future, fantasy and infrastructure. Delayed submissions is less about what we’ve left behind — and more about what continues to quietly move forward in our absence.

‍

‍