Magnetic Movie
2007 | 00:04:38 | United Kingdom / United States | English | Color | Stereo | 16:9 | Video
Collection: Single Titles
Tags: Animation, Humor, Image Processing, Science


The secret lives of invisible magnetic fields are revealed as chaotic ever-changing geometries. All action takes place around NASA's Space Sciences Laboratories, UC Berkeley, to recordings of space scientists describing their discoveries. Actual VLF audio recordings control the evolution of the fields as they delve into our inaudible surroundings, revealing recurrent 'whistlers' produced by fleeting electrons. Are we observing a series of scientific experiments, the universe in flux, or a documentary of a fictional world?
An Animate Projects commission for Channel 4 in association with Arts Council England.
VLF Recordings by Stephen P McGreevy.
Prizes + Awards
Best Film at the Cutting Edge, British Animation Awards, 2007
Best Experimental Film, Tirana International Film Festival, 2007
Nature Magazine Scientific Merit Award, Imagine Science Film Festival, New York, 2009
Premiere
San Francisco Animation FestivalSan Francisco, CA
Exhibitions + Festivals
Antimatter Film Festival, 2009
Wisconsin Film Festival, 2009