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• published: 31 Oct 2012
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My role was design and animation Learn more at WhyTheStory.com

• published: 31 Oct 2012
• views: 13248

Alessandro Bavari: Camera Tremula 1, Noise Melange, XYZ Ocula Depth Fulvio Sturniolo: Camera Tremula 2 Jeff Ensign aka Evolution Noise Slave: Sonic Harmonium Format: Pal Widescreen 1050x576 Duration: 8:27 mins --------------------------------------------------------------- Prizes - Golden Nica at Prix Ars Electronica 2011. - Special Award IED at Skepto International Film Festival. - Best Experimental Film at the 2nd Stortford Film Festival. - Best Direction Prize at the Cinemavvenire Video Festival. - 1° Prize Art Lab at the Festival Internazionale del Cinema d'Arte. - 1° Prize ex aequo at the Corto Dorico Short Film Festival + a Special Mention Prize. - Best Design Prize at the 13th Animation Film Festival Animated Dreams. - Finalist as Best Direction at the Animago Award. - Finalist at the Bolzano Short Film Festival. http://www.alessandrobavari.com/ info@alessandrobavari.com --------------------------------------------------------------- SINOPSYS Metachaos, from Greek Meta (beyond) and Chaos (the abyss where the eternally-formless state of the universe hides), indicates a primordial shape of ameba, which lacks in precise morphology, and it is characterized by mutation and mitosis. In fact the bodies represented in METACHAOS, even though they are characterized by an apparently anthropomorphous appearance, in reality they are without identity and conscience. They exist confined in a spaceless and timeless state, an hostile and decadent hyperuranium where a fortress, in perpetual movement, dominates the landscape in defense of a supercelestial, harmonic but fragile parallel dimension. In its destructive instinct of violating the dimensional limbo, the mutant horde penetrates the intimacy of the fortress, laying siege like a virus. Similar to the balance of a philological continuum in human species, bringing the status of things back to the primordial broth. STATEMENT METACHAOS is a multidisciplinary audio-visual project, articulated in a short film, a set of photography (http://www.alessandrobavari.com/english/Metachaos-photographies/gallery_Metachaos-photographic_series.htm) and mix-technique paintings. The purpose of the project is to represent the most tragic aspects of the human nature and of its motion, such as war, madness, social change and hate. An accretion of feelings that are metaphorically represented by specific visual forms, which are abstract conceptually, but concrete and tangible formally. The application of acid and monochromatic tints, besides the strong contrasts, makes everything intentionally more oppressive and tragic. In order to obtain a more immersive and plausible version, the shot was taken adopting the camera live technique. The extreme and frenetic motion of the shoulder camera, similar to the subjective one, becomes a main constant, so that, along with the persisting cuts used to edit the video, create a bigger sense of instability and danger. In fact, thanks to the dissemination of Technology, it is possible to notice that the unconscious-esthetic potential of the shots available on Youtube, characterized by a pseudo-documentary and amateur approach, often offer an unexpected emotional involvement, which trigger an exhibitionistic-voyeuristic interchange between the author and the consumer. The irrational gesture and action of the bodies, as if a collective form of madness controlled them, are inspired by artists like Bosch and Bruegel who, between the ‘400 and ‘500, produced an iconography where irrational images show sickly madness and pain. The project has been realized using different techniques: live shots taken in discharged industrial sites, CGI animations, tracking and motion captures, besides various other analogical ones. American Jeff Ensign, aka Evolution Noise Slave composed the original sound track, which has been progressively updated during the video production. The musical score was inspired by 6 separate pieces Jeff had previously created that were then combined into a hybrid. The composition was also based in part from a sonic interpretation of the ideas presented in Antonin Artaud’s the Theater and Cruelty overlaid on Bavari’s images. JURY STATEMENT FROM PRIX ARS ELECTRONICA 2011. Alessandro Bavari’s “Metachaos” is an impressive display of the amazing graphics that can be produced with leading-edge hardware and software. The 8-minute clip begins with a sequence of clear, geometric forms that suggest a serene world. But it doesn’t take long until it’s apparent that this was just the calm before the storm. Shadowy creatures and shockingly grotesque figures intrude into this domain rendered in black & white and sepia tones and rip it to pieces. Using the interplay of light and shadow, intentionally shaky camera movements and quick cuts, Bavari takes us on a tour de force through an unsettling imaginary cosmos that grips viewers and doesn’t let them loose. In addition to its extraordinary visuals, “Metachaos” features an i

• published: 21 Oct 2010
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Turn ON the speaker loud, and watch Full Screen in HD! Share this loud, share this wide if you like this. For long enough that i've been working on "Penang in Motion 2", i guess i'm finally satisfied with what i see from my screen to share with you here. This is my 2nd serious time-lapse video of my hometown Penang Island after being greatly inspired after watching "Manhattan in Motion" by Josh Owens some time ago. I certainly believe every city should have her own time-lapse video. Penang island is a bustling city in the Northern Malaysia region with some really big identity such as the UNESCO Heritage Site, a popular food heaven as a whole, a melting pot of different culture, an important business and industrial hub, and a lot more. However, i intend to bring you something more than that, something not usually seen such as the old heritage site during dusk and dawn, the rural "kampung" and surrounding under the starry night, over flowing waterfall after the rain, natural landscape in magic hour, and i'd slowly draw you back to Georgetown, and put you somewhere among the vibrant life of "Penangites". Feel the vibe?! For more, learn about Penang at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang I personally thank you Kay Kay for supporting my passion, and i thank you for yout viewer's point, critiques and suggestions, without you, this work could have been bland. Not forgetting Canon EOS Boutique Penang for lending me their camera to save my Canon 60D shutter count :D A BIG THANK YOU! Jordan Lye Photography & Gene Photography, thank you for being a great company, thank you for scouting new locations. To Penang State Tourism Development & Culture, Abbey, Emmy and YB, A BIG THANK YOU for giving me and friends the opportunity to shoot from top of Komtar at night. Details: Total Photographs: Too many i lost count, at least 15,000 photos were taken! Project Duration: 7 months roughly ( i have a full-time job!) Music: 'The Truth' from Audio Machine & "Paper Birds"from Parachutes. Gears: Camera: Canon 60D, Canon 1DM3 (Thank you EOS Boutique Penang) Lens: Tokina 11-16mm f2.8, Canon 50mm f1.8, Canon 55-250mm f3.5 Filter: Tiffen Circular Polarizer, Singh-Ray 2 & 3 stops GND, Singh-Ray 3 stops Reversed-GND Tripod: Gitzo GT2541EX 6X Carbon Explorer Tripod, Benro Tripod Intervalometer: Little Bramper http://www.thewhippersnapper.com/LittleBramper/Site/Home.html Motion Control: Dynamic Perception Stage Zero with MX2 Controller http://dynamicperception.com/ Software: Photoshop CS5, Adobe Lightroom, LRTimelapse 2, Nik Software Sharpener Pro, iMovie Special Firmware: Magic Lantern Like: https://www.facebook.com/TheBatteredPhotographer Visit: www.batteredphotographer.com flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fwukai/ Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/user8272973 For video licensing, query, and etc. please contact me at fwukaiquah@yahoo.com

• published: 12 Oct 2012
• views: 33951