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Behind the scenes of "The now of what is gone"

Creator

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Description

"The now of what is gone" is a digital animation film made in 2025 that unfolds as a digital tapestry, featuring scenarios of floral patterns and hybrid figures, alongside a hypnotic soundtrack and a whispered narration that tells a dream. The pixel art subculture itself already accesses a specific type of nostalgia, alluding to the beginning of the digital revolution that so overwhelms us. I find it especially interesting to represent nature themes in this context; I like the immediate strangeness of the contrast between organic forms and the linearity of the screen. This way, the central theme, which is a metaphysical investigation into the self, gains some unique contours. This is because the technique that gives movement to the film is a wave simulation on the plane filled with the image. This wave simulation directly dialogues with the lyrical self in a gentle ripple of confusion. Thus, I can bring together elements of digital culture from video games like Zelda, 20th-century avant-gardes, mythologies and fantastic creatures from different cultures across time and space, philosophy, psychology, contemporary art... all of this mixes in a fragmented loop. —-------- "The now of what is gone" is this animation film I'm presenting that deals with the question of the construction of the SELF in a context of digital revolution. It's a dive into a dream landscape that is already entirely built in pixel. And in this way, the dream reveals itself as a digital carpet, and this carpet is subjected to a wave simulation. Gentle waves of confusion. I don't intend to give many answers in my work; I seek more to create a safe environment for each person's delirium. The title is a response to a phrase by the philosopher Byung Chul-Han, who in the chapter called "The Digital Beautiful" from a small book on aesthetics called "The Salvation of the Beautiful" says that the temporality of natural beauty is the already of the not-yet. I didn't quite understand what he said, but ironically, I found it great. And so I decided to create this dive into a somewhat dystopian forest and call it "The now of what once was" because of what I understood.

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