Films : Magnetic Movie : all
animate! synopsis
The remarkable secret life of invisible interplanetary magnetic fields, revealed as chaotic ever-changing geometries in man’s visible environment. All action takes place around the NASA Space Sciences Laboratories, set to recordings of space scientists excitedly describing their visualisation techniques.
key credits
- director
- Semiconductor
Semiconductor
short biography
Since 1999 Semiconductor, comprising Ruth Jarman & Joseph Gerhardt, have exhibited, screened and performed digital animations which reveal our physical world in flux. Their work has been seen extensively, from Tate Britain and ICA London to the San Francisco International Film Festival, Transmediale Berlin and the Venice Biennale. Recent fellowships and residencies have supported site-specific work, including research and experimentation at the NASA Space Sciences Laboratories UC Berkeley, California. Semiconductor are based in Brighton.
June 2006
artist’s website
Semiconductor's website
a film by Semiconductor
direction
- director
- Semiconductor
© Semiconductor 2006

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technical
process summary
Composited 3D CGI, live-action and hand mapping.