Vol. IV — Spring Edition MMXXVI
Curated — 01 / 24

Screens, quieted.

Edition I — Nocturne

A curated archive of screensavers made for rooms that notice light. Museum-grade stills from working artists, formatted for every device you own — then left alone.

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The Collection

Twenty-four stills. Selected quarterly.

Each edition is commissioned from a single artist, printed at full-range resolution for 5K and 8K displays, and delivered in every aspect ratio you need — desktop, tablet, watch, lock screen.

Nocturne
$18
Cinematic — 12 stills

Low-lit interiors, shot on medium format. The hour between late and early.
Static Fields
$12
Generative — 8 stills

Procedurally rendered noise, tuned to feel like breath rather than signal.
Ultraviolet
$18
Abstract — 10 stills

Long-exposure light studies by Marin Auerbach. Violet without the noise.
Glacial
$12
Landscape — 9 stills

Fjord and frost, captured over four winters in Svalbard. Cold, precisely.
Paper Sun
$8
Minimal — 6 stills

A single disc, six shades of afternoon. The editor’s first release.
Dune
$18
Landscape — 11 stills

Sand cartography from the Rub’ al Khali. Shot at golden hour, held still.
Signal
$12
Generative — 8 stills

Phosphor-green transmissions. Analog artifacts, refused and reframed.
Cirrus
$8
Minimal — 5 stills

The thinnest clouds, archived. A study in how little an image can hold.
The Studio

A library for the idle screen.

AURORA is a small editorial house. We publish four editions a year — no more, usually less.

Every image is commissioned, not licensed. We meet the artist, review the raw files, and hold the edit open for as long as the work requires. If a piece doesn’t belong, it doesn’t ship.

What you receive is small: a single download, a handful of stills, a one-page field note from the artist. What you receive is also permanent — every edition is archived, and every past volume remains in the library for the people who bought it.

Edited by Halston Bekker Studio AURORA — Copenhagen & Kyoto
Trusted Quietly

A small circulation. Read carefully.

42,180
Collectors
86
Commissioned Artists
24
Editions Published
4.9
Mean Reader Rating
The only screensaver collection I haven’t deleted within a week. It feels edited, not assembled.”
Eliot MarchettiIndustrial Designer — Milan
I bought Volume II on a Tuesday. Three months later my desktop still stops me every time I sit down to work.”
Asha RowanCreative Director — Austin
The Format

Built to be lived with, not noticed.

01

5K & 8K Native

Every still is delivered at full display resolution. No upscaling, no compression artifacts on the work.

02

Every Device

Desktop, tablet, phone, watch, lock screen. One purchase, nine aspect ratios, pre-cropped by the artist.

03

Lifetime License

Buy once. The file is yours, archived in your library, redownloadable for as long as the studio exists.

04

Curator Selected

No algorithm, no stock catalog. Every edition is sat with, trimmed, and signed off by a working editor.

What file formats are included?
PNG and HEIC, at every native aspect ratio your devices use.
Can I use these commercially?
Personal use only. Commercial licensing available on request.

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