Tag Archives: generative animation
Hyperschwarm is a series of 3 triple channel generative media installations, each consisting of 3 4 minute videos in 4k UHD resolution. Hyperschwarm is an update of the Schwarm series, which uses the same generative system with the difference that the color composition is being generated from within instead of being pre-defined. The colors are re-generated at specific intervals during the execution of the software, shifted in hue over time and faded over the last set that was drawn onto the canvas. The installation is evolving slowly over time, revealing new colors through the particles that flow across the canvas. Each set has 3 different scales at which the points flow across the drawing surface at varying opacities.

New York City Based agency Hiker approached A N F with the creation of a parametric logo design for the MOMACS institute at the University of Pittsburgh. All branding / identity work besides the logo was done in-house at Hiker.






KARST II 01; C-print 160 × 120 cm
KARST II 01; Detail 01
KARST II 01; Detail 02
KARST II 01; Detail 03
KARST II 02; C-print 160 × 120 cm
KARST II 02; Detail 01
KARST II 02; Detail 02
KARST II 02; Detail 03
KARST II 03; C-print 160 × 120 cm
KARST II 03; Detail 01
KARST II 03; Detail 02
KARST II 03; Detail 03
V0ID VIII 01; Installation View
V0ID VIII 01; C-print; 160cm × 120cm
V0ID VIII 02; Installation View
V0ID VIII 02; C-print; 160cm × 120cm
V0ID VIII 03; Installation View
V0ID VIII 03; C-print; 160cm × 120cm
Single Channel Video; 4k UHD 3840 x 2160; 4:00; 30fps
Schwarm 2k14 I
Schwarm 2k14 II
Schwarm 2k14 III
V0ID IV 01 Installation View
V0ID IV 01
V0ID IV 02 Installation View
V0ID IV 02
V0ID IV 03 Installation View
V0ID IV 03
V0ID III 01
V0ID III 01
V0ID III 02
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V0ID III 03
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Photo by Christopher Bauder
Samsung Electronics, the global TV industry leader, is elevating its presence at IFA 2016 with a special exhibition designed by a team of emerging German artists. The installation, entitled The Origin of Quantum Dot, showcases the beauty of Samsung’s SUHD TVs with Quantum dot display, while incorporating video, lighting and musical elements.
The Origin of Quantum Dot is a stained glass-inspired art installation designed by Andreas Nicolas Fischer, Schnellebuntebilder, Christopher M. Bauder and kling klang klong. The artists came together from different creative backgrounds – including sound, media art and sculpture – to build the unique work of art. The piece contains 45 SUHD TVs and 9,000 shards of stained glass.
“We designed The Origin of Quantum Dot exhibition, the largest we’ve ever produced, so that visitors at IFA can directly experience the visual excellence of the premium SUHD TV with Quantum dot display,” said HS Kim, President of the Visual Display Business at Samsung Electronics. “We are proud to have partnered with such talented, local artists to bring this visual concept to life.”
Photo by Christopher Bauder
Photo by Christopher Bauder
A dialog between an artificial intelligence and a human.
Second Nature is a series of video loops which show an alternate reality layered on top of our own. During a return to the Alps in the south of Munich where I grew up, I took walks in the forest, filming them from my own point of view and recording ambient sounds.
The video footage was then analyzed and a virtual camera was calculated which reconstructs my movements. Then, working around the path of the camera in space, the environment was created only to cover the field of vision.
The vegetation is an obviously ficticious one, where tropical leaves populate northern European trees. A fern’s structure was misappropriated and given banana leaves. The plants and soil have a dull metallic finish. The POV perspective and gait recognizable in the camerawork shows the influence of first person shooter games, while its enemies and objectives remain absent or unknown. There is no clear narrative or purpose other than the wish to be transported to this world, creating a false memory of a place that does not exist.
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Credits Extension of the Schwarm Code by the multitalented Mr Pazos
Generative designs commissioned by Argonaut Studio + Associates for SuperRatings
Creative Direction Future Days
Art Direction Andreas Nicolas Fischer
Creative Code Abraham Pazos Solatie
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Single Channel video loop; 00:02:40
45 × 60 × 3 cm; MDF, car paint;
30 × 30 × 3 cm; Multiplex plywood, wood dye; Installation View at Layers at 22,48m2 Paris
Detail [Photo: Rosario Caltabiano]
Detail of untreated sculpture
Software study as preparation for Brute Force Method, which was generating and auto-publishing images to Tumblr.
