Films : Perpetual Motion in the Land of Milk and Honey : all

animate! synopsis

AL + AL’s grandfather James Brown is a retired engineer and inventor living in the north of England.

The film re-fabricates his lifelong endeavours to break the law of physics and create a perpetual motion device. Free power for the people will produce a land flowing with milk and honey.

key credits

director
AL + AL

AL + AL

short biography

AL + AL graduated in Fine Art from Central Saint Martins School of Art in 2001. They subsequently received studio awards from ACAVA and Acme to build a live-and-work blue screen special effects studio in London. Their work has attracted an international audience through film festivals, site-specific installations, gallery exhibitions and television. Their previous animate! commission Perpetual Motion in the Land of Milk and Honey, their first film for television, was winner of the Centre of Attention Arts Prize in 2005.

June 2005

artist’s photo

January 2006

animate! films by this artist

Interstellar Stella

Perpetual Motion in the Land of Milk and Honey

artist’s website

AL + AL

AL + AL’s website

a film by AL + AL

direction

director
AL + AL

support

primary funding

an animate! commission funded through Finetake by Arts Council England and Channel 4

© AL + AL 2004

film still: *Perpetual Motion in the Land of Milk and Honey* title card

Perpetual Motion in the Land of Milk and Honey title card

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film still: The 4th Shed

The 4th Shed

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film still: The Big Hole

The Big Hole

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film still: The Way

The Way

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film still: The Infertile Drive

The Infertile Drive

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film still: Staging the Death of God

Staging the Death of God

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film still: The Cross

The Cross

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film still: Elevator Descending into Absence

Elevator Descending into Absence

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film still: Lamb Alchemy

Lamb Alchemy

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film still: The Conveyor Belt

The Conveyor Belt

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film still: The Power Station

The Power Station

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film still: The Pursuit of Infinity

The Pursuit of Infinity

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film still: The Land of Milk and Honey

The Land of Milk and Honey

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technical

process summary

Digital 3D animation sourced from authentic drawings, combined with live performance, motion tracking and self-generated sound treatments.

master copy format

format
DigiBeta
colour or black & white
colour

video distribution format

video format
DigiBeta
screen aspect ratio
16:9
video standard
PAL
sound type
stereo

distributor

LUX
info@lux.org.uk
+44 (0)20 7503 3980
www.lux.org.uk

production material

reference images

pre-production concept still
Pre-production concept still
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Pre-production concept still

music cue sheet

animate_perpetualmotion_music_cue_sheet01.pdf

promotional and other documents

christmas greetings
AL + AL’s emailed Christmas card 2003
AL + AL’s emailed Christmas card 2003
leaflet
Emailed flyer for _Till Death Do Us Join_
Emailed flyer for Till Death Do Us Join
An exhibition of video, sculpture and site specific Installation by:
AL + AL
Keith Bowler
Orla MacCormac
Sherridan Stymest
in the crypt underneath St. Pancras Church, Euston Road, London NW1.
20 September – 4 October 2003.
AL + AL’s gallery work Till Death Do Us Join was completed during their start of production on Perpetual Motion in the Land of Milk and Honey.

first public screening

channel 4
15 November 2004