Loom: A Visual Metaphor for Nature’s Cruel Cycle of Life and Death

Loom is a brilliant, award-winning five-minute CGI short film, made by students at the German design and storytelling collective Polynoid. Blending a variety of aesthetic and cultural influences, Polynoid’s multifaceted creative vision is nourished by interests in graffiti, nature, graphic novels, science and philosophy. With a rich observational eye for detail, Polynoid has established a strong visual language all of its own. Polynoid’s narrative technique combines new forms of storytelling with a shared interest in progressive sound design to create a minimalist, photo-real and abstract sensory experience.

Loom won The Best In Show at Siggraph, 2010, and just recently won the Best Animated Movie Award at Sehsüchte 2011 in Potsdam, Germany. Loom explores natural causal cycles through the visual metaphor of a moth caught in a spider’s web. The story of the moth’s drowning reveals a larger range of thematic concerns  about life and death from a tale told on a micro scale. The full-version of the film is presented below:

Loom: A Visual Metaphor for Nature’s Cruel Cycle of Life and Death

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Photos of the Day: The Audacious Jumping Office Visitor

Photography by:  Joseph O. Holmes

Yikes…this is just plain terrifying!  Joseph O. Holmes, the photographer who shot these three pictures, says that he found this thing roaming around in his office, a scary Phidippus Audax to be specific.  The first and second shots were taken on the glass door to the outside, lighting it from underneath.  These really are stunning photographs, amazing depth and lighting.  You can see all  of the eyes, and the hairs on its legs almost seem to glow.  I sure don’t think I would have had the guts to take these shots if I found something like this monster crawling around in my office.  Amazing!

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