Spectral Density Estimation I; 50 × 25 × 12 cm; Cedar wood;
Spectral Density Estimation is a pair of sculptures commissioned by the SECCA and the Winston-Salem Symphony orchestra. Two sound recordings of the first organized tuning were taken at the last 2 orchestra performances of the 2012 / 2013 season. Each recording was analyzed and transformed into a spatial arrangement of the audio frequencies over time. The resulting geometry was then carved into a block of wood from a cedar tree, that had fallen outside the museum.
Installation View at SECCA; [Photography: Cliff Dossel]
2 sculptures, 50 × 25 × 12 cm each; Cedar wood; [Photography: Cliff Dossel]
Detail; [Photography: A N F]
A UV texture map of a 3d scan as self-portrait
There are no efficient algorithms for many computer science problems. The simplest approach is to try all possible (or many) solutions until the desired outcome is reached. This is called Brute Force Method.
Installation view
Still life studies for the BFA series.
Studie III
Studie IV
Studie V
Consume Consume [Luxury Brand Commercial] – Random Loop; Video projection edited by custom software in realtime
Installation view
Skynet is a non linear animation about a global networked consciousness. It plays with the idea how a single entity could the perceive the world – from a satellite to a microscopic view.
Full sensory awareness encompassing the entire world is rolled into one artificial organism communicating with itself in realtime.
The Energy Flow project was curated by FIELD [field.io/project/energy-flow]
Sound and music by David Kamp
Early software sketches
Early software sketches
Early software sketches
Installation view at LEAP Berlin
PU foam, toothpicks, car paint; Dimensions variable
Detail
Directed by Sander Houtkruijer. 3d elements by A N F.
Cinematography by Lauro Cress
Produced by Daniel Franke
Produced by chopchop.cc
1AD – Imri Kahn
Assistant camera – Carlos Andres Lopez
Grip – Max Preiss
Gaffer – Norwin Hatschbach
Electrician – Christopher Reiners
Set design – Ben Roth, Steffi Bühlmaier
Styling – Laura Renard
Make-up artist – Theo Schnürer
Make-up assistant – Kerrie Ann Murphy
Production Assistant – Claas Ebeling
3D artist – Andreas Nicolas Fischer
Compositing – Burkhard Kalytta
Color Grading – Johannes Hubrich
Featuring: Xenia and Thomas Azier
With: Robin Hunt, Daniel Franke, Kai Kreuzmueller, Kirsten Burger, Martin Deckert, Kiril Bikov
Dancers: Nicola Mascia, Helga Wretman, Shiran Eliaserov, Pauliina Aladin, Asaf Aharonson, Amit Elan
Thanks to: Bastian Christ, Storz & Escherich, Voin de Voin, Lucinda Dayhew
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The track ‘Angelene’ is written and produced by Thomas Azier
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C-print 80 × 55 cm;
Detail
Generative Software Process; 2012; Dimensions variable; Excerpt of 1:25
The software uses a swarm of particles to gradually create an abstract composition based on the color and composition of a series of photographs. The drawing agents behave according to a set of rules, but have a degree of autonomy.
When the software is being run it produces an infinite sequence of unique images over time.
Installation View at Rua Red Dublin
Egyptrixx feat. Ohbijou – Old Black
Directed & produced by A N F
720p; 4 minutes 04 seconds;
Old Black is Egyprixx´ remake of the song of the same title by the drone doom band Earth. David Psutka had already commissioned me with the video Start from the Beginning for Egyptrixx last year and I am glad he asked me again for this one. Even though Old Black and Start from the Beginning are completely different songs, I tried to stick to a similar concept and develop a bleak artifical world, which is influenced by the soundcsape.
The graphic elements are a mixture of 3d-renderings and flat 2d textures aligned in space. The video makes heavy use of particles and simulations and was made with the open source 3d software Blender, with After Effects used for particle and compositing work.
Triptych 90 × 120 cm; OSB, car paint
2 panels 90 × 40 cm each; OSB, car paint, deterministic randomness