Sunday, September 15, 2013

Video: "Magnetic Movie", A Semiconductor work by Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt - shot at the NASA Space Sciences Laboratory, UC Berkeley, California, USA

Video "Magnetic Movie" a film about the secret lives of invisible magnetic fields that are revealed as chaotic ever-changing geometries.

All action takes place around NASA's Space Sciences Laboratories at the University of California Berkeley, including the voice 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.

Awarded the Nature ‘Scientific Merit Award’ by Imagine Science Film Festival, New York, 2009.
Purchased by the Hirshhorn Museum, Washington for the permanent collection, 2008. Awarded ‘Best Film at Cutting Edge’ at the British Animation Awards, 2008. Special Mention, ‘Best International Experimental Short’ at Leeds International Film Festival, 2008. Awarded ‘Best Experimental Film’ at Tirana International Film Festival, 2007.